Apparently interpreting the Supreme Court’s decision on the 14th Amendment as a personal vote of confidence, Donald Trump pushed his luck, urging the justices to rule swiftly that he has absolute immunity as well. That is not likely. Most observers thought the court would reject ...

The case House Republicans had against Hunter Biden never seemed like much. But it turned out to be even less than that after the events of last week. After much advance hype from their friends in conservative talk shows and other media, Republicans were ready to play their gotcha cards. A ...

Nikki Haley won the Republican primary in Washington, D.C., with about 63% of the vote to Donald Trump’s 33%, securing all 19 available delegates, and becoming the first woman to ever win a Republican presidential primary. To be sure, the contest was tiny: Just over 2,000 Republicans voted ...

In bygone days, Democrats in New York’s suburbs could happily vote for Republicans they deemed good guys. Moderate Republicans didn’t seem all that different from moderate Democrats, and the two parties worked together in Washington. Those days are obviously gone. The recent election of ...

The Alabama Supreme Court set off political tremors last week with its decision that frozen embryos have the status of “extrauterine children” and thus are covered by a state law that permits parents to seek damages for the wrongful death of a “minor child.” The implication that in ...

I’m not here to join the mockery of Alabama for declaring that embryos are children — and, therefore, in vitro fertilization clinics must protect them forever. On the contrary, I admire its honesty. Many states have effectively banned abortions, arguing that destroying an embryo amounts to ...