We are not without precedent of course. Eight Justices were nominated and confirmed to fill vacancies that arose during presidential election years. President Herbert Hoover nominated Benjamin Cardozo to replace the venerable Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes while running for reelection. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt succeeded Hoover, the U.S. Senate confirmed Justice Cardozo in March of 1932. While running for reelection, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed—via the seldom-used recess appointment—Justice William J....

Gorbachev, 88, was the Soviet leader who inked the 1987 accord with U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The treaty banned ground-launch nuclear and conventional missiles with ranges from 310 miles to 3,417 miles, removing roughly 2,700 such weapons from the front lines of the Cold War. The U.S. has accused Russia of developing weapons that contravene the agreement, specifically the SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile. U.S. officials believe the 9M729 has a range of between 310 and 620 miles, making it a breach of the agreement....

The questions rolled onto the op-ed pages like so many battle tanks. What exactly was this New World Order? Could it be just a cloak for American hegemony? Fashionable notions like “American decline” were hastily cast aside, replaced by older phrases like “world policeman” and “pax Americana.” Where, in the new scheme of things, did the Soviet Union fit–or Germany, or Japan, or the United Nations? Was military muscle, recently thought to be a bit passe, in fact what counted in the world, and economic power overrated?...

New Orleans native Lawrence Brooks was joined by friends, family, fellow service members and museum staff for a celebration in the Museum’s Louisiana Memorial Pavilion. In addition to well wishes and birthday cupcakes, Brooks was feted by the museum’s vocal trio, The Victory Belles, who serenaded him with patriotic classics. “The Museum’s mission is to tell the important stories of the men and women who served in World War II,” said Stephen Watson, president and CEO of The National WWII Museum....

My life has been far more satisfying than I dreamed possible when I arrived in the United States, 38 years ago. I am privileged to head a world-class institution, the University of California, Berkeley. My former Ph.D. students are professors at major universities. My engineering research has contributed to America’s space technology, nuclear-reactor safety and energy technology. Yet no matter the scope of my accomplishments, when many Americans see my face and hear my Chinese accent, they think of me as an immigrant, first and foremost....

This was Thursday morning, one day after al-Douri–whose boss, Saddam Hussein, was either dead or on the run, and whose job, Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, is as worthless as those dinars in his pocket–famously admitted that the Republic of Iraq did not, for the time being, even exist. “The game is over,” he said. That shocking admission–coming from a man who had defended Saddam in that most public of arenas only to watch his boss’s monuments get pulled down and dragged all over Baghdad–drew me to al-Douri’s Upper East Side townhouse the next day....

Then again, I’m no longer in high school, where students are compelled–not forced by the government, of course, but compelled nonetheless–to do just that every morning. So right after the Supreme Court heard the historic arguments about the Pledge of Allegiance last week , I headed to Brooklyn’s Lafayette High School to see whether today’s students had any sympathy for California atheist Michael Newdow–the guy who wants to remove the “under God” from our national loyalty oath....

Evidence, of course, has been mounting for years, what with all the remakes (“Mr. Deeds”), sequels (“Men in Black II”) and lame ideas from TV (“I Spy”) that they’ve been churning out. I thought 2001 was a low watermark for Hollywood’s unmatched creativity. In that year, studios remade and sequelized movies as well as revived lame TV shows resulting in beauties like “Rush Hour,” “Rollerball,” “Ocean’s 11,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Dr....

So why is Amtrak about to go out of business? Have you heard the news? America’s railroad is on the ropes again, drowning in debt, choked by unprofitable long-distance lines and battling with Congress for every penny. A few weeks ago, Amtrak president George Warrington, tired of having to go to Congress every year with his hat in his hand like a ne’er-do-well uncle, went on the offensive. He told his overseers in Congress that without a hike in its annual budget and a several-billion-dollar infrastructure investment, long-distance routes in 46 states would have to be eliminated and repairs and improvements delayed....

In the investing world, spring is known as “proxy season.” That’s because most major companies hold their annual meetings between April and June, and at those events shareholders vote (often remotely, i.e. “by proxy”) on the composition of executive boards and resolutions asking companies to take certain actions, such as limiting executive pay or increasing diversity in hiring. As the national press corps and political groups focused almost exclusively on palace dramas in a gridlocked Congress, shareholder advocates turned the 2021 proxy season into a referendum on corporate social responsibility, along the way scoring big real-world victories even with the odds stacked against them....

