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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—April 4

By Ed Whelan 8:00 AM

Overriding its own precedent and contradicting nine other circuits, the majority holds that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination under Title VII.

It Is Time to Rethink Foreign-Intelligence Surveillance

By Andrew C. McCarthy 6:30 AM

The latest inspector-general report is another black eye for the FBI, but the FISA court is the elephant in the room.

The Media Owe Senator Tom Cotton an Apology

By A. G. Hamilton 5:51 PM

He never said China intentionally released the coronavirus, and his suggestion that the disease originated in a Wuhan laboratory looks increasingly plausible.

Conservative Pundits Weren’t the Only Ones to Get the Pandemic Wrong

By Jonathan S. Tobin 5:46 PM

Media figures on both sides of the aisle failed to appreciate the extent of the threat until it was too late. Liberals shouldn’t pretend otherwise.

Progressives and College

By Ramesh Ponnuru 4:57 PM

My essay doesn't treat the idea of college-for-all as a distinctively progressive idea.

De Blasio Says City Told Public Masks Unnecessary in order to Preserve Supply for Medical Workers

By Zachary Evans 4:54 PM

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio recommended against the use of face masks for the public in order to preserve supply for health-care workers.

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Democrats Delay Presidential Convention Amid Coronavirus Concerns

9:12 AM

Not unexpected.

Report: Federal Agency Shipped Face Masks Overseas as Veterans Affairs Hospital Rationed Them

By Mairead McArdle 4:48 PM

A federal agency reportedly shipped face masks overseas from a Miami warehouse even as a nearby Veterans Affairs hospital was rationing them.

Welcome Back, Plastic Bags

By Kyle Smith 4:28 PM

Lifting the plastic-bag ban is so obviously a good idea that even San Francisco has bowed to reality.

Pelosi Abandons Sweeping Coronavirus Legislative Agenda, Agrees to Narrowly-Tailored Phase-4 Relief Bill

By Zachary Evans 3:11 PM

“Let’s do the same bill we just did, make some changes to make it current,” Pelosi told reporters on Capitol Hill Friday.

‘Making More of Our Own Stuff’

By Kevin D. Williamson 2:59 PM

It seems to me that shortages in our emergency supplies of critical drugs are a planning problem, not a trade problem.