Twister: Tornadoes and powerful storms over the weekend killed at least 33 people in several southern and midwestern states between Friday and yesterday.   The storm damage stretched from Iowa to Delaware.   Nine people died in McNairy County, Tennessee, where some homes …

Orange is the New Black: Perhaps the most damning statement about the indictment of Donald Trump came from his daughter Ivanka, who did not proclaim the former president’s innocence or claim he’s the victim of political prosecution. Ivanka said in a …

The Ham Sandwich: Donald Trump yesterday became the first former president to be indicted on criminal charges. The indictment has not been opened, so we don’t know what the charges are, but this comes from the New York grand jury investigating …

Anti-Trans: The right wing movement against gender-affirming care for minors has become a major effort to neutralize the medical establishment dealing with what appears to be the growing phenomenon of gender dysphoria.    A troubling medical matter has become a major political issue.  Georgia …

Speak, He Said: A federal judge has ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence must break executive omerta and appear in front of the grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The order overrules legal …

The Shooting Gallery: Three 9-year-old children and three adults were killed yesterday morning in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville. The head of the school and the daughter of the church’s pastor were among the dead. The shooter, …

Twister: At least 26 people are confirmed dead after storms and tornados tore through a 170-mile swath of Mississippi and Alabama last Friday. A father and one-year-old daughter are among them.   And the storm threat continues. As many as 20 million residents across …

Twister: At least 23 people are dead this morning and dozens more injured after a  tornado ripped through rural Mississippi last night, leveling homes, smashing cars, and leaving some people trapped in the wreckage.   The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said that at …

TikTok, TikTok: The House Energy and Commerce Committee spent five hours grilling TikTok’s chief executive, Shou Chew, about the social app’s ties to the Chinese government and its potential harm to children and teenagers.   Critics say TikTok exposes youngsters to sexual matter and …

Trump World: Breaking the wall of attorney-client privilege, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday that a lawyer representing Donald Trump must hand over documents related to his legal work for the former president in the case of Trump’s handling of secret …