Flashback to the year 2020, when Black Lives Matter was instigating chaos and destruction in cities nationwide. Protesters walked through the streets, allegedly angry at the death of George Floyd in police custody. Rioters and looters devastated communities nationwide, also allegedly due to outrage over Floyd’s death, though the correlation between his death and stealing flat-screen televisions from Target is still being researched.
Congress and the NCAA are two of the most broken, least reliable organizations in the country. Nothing could ruin college sports quicker than both of them teaming up.
The House of Representatives held another speaker vote today, and again Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to get the 217 votes he needs to wrap up the office. In fact, he lost ground, securing just 199 votes, one less than he did yesterday.
Infuriated at suffering yet another public embarrassment, China has slammed the Pentagon’s publication of photos showing its dangerous interceptions of U.S. military aircraft.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) keeps demanding that Israel stop “collective punishment” of Palestinians in Gaza. She’s referring to Israel cutting electricity, food, and water supplies, and she frames it that way so she can denounce it as a crime.
President Joe Biden completed a successful short visit to Israel on Wednesday. Biden declared that Israeli "bravery is stunning. I’m proud to be here." He claimed that the U.S. would ensure Israel had "what you need to defend yourselves." And the president emphasized a U.S. assessment that Israel was not responsible for the explosion at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday. Quickly blamed on Israel by Hamas and many others, that explosion was actually the result of a Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket failure.
President Biden will address the nation Thursday about the wars in Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Hamas in a prime-time speech from the Oval Office. The White House announced Biden will "address the nation to discuss our response to Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia’s ongoing brutal war against Ukraine." The speech...
Republicans are signaling opposition to President Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, but are likely to allow his confirmation to proceed. Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said discussions are ongoing over whether any Republican senators may take action to block or slow down Lew’s advancement...
A new poll finds President Biden beating former President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a three-way race for the presidency. Biden won 44 percent support in the new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, compared with 37 percent for Trump and 16 percent for Kennedy. Three percent of those polled were undecided. Biden’s 7 point advantage...