Anthony Kennedy retires

My new opinion piece for the New York Post: "Even after a king we regard as benign steps down, we might want to reflect whether kingship is a good thing.Both Kennedy and O'Connor were famously reluctant to lay down clear rules for future cases, preferring to leave options open for the exercise of their sense of fairness. "Yet a sense of fairness provides no steady and stable basis for future cases.

Happy 50th to America’s biggest military airplane

One of the largest airplanes in the world -- a jet that forever changed America's military and airline industry -- is turning half a century old. When you see a C-5 Galaxy on the ground for the first time, the first thing that strikes you is... it's freakishly huge.

Ventura Ranch KOA Rebounding after Dec. Fire

Scott Cory, owner of the Ventura Ranch Kampgrounds of America Holiday in Santa Paula, Calif., decided to take matters into his own hands after waiting months to clean up the rubble that was left behind by the Thomas Fire last December. This was after losing more than 20 structures during the fire, one that would go on to be the largest in California history, burning Cory told Woodall's Campground Management, sister publication to RVBUSINESS, on Thursday that while it cost quite a bit to perform the clean up on his own, waiting to see if the Federal Emergency Management Agency was going to be able to help was taking too long.

Blunt Praises Passage of Defense Funding Legislation

Several Missouri and national defense priorities stand to benefit with the overwhelming passage of the Fiscal Year-2019 Defense Appropriations bill. Senator Roy Blunt issued a statement of support, Thursday, praising passage of the bill by the full Appropriations Committee.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Trump: “I don’t think he knows how to …

In the last 48 hours, since first-time politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat incumbent and assumed heir to Nancy Pelosi's House Minority Leader role Rep. Joseph Crowley in the Democratic primary in New York, much of the mainstream media has been playing catch up . Thursday night, she spoke in front of a late-night audience for the first time.

Vermont US Sen. Leahy seeks to limit border search zones

Vermont's Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy wants to reduce the size of the zone in which border agents can question people about their immigration status. Currently, officers of the Department of Homeland Security have broad legal authority to stop vehicles and search private land, without warrants within 100 miles of the border.

From ketchup to toilet paper: Canada launching retaliatory tariff broadside

When Sen. Patrick Toomey looks at the future of the ketchup market in his home state of Pennsylvania, he sees real blood on the floor. On Sunday, Canada's $16.6-billion worth of retaliatory tariffs on dozens of U.S. products is set to kick in - the country's answer to the crushing steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

18 years old and still wetting the bed: Teenager speaks out about…

Pictured: Bitter gunman, 38, who shot five dead in the Capital Gazette newsroom, after he sued the paper and harassed staff over 2011 article that exposed him for Facebook stalking a woman Jahi McMath, the teen declared brain dead by doctors in 2013, has died undergoing surgery in New Jersey after a five-year bitter legal fight by her mother who insisted medics were wrong and she was still alive Fierce 'heat dome' to bring scorching temperatures in excess of 100f across central and eastern US into the weekend with 18 states issuing advisories to stay inside Barack Obama attends lavish DNC fundraiser where guests paid $100,000 each to take a picture with the former President D.B. Cooper unmasked at last? Investigators say they've now confirmed skyjacker's identity by decoding long-lost 'confession' Delta flight attendant kicks EIGHT passengers off her plane for giving her 'attitude' when ... (more)

Couple who hosted their nuptials for less than $5,000 share how you can too

Pictured: Bitter gunman, 38, who shot five dead in the Capital Gazette newsroom, after he sued the paper and harassed staff over 2011 article that exposed him for Facebook stalking a woman Jahi McMath, the teen declared brain dead by doctors in 2013, has died undergoing surgery in New Jersey after a five-year bitter legal fight by her mother who insisted medics were wrong and she was still alive Fierce 'heat dome' to bring scorching temperatures in excess of 100f across central and eastern US into the weekend with 18 states issuing advisories to stay inside Barack Obama attends lavish DNC fundraiser where guests paid $100,000 each to take a picture with the former President D.B. Cooper unmasked at last? Investigators say they've now confirmed skyjacker's identity by decoding long-lost 'confession' Delta flight attendant kicks EIGHT passengers off her plane for giving her 'attitude' when ... (more)

Court confirmation process likely to follow Gorsuch playbook Source: AP

The Republican game plan for selecting the next member of the Supreme Court was ready to go even before longtime Justice Anthony Kennedy made his retirement announcement this week. Kennedy's news that he'll leave the court next month immediately activated a network of White House aides, congressional allies and outside advocates, all set for their second Supreme Court confirmation fight in two years.