Three expert witnesses testifying before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee denounced as a whitewash a recent U.N. investigation into its troubled agency assisting Palestinians in Gaza. On May 17, they told the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), that the Colonna Report was released by […]

A few hours after finishing second in the Iowa Caucuses, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis looked chipper and sounded optimistic in his first campaign event on Jan. 16 in Greenville, South Carolina. With many pundits trying to count him out and many networks calling the Jan. 15 race for former President Donald Trump before many Iowans […]

The conservative vote-monitoring organization True the Vote’s challenges to Georgia voters’ eligibility did not amount to voter intimidation in the 2020 elections, a federal judge ruled on Jan. 2. U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones, in a 145-page ruling issued a little less than two months after the end of a civil trial, found that […]

Christmas in Jesus’s birthplace is a muted affair this year, with the Holy Land cloven by war. The war in Gaza rages, with thousands of civilian casualties, Israelis still held hostage, and many more back home still reeling from the Oct. 7 attacks. Bethlehem, along the flight path of rockets Hamas in Gaza fires at […]

LAS VEGAS—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has one advantage over his Republican rivals, who also spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) summit in Las Vegas. He’s in power right now in a large state with a significant Jewish population, and his party controls both houses of the Legislature. Campaigning for the 2024 presidential nomination before […]

LAS VEGAS–Just four days into his new role as House Speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) made his first speech at a public event, declaring to a largely Jewish audience:  “We are going to stand like a rock with our friend and our ally, Israel.” Mr. Johnson, who was elected to his role on Oct. 25, […]

Former President Donald Trump surrendered himself to authorities at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 24 at roughly 7:36 p.m. local time. He was released on a $200,000 bond in about 20 minutes after going through the booking process, including fingerprinting and having his picture taken for a mug shot—the first ever […]

Republican candidates debating in Milwaukee all said they’re pro-life. But they differed on whether to go with six-week “heartbeat” limits for abortion or 15-week limits, and whether last year’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade sends the issue back to the states or whether the federal government still plays a role. The first question went […]

Those at Erick Erickson’s “The Gathering” in Atlanta on Aug. 19 saw two sides of Chris Christie. The first side was on stage in the 45 minutes the former New Jersey governor spent chatting amiably with Mr. Erickson, the Atlanta-based conservative talk radio host. Mr. Christie talked about the issues of the day—the challenge of […]

ATLANTA—In a bizarre turn of events, Georgia briefly posted online—then removed—a two-page list of charges against former President Donald Trump on Aug. 14. The posting (pdf) came amid reports that a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, was still hearing testimony from witnesses regarding the former president’s challenge of the 2020 election results and his […]

Lawyers for Disney World’s new governing board support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s motion asking a federal judge to abstain from—or dismiss—the giant entertainment company’s lawsuit against him. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District was created after Mr. DeSantis moved last year to strip Disney of the self-governing powers it had enjoyed for more than half […]

Monique Worrell, the Orlando-area state attorney removed from her position by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Aug. 9, had been on his radar for a while. She was one of the high-profile big-city prosecutors nationally, supported by liberal philanthropist George Soros, who advocate releasing many defendants or dropping charges against them to pursue a social justice […]

The new district board overseeing Disney World in Florida has eliminated its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, including a DEI board. In February, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation creating the new board and abolishing its predecessor, which was tightly linked with the primary business it regulated— Disney World. The act was part of Mr. […]

Talking to New Hampshire voters on June 27, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined his plans to “reconstitutionalize” the federal government, including constitutional amendments he’d like to see passed. DeSantis, a Republican seeking his party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential race, took probing questions from the state’s famously independent-minded voters, including from some wanting to know […]

Ron DeSantis rolled out a detailed plan to secure the nation’s borders, something he’s said he’ll begin implementing on the first day of his presidency—if elected. Speaking in Eagle Pass, Texas—on the Rio Grande River on June 26—the Florida governor and candidate for the Republican nomination touted a plan listing 35 actions he commits to […]

Former President Donald Trump will deliver a speech at the Republican state convention in Georgia on June 10, his first public appearance after his federal indictment in the classified document probe. Republican governor Brian Kemp and his cabinet are not expected to attend the convention, which kicked off on June 9. Kari Lake, a prominent Trump […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis went to work in a key early primary state on June 2 as he began introducing himself to the voters of South Carolina. The state poses a particular challenge: it is home to not one but two of DeSantis’s declared challengers for the Republican nomination, a popular former governor in Nikki […]

Ron DeSantis has been busy the last week since officially launching his bid for the presidency. Amid a flurry of campaign appearances in his own state and Iowa, the Florida governor continues to govern. DeSantis has signed dozens of bills that are still landing on his desk after the legislative session that concluded on May […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis paid a price on the opening night of his campaign for gambling on a new launch format, with the Twitter chatroom crashing after some 600,000 listeners attempted to tune in. But after tech issues were resolved, the conversation on Twitter Spaces—with billionaire Elon Musk and investor David Sacks—quickly turned to policy, […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he can win the Republican presidential nomination over Donald Trump because he’s broadly acceptable to Republicans. He says he will then beat Joe Biden in the general election because he has the proven strength to appeal to independents. “I won 97 percent of Republicans in my reelection,” DeSantis said in […]