In 2019, corporate lawyer Samuel Bickett was reportedly on his way to dinner when he saw an off-duty officer in plain clothing hitting a man in the subway station with a baton, and went to intervene. AFP reported that in 2019, the city of Hong Kong had been shaken by often violent democracy protests, resulting in the use of retractable batons that the near 30,000 police officers were allowed to carry during off-duty hours to protect them....

Bromell, a 19-year-old Baylor track star, stunned observers Thursday with a 100-meter dash time of 9.84 seconds at the USATF Outdoor championships in Eugene, Ore. MORE: Sporting News athletes of the year | Story behind sprinters’ starting blocks Trayvon Bromell (Getty Images) To put that in perspective, Jamaican legend Usain Bolt — who owns the fastest 100-meter time ever at 9.58 seconds in the 2009 world championships — owns a best time of 10....

Ynet News reported that the 19-year-old, whose name was not released, was riding the 947 bus of the Egged line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on January 4. He had just left El Al Junction when he went under the bus and became trapped after the driver closed the compartment door without realizing he was inside. He then called the police. Emergency services released his 911 call, in which it takes about a minute to communicate the absurdity of his situation to the operator....

The exposure occurred in December, and Reed has recently reported the lack of care for his medical issues, according to a tweet from Jason P. Rebholz, a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Reed was sentenced to nine years in prison over allegations that he assaulted Russian police officers while he was in the country visiting his girlfriend. Members of his family told Newsweek last month they were concerned they may never see him again if the situation between Russia and Ukraine continues to escalate....

Navy and ship crew members helped transfer the woman and her family from the waters off Isla Mujeres to the Naval Station of Puerto Juárez, Riviera Maya News reported Back on dry land, she was rushed to a hospital in Cancun by ambulance. The woman experienced brain-related complications of arterial hypertension, or high blood pressure in the arteries. The condition significantly increases the risk of vascular brain disease. The rescue took place on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Breakaway liner....

David Korpiewski, a Massachusetts resident, is trying to get his 10-year-old daughter, Mary, dual American and Ukrainian citizen, to Poland from Dnipro, a central Ukrainian city. However, even if Mary’s mother is able to get her across the border to reunite with David, the family won’t be able to stay together. Once in Poland, they have to obtain a new passport for Mary because hers is still at their home in Kyiv, and her mother doesn’t have the right documentation to come to the United States....

Mnuchin told CNBC’s Kayla Tausche on Thursday that the White House supports another round of economic impact payments. In most cases, funds would be issued through direct deposits, not paper checks, and Mnuchin said the Department of the Treasury has the ability to “get that into hard working Americans’ bank accounts very, very quickly.” It’s likely that the next round of payments is more targeted than those included in the CARES Act that was unanimously passed in Congress in March....

“That Biden family and others, but that Biden family is corrupt, a corrupt family,” he said, which triggered chants of “lock him up” from the crowd. “We should lock him up. Lock up the Bidens. Lock up Hillary,” the president continued, as the chants grew louder behind him. “Can you imagine if my kids did what this guy Hunter has done? When you look at what they get away with,” Trump added....

George W. Bush’s royal progress passed though the same northern Virginian territory last week, and in so doing demonstrated that everything had changed–on the ground and in the party. The “movement” remains, in the form of the headquarters of Pat Buchanan, Gary Bauer and Steve Forbes, and in the offices of groups such as the National Rifle Association. But the action is elsewhere: on the vast travertine campuses of companies such as America Online....

Amor, a midfielder for Barcelona between 1988 and 1998, was appointed alongside former team-mate Jose Mari Bakero to take joint charge of the club’s youth operations in July. Barca 8/5 to win at Atleti The 49-year-old will continue his work in this area, with his new role part of a restructuring at boardroom level that will see technical director Robert Fernandez focus his efforts upon player transfers. A statement released by Barcelona read: “Within the framework of the restructuring of the professional football area, FC Barcelona has appointed former player Guillermo Amor as the new head of institutional relations and sports [for] first-team football....