Advise & Consent: President Biden is facing his first major defeat with his nomination of Neera Tanden to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. Two hearings on her nomination have been postponed, a possible signal that the nomination …

Communications Breakdown: Former Capitol security officials and the Washington police chief blamed intelligence failures by law enforcement and the Defense Department for leaving them unprepared for the enormity of the January 6th insurrection and for slow mobilization of the  National Guard.    “None …

Milestone: In an emotional speech last night at the White House, President Biden marked the milestone of a half million deaths in the coronavirus pandemic. “For the loved ones left behind: I know all too well,” he said. “I know what it’s …

Electric Shock: Customers of unregulated Texas power companies who signed up for floating price plans have been socked with enormous bills in the wake of the big freeze and power outage. Some customers are paying hundreds of dollars more, some are …

We’ll Always Have Paris: In his continuing effort to undo four years of Donald Trump, President Joe Biden formally rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement and declared that the days of “America First” diplomacy are over.  Unlike Trump, Biden believes climate change …

Planetary Perseverance: NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed  on Mars yesterday for a mission to further explore whether there was ever life on the red planet.    Mars is 128 million miles from Earth. The control room in Pasadena broke into high fives and …

The Mess in Texas: As Texas struggles to turn the heat and lights back on, another winter storm is on the way. A quarter of Texas residents are under a boil water order because the water systems are down. Some are …

Dour and Sullen: Donald Trump ripped Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his Saturday speech denouncing  the just-acquitted former president.   Widening the growing rifts in the Republican Party, Trump said, “Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican …

Post Mortem: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for an “independent” commission to investigate the 6th January insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.   The commission would have to be established by law.   In a letter to members of …

False Equivalence: Trump defense lawyer Michael van der Veen opened his arguments saying Donald Trump did nothing to incite the Capitol riot and “Like every other politically motivated witch hunt the left has engaged in over the past four years, this impeachment …