White House

Alabama Dem Doug Jones Praises Dershowitz for ‘Some Good Points’ in Impeachment Defense

By Tobias Hoonhout 10:12 AM

Senator Doug Jones told reporters that Trump’s defense-team lawyer Alan Dershowitz made “some good points” relating to the second article of impeachment against Trump.

Elections

Biden-Tied Lobbyist Bought Island Property from Biden’s Brother, Gave Him Mortgage Loan

By Tobias Hoonhout 9:28 AM

In May 2005, James Biden sold land to Scott Green — a decade-long Senate staffer for Joe Biden in the 1980s.

White House

Dershowitz: Trump’s Conduct in Leaked Bolton Book Manuscript ‘Does Not Constitute an Impeachable Offense’

By Mairead McArdle 9:21 AM

“Quid pro quo alone is not a basis for abuse of power,” the former Harvard law professor said.

World

Netanyahu Indicted on Corruption Charges Hours Before Meeting with Trump

By Mairead McArdle 8:56 AM

The prime minister is charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, according to the indictment filed against him in Jerusalem District Court.

World

Boris Johnson Allows Huawei to Build Part of 5G Network Despite U.S. Warnings

By Tobias Hoonhout 8:18 AM

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farange, a key ally of Johnson’s in the recent general election, called the move “a terrible decision.”

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

When There Is No Normal

By Victor Davis Hanson 6:30 AM

History lesson: Radicals eventually will need the norms and safeguards they’ve gleefully destroyed.

Art

The Winter Show’s Many Small Treasures

By Brian T. Allen 6:30 AM

Imagine fermented maize in the gold Cup of Montezuma, or hot chocolate in a Queen Anne–era silver pot.

Politics & Policy

All Presidents Are Doves before They’re Elected

By Michael Brendan Dougherty 6:30 AM

None of them seems to stay that way in office.

Culture

Without Meaning, You Can’t Be Happy

By Dennis Prager 6:30 AM

An unprecedented loss of values and religion is leaving young Americans depressed, unhappy, and angry.

Religion

A New Ranking of Nations Where Christians Are Persecuted Most

By Doug Bandow 6:30 AM

Some old standbys, and then some surprises