On Supreme Court nominees, feminist fear-mongering is a time-honored tradition

The Women's March didn't even know the name of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee before they drafted and sent a press release on Monday claiming the nomination of "XX" marked a "death sentence for thousands of women in the United States." I, too, would fear elevating a person named XX to the high court, given that they sound like a science-fiction villain who would, in fact, be hellbent on slaughtering women en masse.

A look at Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s notable opinions

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, has sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2006. Here are summaries of some of his notable opinions: In a pivotal 2011 Second Amendment case, Kavanaugh wrote a dissenting opinion when the D.C. Circuit Court upheld a District of Columbia ordinance banning most semi-automatic rifles.

Peter Lucas: Bill Clinton certainly has a gift for writing fiction

That's just the title -- "The President is Missing" -- of Bill Clinton's novel co-authored with best-selling mystery writer James Patterson. It is a thriller about a U.S. president who goes missing during a cyber-attack on the U.S. What also reads like fiction is Clinton's testimony about his secret meeting with then U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on an airport tarmac in Phoenix.

Enforce our laws and secure our borders

Enforce our laws and secure our borders Illegal immigration is the most significant crisis of our time: Opposing view Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2u7v0Uw As a mother and family physician, I understand that no American wants to see children separated from their parents. However, as elected officials, our first priority must be to enforce our immigration laws, secure our borders and protect American families.

The Senate Intelligence Committee reaffirms that Russia…

President Donald Trump and some of his Republican allies have expressed an extraordinary amount of denial about Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The president seethes at the suggestion of collusion or cooperation between his campaign and Russia, calls the special counsel's inquiry a "witch hunt" and "hoax," and continues to suggest that he accepts the assurance of Vladimir Putin that Russia did not intervene.

Annexing Crimea was egregious. Why does Trump disagree?

Inside the U.S. government there is virtual unanimity on the question of Crimea, the Ukrainian region invaded and abruptly annexed by Russia in 2014: It was an egregious act of aggression and, as the first forcible transnational seizure of territory in Europe since World War II, should never be accepted by the United States. Since his presidential campaign, Trump has repeatedly said - most recently, to the other leaders of the Group of Seven democracies - that Crimea ought to be part of Russia because a majority of its people are Russian-speaking and, as he put it in 2016, "would rather be with Russia."

The Senate Intelligence Committee reaffirms that Russia meddled. Will Trump listen?

PRESIDENT TRUMP and some of his Republican allies have expressed an extraordinary amount of denial about Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The president seethes at the suggestion of collusion or cooperation between his campaign and Russia, calls the special counsel's inquiry a "witch hunt" and "hoax," and continues to suggest that he accepts the assurance of VladiA mir Putin that Russia did not intervene.

For once, it’s good news unemployment went up

YOU KNOW these are interesting times in the U.S. economy when it's a positive sign that the unemployment rate just went up. On Friday, the Labor Department reported that the jobless rate ticked up from 3.8 percent in May to 4.0 percent in June, but that's good news because it reflected an increase of job seekers of approximately 600,000, drawn from the pool of previously discouraged workers.

Count the lies: A judge correctly calls out White House chicanery on census citizenship question

Most of us have to settle for vocalizing outrage or bewilderment at the parade of lies and pretexts emanating from a White House determined to rule by low blows and dirty tricks that strike at the heart of American democracy. Manhattan Federal Judge Jesse Furman could and did something about an especially egregious effort, by which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expects to add a question to the 2020 Census asking about the citizenship status of each and every U.S. household.

Dani Garavelli: We can mock Trump’s visit, but remember serious issues at stake

The six-metre-high inflatable Trump Baby has its first London outing at a disused playground in Islington. Picture: Andrew Aitchison/Getty Knockabout stunts to humiliate Donald Trump during his UK visit are great as long as we remember the serious issues at stake, writes Dani Garavelli Last week, on US Independence Day, Therese Okoumo staged the perfect protest against Donald Trump's policy on separating immigrant children from their parents.