FLORISSANT, Missouri — Eleven months ago, an independent contractor working at Jana Elementary reported finding high levels of radioactive dust on the grounds of this North St. Louis County school. Immediately, the students and their parents, a majority of whom are non-white and often economically underprivileged, were sent scrambling to figure out where else the children would be sent to classes.
It’s official: Democrats make everything worse. It was a sentiment long felt by many in the country, but after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) recent decision to nix the Senate’s dress code and, in turn, obliterate the regard, respect, and dignity of the office, Schumer and the Democrats erased any doubt about ushering in societal rot and the nation’s decline. It’s an embarrassment, and every Democratic politician should be ashamed. And that includes Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), believed to be the impetus for Schumer’s decision to eliminate the dress code.
After traveling over 6,000 miles visiting towns and cities across the country, 12-foot tall puppet Little Amal stopped in Washington D.C. on its mission to promote human rights — especially for refugees. The global theater project, called “The Walk,” features the not-so-little puppet of Amal, whose name means “hope” in Arabic. The traveling exhibit tells...
A coalition of Hollywood entertainers, led by actor LeVar Burton, signed an open letter petitioning against the recent wave of book bans in the U.S. “As artists, creators, entertainers, and activists, we recognize and are horrified by the threat of censorship in the form of book bans,” the coalition wrote in its letter sent on...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Tuesday this week is "not a good time" for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s to visit to Capitol Hill. “The first thing I'll tell you is there's no money in the House right now for Ukraine. It's not there,” he told reporters in a video posted by The Recount on X, formerly known...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) told senators that he will attempt to force a one-off vote on Wednesday to confirm Gen. Eric Smith to become the new commandant for the Marine Corps while he maintains his blockade on more than 300 military promotions. Tuberville told Senate Republicans on Tuesday during their weekly conference lunch that he will go...
Florida Governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that his energy plan aims to "give people relief at the pump.” “We need to embrace the resources that we have, both in terms of hydrocarbons but also in terms of having an auto industry that makes sense,” DeSantis said in an interview on...