The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Thursday on whether former President Trump can be disqualified from running for election this year because of allegations he incited a mob assault on the Capitol after he lost the 2020 election. At issue is whether he violated a post-Civil War constitutional amendment that says no person may “hold any office‚ civil or military” after having taken an oath to support the Constitution and later “engaged in insurrection” against the United States...

The Palestinian people are pawns‚ props in a local‚ regional‚ and global game that puts their real interests last. It is beyond ironic that the vile attacks of October 7 have revived the notion of a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians — an idea that was‚ until that moment‚ politically moribund. Of course‚ such a “solution” was far from Hamas’s aim‚ but it remains the only idea available to the lazy diplomatic and peace-processing class. The two-state...

The ability to govern is supposed to be the broom.  “We’re cleaning it up‚” he argued a day after coming up short while attempting to impeach a Cabinet member and send more money to Israel while sidestepping Ukraine.  Three House Republicans broke ranks with Johnson on Tuesday to oppose impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Speaker says he will try again.  Moderate Republicans on both sides of the Capitol say they’re exasperated....

During one of three private campaign receptions in New York City on Wednesday‚ President Joe Biden took a moment to warn a crowd of a major threat facing America: Donald Trump. Earlier in his speech‚ Biden told the crowd that the biggest existential threat to the world is the environment. “There is only one existential threat we face in the world. That’s the environment. I mean it literally is the existential threat‚” he said. “It’s even more consequential than nuclear power ―...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is blaming Republican senators for the creation and immediate collapse of the pro-migration bill that he secretly drafted with Democrat leaders. “The reason we’ve been talking about the border is because they [GOP Senators] wanted to‚” he told Politico‚ adding‚ “The reason we ended up where we are is the members decided‚ since it was never going to become law‚ they didn’t want to deal with it … I don’t know who is at fault here‚ in...

Five U.S. Marines aboard a helicopter that went down during stormy weather in the mountains outside of San Diego are confirmed dead‚ military said. Authorities say the CH-53E Super Stallion vanished late Tuesday night while returning to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego after training at Creech Air Force Base‚ northwest of Las Vegas. “It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that I share the loss of five outstanding Marines from 3d Marine Aircraft Wing and the “Flying...

The Supreme Court on Thursday will confront the critical question of Donald Trump’s eligibility to return to the White House‚ hearing arguments in an unprecedented case that gives the justices a central role in charting the course of a presidential election for the first time in nearly a quarter-century. Cut through the 2024 election noise. Get The Campaign Moment newsletter. The justices will decide whether Colorado’s top court was correct to apply a post-Civil War provision...

This week‚ the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Trump v. Anderson‚ an appeal from the Colorado supreme court’s decision disqualifying former president Donald Trump from appearing on that state’s Republican presidential-primary ballot. Colorado’s highest court held that Trump is disqualified from becoming president because he “engaged in insurrection” on January 6‚ 2021. Under the terms of the 14th Amendment‚ anyone who served “as an officer of the United States” and then subsequently...