The Next Generation of Law Students Is Obsessed With Lina Khan

Lina Khan had spent the day doing TV interviews and press conferences defending the administration’s new tough-on-mergers stance. Now the chair of the Federal Trade Commission joined a more hospitable crowd. Squeezed into the corner of a bar steps from the White House, she urged law students not much younger than her to join the growing antitrust movement. “This is just the...

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Attacks on US troops in Middle East spike amid military buildup

Attacks on American troops dramatically ramped up over the weekend, the Pentagon said Monday, as the U.S. military sent ships and a submarine into the region. U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Syria have been attacked by rockets and drones 38 times since Oct. 17, Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Monday, an increase from 31 on Friday afternoon. Forty-six...

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Gaza has lost telecom contact again; Israel’s military says it has surrounded Gaza City

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Gaza came under the third total communications outage since the start of the war, while Israel’s military announced late Sunday that it had encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two. “Today there is north Gaza and south Gaza,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told reporters, calling it a “significant stage” in Israel’s war against...

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Former Obama strategist wonders if Biden should stay in presidential race

David Axelrod, a prominent Democratic political strategist and former White House official, said on Sunday that President Joe Biden needed to think carefully about whether he should continue to seek reelection. “Only @JoeBiden can make this decision,” Axelrod wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. What...

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A Norway spruce from West Virginia is headed to the Capitol to be this year's Christmas tree

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 63-foot Norway spruce from the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia is on its way to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to be the Christmas tree for 2023. Snow fell on the crew members Wednesday in Monongahela National Forest as they harvested the tree selected for this year’s holiday season. The tree was selected by Jim Kaufmann, director of the Capitol...

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Christie, Hutchinson get a stormy reception at Florida voter summit

There was no sunshine in Florida on Saturday for any 2024 Republican candidate calling out former President Donald Trump. A combative Chris Christie was loudly booed as soon as he took the stage and throughout his remarks at the Florida Freedom Summit in Kissimmee, as Trump maintains his dominance in the state amid a string of fresh endorsements. Before the former New Jersey...

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Santos says he’d run again if expelled

NEW YORK — Expulsion wouldn’t derail Rep. George Santos. The Long Island Republican, facing federal fraud charges, signaled he will run again for his House seat next year if lawmakers successfully expel him from office. Santos pointed to his own victory last year for a House district won by President Joe Biden in 2020 as a sign of his political strength. “Could I have won...

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