Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is backing Majority Whip Tom Emmer to be the next speaker of the House — but after more than two weeks and two candidates failing to garner enough support to earn the gavel, he’s not … Continued
Surveying the wreckage of last week’s Republican efforts to elect a speaker of the House, former Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that she was disturbed about how intimidation was part of Jim Jordan’s campaign to win that job. “Political violence … Continued
As Israel prepares to launch a ground invasion on Gaza more than two weeks after the surprise attack by Hamas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that Israel has “absolutely no intent” to govern Gaza again. “I think we … Continued
News of Bill Belichick’s contract status with the Patriots leaked ahead of Sunday’s game against the Bills. Belichick and the Patriots “quietly agreed to terms on a lucrative multi-year new contract” this offseason, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday morning … Continued
Edward Lotterman Before his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Geography is destiny!” And even today, this assertion prompts useful thinking about how geography influences development of economies over time and why apparently similar countries can have quite different … Continued