The Biden administration deserves praise for reaching a new defense agreement with Papua New Guinea. Alongside other deals that will see the Pacific nation receive tens of millions of dollars in U.S. grants and aid, the defense pact will allow the U.S. military access to Papua New Guinea.
A WHISTLEBLOWER SCANDAL IS BREWING INSIDE THE HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION. Just last month, this newsletter covered the emergence of a whistleblower in the joint Justice Department-IRS investigation of President Joe Biden's son Hunter. The whistleblower was a career IRS criminal supervisory special agent who, according to his lawyer, could reveal "clear conflicts of interest" in the Biden investigation as well as "examples of preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were not politically connected."
The U.S. is “skeptical” that American-provided military equipment to Ukraine was used in an outbreak of fighting in the Russian territory of Belgorod, the State Department said Tuesday, adding that Washington does not encourage or enable Ukraine to strike inside of Russia. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said the administration is “skeptical, at this time, of the veracity”...
A federal judge late this month will hear arguments involving the debt limit law and whether it is unconstitutional and should be suspended. The hearing, set for May 31 at 2 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns, will come hours ahead of when the Biden administration warns the federal government could run out of...
A group of Chinese citizens are suing the state of Florida over a new law that bans them from buying property in parts of the state. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, argues the state law “stigmatizes them and their communities, and casts a cloud of suspicion...
Ford Motor Co. announced it is keeping AM radio available in their vehicles following pressure from lawmakers to keep it in their products. CEO Jim Farley said in a tweet on Tuesday that he spoke to policymakers about keeping AM radio available as part of the emergency alert system and decided that it will be...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to announce his 2024 presidential run on Twitter on Wednesday. According to multiple reports, the Florida governor will make the announcement during a discussion with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. The discussion will be live streamed on Twitter Spaces and moderated by tech entrepreneur David Sacks, NBC News reported. In...
Sentiments toward the Walt Disney Company have become increasingly divided along partisan lines amid a public relations and legal battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). The company dropped a dozen spots to No. 77 in the 2023 Axios Harris Poll 100, a survey that gauges the reputation of the most visible brands in America....
An investigation by the Illinois Attorney General office revealed that 451 clergy members abused nearly 2,000 children in the Catholic Church across all the dioceses in the state, which is a staggering difference from what the Church reported in 2018. Attorney General Kwame Raoul released a nearly 700-page report on Catholic clergy child sex abuse...