A federal magistrate judge plans to hear more about a request for sanctions over the state’s handling of digital evidence in a class action lawsuit over conditions in the foster care system. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Eifert set a hearing for 1:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at the federal courthouse ...
by Daniel DePetris Nearly 21 months after the U.S. withdrawal from a two-decadelong misadventure in Afghanistan, an increasingly polarized Washington continues to ask the same old questions. Who lost Afghanistan? Was Afghanistan ever America’s to win? Who is at fault for the collapse ...
by Martin Schram Two big blips of downright infuriating news flashed across our news screens last week. But both vanished quickly, swamped by the next gush of made-for-TV stories. No wonder most of us never noticed those big bad blips. Even our usual trusty watchdogs never barked. ...
by Matthew Yglesias The idea of tackling the “root causes” of migration and asylum flows is the kind of high-minded notion likely to be dismissed by politicians such as Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis, who brag that they are actually doing something about the immigrants showing up at ...
by Doyle McManus I was in the hills of northern Italy last week, mostly on vacation but also curious to see how the war in Ukraine has affected life next door in Europe. It wasn’t hard to find the effects. You’re unhappy about $5 a gallon for gas? Try $8. “It’s painful ...
by Steven Roberts Where can the United States and its allies fight Putin’s murderous rampage in Ukraine? The answer is everywhere, with every weapon available. This war is being fought on many fronts at once: military, economic, legal, media, moral. The focus now is on the Russian ...