https://thedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GettyImages-2211177284.jpg?w=1024 Nearly 100 days into his second term as president, things are clearly not going great for Donald Trump. His administration’s first major domestic undertaking, […]
Bolton Raid: Legitimate Investigation or Political Retribution?
Let’s assume for a moment that last week’s search and seizure at the home and office of John Bolton, the former national security adviser, was a sound and justifiable use of federal law enforcement resources. Yes, there are many obvious reasons to suggest Bolton’s targeting is unfair political retribution. A…
10 Phrases I Pretended to Understand as a D.C. Intern
When I landed in Washington, D.C., for my summer internship on Capitol Hill—I did this in May and June, and started at The Dispatch in July—I had a few rookie worries: business professional or business casual? Where exactly do I walk in on day one without looking completely lost? What…
The Cracker Barrel Crack-Up
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Fired anti-Trump prosecutor running for congressional seat faces tough questions in case he led
A former federal prosecutor with vocal anti-Trump views who was fired in late March is facing tough questions about his handling of a high-profile case […]
Green Shoots
https://thedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GettyImages-2210188547.jpg?w=1024 So maybe Chuck Schumer was right. Last month the Senate minority leader made an enemy of, well, just about every Democrat in the country […]
The Good Tsar
https://thedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GettyImages-2207999111.jpg?w=1024 The genuflecting yellowbellies of the Cowards’ Caucus in Congress—which is to say, Republicans as a whole—have groveled mightily in seeking to curry favor with […]
Trump fired a Democrat for refusing his orders, Christian employers are fighting to keep her fired
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission took a hard line against Christian employers under President Biden, forcing them to pay for employees’ hormone and surgical […]
Republican attorneys general found a loophole China exploited for fentanyl and got Trump to close it
While some online American shoppers are upset over President Donald Trump closing a trade loophole that allowed China to import some small-dollar parcels into the […]
Pay to Play
https://thedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GettyImages-2208410177.jpg?w=1024 Ask the average political junkie to name a scandal involving Joe Biden’s son Hunter and I bet nine out of 10 would name the […]
SCOTUS to consider mandatory LGBTQ ‘storybooks’ in schools case that united Muslims, Christians
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a challenge to a wealthy Washington, D.C. suburb’s refusal to let religious parents opt out their children as […]
Judge approves class-action suit against Chicago Public Schools for Hindu rituals forced on students
Chicago Public Schools allegedly subjected students to secret religious rituals by a Hollywood director’s charitable foundation with the help of the University of Chicago. CPS […]