House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said the increasing pain from the government shutdown -- now in its 29th day -- would end immediately if Senate Democrats wanted it to.
The White House fired the six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent agency that advises the president, Congress and others on matters of design and aesthetics.
Some Democratic politicians and groups have come to the conclusion that Democrats should simply pretend to be more moderate than they are to win back voters. It isn’t going to work because voters can see exactly what Democrats believe in the policies they support. A poll from the “center-left” group Welcome found that the share of voters […]
THE MAN WHO STOOD TO MAKE MILLIONS IF BIDEN WON IN 2024. The House Oversight Committee has just released a report on its investigation into “the circumstances surrounding President Joe Biden’s diminishing mental and physical capabilities and the implications of that decline.” In the report, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) focuses not just on the Biden White […]
The term “antisemitism” is anesthetized, imprecise, and historically obtuse jargon that is meant to obscure evil beliefs. Regrettably, I’ve been using the term to describe hatred toward Jews for decades. For one thing, the term was coined by Jew-baiting German journalist Wilhelm Marr in 1879 to give the age-old bigotry a modern pseudoscientific framing. Outbursts […]
Since 1989, October has been recognized as Italian American Heritage and Culture Month in the U.S., stemming from a proclamation issued by President George Bush. The month was established to “celebrate the rich ethnic heritage of Italian-Americans and the many contributions they have made to American culture.” Yet, despite this tradition, now in its fourth […]
Federal rules and regulations cost the U.S. economy more than $3 trillion each year and dictate nearly every aspect of Americans’ lives — from the food they can eat to the types of cars they can drive. But while Americans can vote out their representatives in Congress for enacting harmful legislation, there is no similar accountability […]
New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) is leading former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo by 10 points in the New York City race to succeed outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, according to a new poll. A Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters released on Wednesday shows Mamdani in first place at 43 percent, followed by Cuomo with...
Martin Kulldorff, chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said in an interview Thursday he believes vaccine mandates for schools are "not necessary." In an interview with Politico, the ACIP's influence on school vaccine policy was noted and Kulldorff was asked how he wanted...
Unless something changes dramatically in the next couple days, more than 40 million Americans are preparing to have federal food assistance cut off starting Saturday.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is giving remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation’s central bank cut interest rates for the second time this year. The committee responsible for setting borrowing costs cut the baseline interest rate to a range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent, a reduction of 0.25 percentage points. Powell faced months of pressure from President Trump to lower...
Federal task force in Memphis has arrested 1,700 people including 126 alleged gang members and seized 293 firearms since President Donald Trump's surge began.
Government shutdown threatens food benefits for 42 million Americans as Democrats and Republicans dispute emergency funding for the SNAP program before Nov. 1 deadline.
