News Round-Up
26 April 2025
by Toby Young
President Joe Biden on Monday issued a preemptive pardon to Dr. Anthony Fauci, among other potential Trump targets, though claimed it should not be "misconstrued as an admission of guilt".
Facebook is to scrap its fact-checkers after Mark Zuckerberg said they have "been too politically biased and destroyed more trust than they've created" as he pledged to "restore free expression" on the social network.
The White House intentionally hid from the public Joe Biden's rapidly declining mental condition for his entire Presidency, according to a new report. This from the administration that waged war on misinformation.
The U.S. Education Department has handed out more than $1 billion in DEI grants since 2021, a report from Parents Defending Education has found. No wonder Donald Trump wants to abolish it.
Donald Trump has said Joe Biden should now pardon those imprisoned for the January 6th Capitol riots after he pardoned his son Hunter, claiming the conviction was "politically motivated".
The world is closer to nuclear war than at any point since the Cuban missile crisis. And to what end, asks Eugyppius. Merely to "send a message" to North Korea, it appears.
Too many still view American politics through a Left-Right binary, says Prof James Alexander. A better lens is to see that a vote for Harris is a vote for the Court party, while outsider Trump represents the Country.
The White House has tried to cover-up Joe Biden calling Donald Trump supporters "garbage" by doctoring the transcript of his remarks in a gaffe reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" jibe.
As a diversity pick thrice over – female, black, South Asian – with no popular mandate, Kamala Harris is the perfect candidate for the modern Democratic Party, says Ramesh Thakur. The election is Trump's to lose.
Joe Biden has proposed sweeping reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court accusing it of making "dangerous and extreme decisions" and losing the public’s trust.
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