Julian Castro: I'm out
Weird timing. He's been a no-chancer for months, excluded from the most recent debates, but slogged on anyway. Now here we are, a month out from Iowa -- and suddenly he's gone. Presumably he ran out of...
View ArticleTrump: US-China Phase One to be signed on Jan 15; China: ...
Does the US and China have an interim agreement to retreat from its bruising trade war? Earlier this week, Donald Trump declared a diplomatic victory, and pledged a signing ceremony at the White House...
View ArticleOxford historian on the 1619 Project: 'A preposterous and one-dimensional...
The World Socialist Website published another interview with a historian who takes issue with the NY Times' 1619 Project. Oxford historian Richard Carwardine is the author of a book on Lincoln and an...
View ArticleIsraeli victim attorneys: Manhattan DA will refuse to charge hate crime over...
Remember Lihi Aharon? The Israeli student took a New York subway ride last month and got assaulted by a woman yelling anti-Semitic taunts at both her and an Orthodox Jewish man riding in the same car....
View ArticleElizabeth Warren doesn't want to talk about Medicare for All anymore
Elizabeth Warren's campaign appears to be struggling. Her polling numbers are down, her fundraising is expected to be lower than last quarter, and she seems to be doing her best to veer back toward the...
View ArticleToday's hot #TEMS topics: New Year talk, NYC's hate-crimes balk, impeachment...
Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air's Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who...
View ArticleC'mon, AOC won't be redistricted out of her House seat. Will she?
I saw this Frank Luntz tweet a few days ago, concluded it was BS, then spent the morning talking myself into believing that maybe he's onto...
View ArticleMcCabe apologized to FBI agents after changing his story on leak
Last April I wrote about the IG report which concluded that Andrew McCabe had lacked candor in several instances involving a leak to the media. IG Horowitz concluded that McCabe not only told a...
View ArticleDem rep: One reason to hold the articles of impeachment is in case new...
I think this really is why they're doing it. I've spent two weeks trying to make sense of this idiotic ploy strategically and this is the only thing that sort of adds up.REP. LLOYD DOGGETT: Well, I...
View ArticleThere was another anti-Semitic attack in New York on New Year's Day
As I pointed out on New Year's Eve, the New York area saw a disturbing number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2019. But the first such incident of 2020 happened on New Year's Day in Brooklyn. The victim...
View ArticleJosh Hawley: I'll introduce a resolution on Monday to dismiss the impeachment...
He's been running for the 2024 nomination since the day he was sworn in as a senator, aiming to win over Trump's base by picking fights with populist enemies like Big Tech. This move won't hurt his...
View ArticleHot Air’s top 50 countdown in 2019: 11-20
Our delayed countdown of the Top 50 Hot Air posts of 2019 continues today with the first half of our top 20! Incentives abound today, not just to revisit these stories but within the stories...
View ArticleHillary Clinton found a job: Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast
Hillary Clinton is welcoming in the new year with a new job - she has been appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast (QUB). The appointment is effective immediately and it's a five-year...
View ArticleGamechanger: Quds Force supreme commander Qassem Soleimani reported dead in...
The president often exaggerates his threats. But not always. From New Year's Eve:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1212121026072592384They paid a very big price. The most dangerous man in the...
View ArticleNational tragedy: Marianne Williamson may be dropping out
When Huey Lewis sang about the power of love, he probably didn't have Marianne Williamson in mind. Tragically for all of America, that power might not have been enough to push your way through a...
View ArticlePompeo: We took out Soleimani to stop an "imminent attack"
Did the US take out Qassem Soleimani over business as usual, or something much more acute? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has begun laying out the case -- in somewhat cryptic terms, necessarily -- that...
View ArticleDamn right Trump ordered the Code Red, says Haley ... and McGurk?
Did Donald Trump destabilize the Middle East in a single strike, or did he give Tehran "a punch in the nose" to put a stop to a long slide to war? For the most part, reaction to last night's strike on...
View ArticleHot Air’s top 50 countdown in 2019: The Top Ten of 2019!
It's the post -- and the comic relief -- you've all been waiting for ... the unveiling of the Top Ten posts of 2019! These are the most read posts of 2019 and they pretty well capture the biggest...
View Article#TEMS Special: Hollywood Year in Review with Christian Toto
Today we have a special edition of The Ed Morrissey Show at 11:30 am ET, streamed on Hot Air's Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook.Join us as we...
View ArticleTucker Carlson on Soleimani strike: We appear to be lumbering towards a new...
I was thinking last night after the news broke that the fallout from the strike isn't just a risk for U.S. national security, it's a risk for Trump's political coalition. Most righties, even populist...
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