DALLAS — Nikki Haley’s rally had all the trappings of a competitive campaign: She spoke under a giant shining disco ball to more than a thousand enthusiastic supporters waving “Nikki Haley for President” and “Women for Nikki” signs. Fresh off a fundraising spree in Texas, a delegate-rich Super Tuesday state deep in the primary calendar, […]Read More

The days of Timothy Leary promoting psychedelic drugs with the 1960s refrain “turn on, tune in, drop out” are long gone. But now, the much criticized, late Harvard psychologist’s idea that mind-altering substances could be helpful and legitimate psychological tools is more relevant than ever. Psychedelics are becoming so mainstream that the Department of Veterans […]Read More

Every year, local television news stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting conduct short surveys among viewers to help guide the year’s coverage. A key question in each poll, according to David Smith, the company’s executive chairman: “What are you most afraid of?” The answers are evident in Sinclair’s programming. Crime, homelessness, illegal drug use, failing schools […]Read More

For much of the fall, Donald Trump was annoyed at Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel. She was refusing to cancel the party’s primary debates, insisting to him that they were crucial to the early presidential nominating process, that they were actually helping him and that other candidates and members would complain. “People are really […]Read More

“Remember this: Gasoline, fuel, oil, natural gas went up to a level that it was impossible … That’s what caused inflation, and we’re going to bring it down because we’re going to go drill, baby, drill.” — Former president Donald Trump, remarks at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Jan. 29 Under President Biden, U.S. […]Read More

“They [Burisma] were wanting to enter into the U.S. energy market through an IPO, and they felt like they couldn’t conduct an initial public offering if they were under investigation for corruption in Ukraine. So that’s what it all pertained to. That’s where the supposed bribe happened … They also wanted to buy an existing […]Read More

Less than a week after announcing his run for Senate, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) is withdrawing from the race, citing former president Donald Trump’s decision to endorse his opponent. “The day I announced, President Trump then announced that he was endorsing a different candidate,” Rosendale said in a statement on Thursday announcing his decision to […]Read More

A bipartisan group of lawmakers sat across from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week and delivered the good news — and, then, the bad. The good news, recalled Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), was that if the House were to vote on sending additional aid to Kyiv, “it would pass overwhelmingly.” The bad news, he said, […]Read More