The FBI has sent investigative materials into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to Capitol Hill, including notes from the Bureau's interview with Clinton, it was reported Tuesday. Read more
A professor who penned an op-ed in the Washington Post arguing for the Obama administration's $400 million payment to Iran did not disclose his ties to a group that paid experts to advocate for the Iran deal in the public sphere, the Washington Free Beaconreported Tuesday. Read more
Clinton ally and Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane was forced to resign from her post Tuesday after a jury found her guilty of nine criminal offenses. Read more
A small evangelical college in Oklahoma has become the first school to sue the federal government for its overbearing Title IX enforcement—possibly paving the way for others. Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville has joined an existing lawsuit against the federal Department of Education first filed by a former University of Virginia law student, the Chronicle of Higher Educationreported Monday. Read more
The Democratic candidate for Senate in the battleground state of New Hampshire declined to say Hillary Clinton was honest and trustworthy Monday morning after being asked three separate times. Read more
We mourn those closest to us when they die: parents, relatives, family, friends. When a leader or athlete dies, an obituary is good; it’s something to share. Read more
Did Hillary Clinton commit perjury at a congressional hearing about the Benghazi attack? That's what two House Republican committee chairmen are asking the Justice Department to investigate. On Monday, House Oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz of Utah and House Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia wrote a letter to the U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia. The letter noted multiple examples of the former secretary of state making statements at her October 2015 appearance before the House Select Committee on the Benghazi attack that contradict evidence presented by the FBI following its investigation into Clinton's private email server. Read more
On Monday, Andrew Ferguson wrote on the government's feeble and insulting attempt to explain why insurance premiums were rising precipitously under Obamacare, contrary to what was promised. This is just scratching the surface of Obamacare's current woes. Read more
The level of fury expressed by Beijing over South Korea’s recently announced decision to deploy the U.S. Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) seems to have caught some in Seoul off guard. China's official mouthpiece, Xinhua, even carried an August 13 report suggesting that President Park could be "impeached" over the THAAD decision: "A South Korean opposition party candidate said it is possible to impeach President Park Geun-hye over her turning a blind eye to growing public opposition over the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) on the country's soil." Read more
Less than two months after Iran received $400 million in foreign currency in January, the world's top state sponsor of terror acquired another $1.3 billion in cash from the United States, based on statements of U.S. government officials. Read more
The best in books and arts from around the web, including: Classical architecture and California, the life of Colin Wilson, the real Robinson Crusoe, and more. Read more
The Defense Department has transferred 15 detainees—12 Yemenis and 3 Afghan citizens—from Guantanamo to the United Arab Emirates. The Pentagon's web page says nothing about the risks the detainees pose beyond the fact that the transfers supposedly "took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures." The DOD thanks the UAE "for its humanitarian gesture," implying that the transfers were necessary to promote human welfare. Read more
Coming into Rio, few people expected 31-year-old Michael Phelps, swimming in his fifth Olympics, to become the most decorated swimmer in this year’s games. With the swimming competition now completed, however, that's exactly what transpired. Read more
The Islamic Republic of Iran does not recognize the independence of the Republic of Kosovo. While the Balkan state of some 1.8 million people is 80 percent Muslim, few among them are Shia, save for some spiritual Sufis whose variety of Shiism is extremely heterodox when compared with Tehran’s theocratic ideology. Read more
Donald Trump used to love the polls, until the polls weren't useful anymore. Now he’s is taking matters into his own hands by conducting a poll of his own. Trump's campaign emailed his supporters earlier Monday, saying that he is now facing two opponents: Hillary Clinton and the media. Read more
In the latest episode of Conversations with Bill Kristol, University of Virginia professor Paul Cantor joins Kristol to talk about his recommended reading list. Cantor includes several writers through the ages, both well and lesser known, who might appeal to lovers of liberty and classical liberalism. Read more
Donald Trump delivered a strong speech Monday on thwarting terrorists and crushing ISIS while cleverly disguising it as an address on national security policy. Read more
