I grew up in Venezuela, a country where the government ran supermarkets, seized private housing, imposed price controls, and built public housing. Where the state hated that the rich got richer, so it took their wealth. Now, everyone is equal: equally poor. The same ideas that destroyed my country — government control, class resentment, and centralized […]
The Senate voted on Sunday to break the stalemate that had dragged the country into a weeks-long government shutdown — by agreeing to conditions first posed by Republicans before Democrats, under the leadership of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), decided to scream and shout and shake it all about. In other words, the Democrats shut […]
A government watchdog group has asked two different bar associations to investigate Lindsey Halligan, a former personal attorney for President Trump whom he tapped to lead prosecutions of two of his foes. Halligan, who is currently serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia on an interim basis, took over the role...
Major League Baseball (MLB) and its gambling partners are setting limits on how much the public can wager on an individual pitch resulting in a ball or a strike, after a pair of pitchers were indicted over the weekend on charges of corruption and game rigging. The new policy, announced Monday, says all MLB Authorized...
A company that manufactures organic baby formula said Tuesday it is recalling all of its products nationwide amid a multi-state outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart initially recalled just two batches of formula last weekend after federal officials linked it to a multi-state infant botulism outbreak that sickened 13 babies. The announcement Tuesday came after...
President Trump on Tuesday called in to “The Pat McAfee Show” on ESPN to mark Veterans Day and discuss various sports topics. McAfee, a former NFL punter, was hosting his show from Parris Island, S.C., which is home to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. It marked the first time Trump had called in to the...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended herself on Tuesday after President Trump said the Georgia Republican has “lost her way” as her public criticism of the GOP on multiple issues has grown more frequent. “I haven’t lost my way,” Greene said in a statement, provided to The Hill by her office. “I’m 100% America first and...
Despite repeated calls from leaders across party lines to increase opportunities for national service, the U.S. has yet to take meaningful action, leaving it to individual veterans to take the lead in creating service networks in communities where AmeriCorps programs have been withdrawn.