The New York Times Made A Humiliating Error, And Trump Is Just Loving It

The Moral Malaise: The New York Times Makes The Case For "Microlooting" To Murder Authored by Jonathan Turley, “It is so hard to live ethically in an unethical society.” That lament heard this week from New York Times opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman could well be the Democratic Party’s epitaph. Spiegelman was interviewing two left-wing influencers about how everything from shoplifting to murder may be excusable today in light of the unfairness they see in society. The podcast, a product of the nation’s newspaper of record, reveled in the moral relativism that has...

Iranian media reported on Thursday that Tehran has approved the transit of a “number” of Chinese vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, as President Trump is in Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “Following requests by the Chinese foreign minister and the country’s ambassador to Iran, facilitation of the passage of Chinese ships […]

Trump Admin Announces Criminal Charges Against Former Cuba President Raul Castro Update (1300ET): As we wrote earlier in anticipation, the US sought to unseal an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, sharply escalating a standoff with Havana as the Trump administration attempts to force change on the island after nearly seven decades of communist rule. The charges are related to the shooting of two humanitarian planes in 1996. The Department of Justice asked to unseal the indictment against Castro and five other people in a filing in federal court in Florida on...