Oops. A honcho with the LA teachers union (UTLA) is saying the quiet part out loud. As the California Post reported: Julie Van Winkle, UTLA AFT vice president and...
A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.
The White House has spent days fiercely defending three taxpayer-funded advertisements that glorify President Donald Trump and are nearing at least $1.5 million in public spending, calling them public service announcements like those used in past administrations.
The largest domestic maker of solar panels has been linked to immense campaign donations, extensive corporate lobbying, and an influential hedge fund that represents the Democrats’ corporate capture. An article published by the Associated Press reveals that officials and investors in First Solar donated millions of dollars to Democrats to earn their influence. And $1.5 […]
In a rare opportunity to directly affect European Union policy priorities, China is about to assume the EU presidency. OK, that’s only half true. Hungary is actually assuming the presidency of the Council of the European Union. But because Hungary is essentially a Chinese colony in Europe, this is a big opportunity for Beijing. Prime […]
As a U.S. House subcommittee delves into doping allegations against Chinese swimmers ahead of the Paris Olympics, debate intensifies over the boundaries of human achievement and the integrity of competitive sports. The committee heard testimony from U.S. swimming gold medalists Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt. The necessity for doping investigations raises the question of possible […]
Dating apps are feeding a broken dating culture on college campuses and beyond. While more than half of young adults say they have used online dating, the business model of dating apps is dependent on keeping people single and unhappy for as long as possible. Many of these apps are owned by the same company, […]
Seeking ways to deter U.S. support for Ukraine, Russia is pursuing a strategy of dangled escalation. Russia does not want a major confrontation with the United States, but it does want to encourage the Biden administration and Americans to believe that continued U.S. support for Ukraine is far riskier than it is beneficial. In that […]
FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver introduced his new presidential election forecast with an almost 5,000-word essay on the state of the race between President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. You can read it here, but the short version is this: Thanks to commanding Trump leads in Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada, all states Biden won in […]
The Senate Finance Committee convened last week to examine “work and Social Security disability benefits, focusing on addressing challenges and creating opportunities.” Throughout this hearing, the committee took every opportunity possible to illuminate the program’s inaccessibility and ineffectiveness. Social Security is deeply broken. Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), in several of his statements throughout […]
Rep. John Curtis’s (R-UT) victory in the Republican primary to replace Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) over former President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate shows a way for the Republican Party to move forward following the current divisiveness. Curtis won the primary easily, with nearly 51% of the vote over Trump-backed candidate Trent Staggs, who had about […]
Hillary Clinton wrote an embarrassing guest essay in the New York Times yesterday rife with both humorous and disingenuous jabs at former President Donald Trump. The piece was theoretically about strategies President Joe Biden could employ during the presidential debate on Thursday night, but it quickly morphed into something else. Clinton essentially rifled through all […]
President Joe Biden’s refusal to even attempt to secure the southern border is getting people killed, and it may just be breathing life into terrorist threats on U.S. soil as well. The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly identified at least 400 illegal immigrants from Central Asia who have crossed the southern border by way […]
Two decades ago, between 1998 and 2003, the budget of the National Institutes of Health was doubled. This was an extraordinary enterprise after the multi-year post-Cold War decline in defense spending and at a time when government agency budgets tended to be increased marginally or carried over from previous years. It was a bipartisan project, […]
The visit of Japanese Emperor Naruhito to Buckingham Palace Tuesday included a lavish formal dinner sufficient to make any Republican’s hair rise. While the opulence of these monarchs is obvious, it is necessary to remember that power and tyranny can come in forms without crowns. Emperor Naruhito and King Charles are defanged, compared to the […]
MCCONNELLSBURG, Pennsylvania — One hundred eighty-two miles from the Ohio state line and 172 miles from the entrance to the Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown sits this tiny Fulton County borough in a 2-mile-wide valley between Tuscarora Mountain and Meadow Grounds Mountain. Across Pennsylvania, the residents’ biggest concerns are often ones not discussed by the national […]
With Texas job growth exceeding national averages, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has announced $6.3 million for innovative workforce development initiatives, underscoring a commitment to equipping Texans with skills crucial for the state’s thriving economy. The Texas Talent Connection Grant Program, created by House Bill 1755 during the 88th Texas Legislature, is designed to aid “innovative […]
