If there has been one trend that has become glaringly obvious in 2025, it is arguably the toxicity of right-wing so-called influencers. It is 59 days into the new year, and over that time, this cadre of attention-seekers has regularly embarrassed itself with horrific decision-making, narcissism, and thirst for attention. Look no further than Thursday’s […]
Supposed “elite” universities run by liberal bureaucrats have been far too soft on illegal, antisemitic protests and the students who take part in them. It is past time for expulsions to be on the table. Barnard College, an affiliate of Columbia University, expelled two students over a January event in which students disrupted the first […]
European leaders jumped to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s defense after his contentious meeting with President Trump in Washington that started with a warm tone but derailed swiftly. The heads of Spain, Portugal, Norway, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Germany and other top diplomats stood behind Zelensky shortly after his huddle with Trump and Vice President...
Fewer precancerous lesions are being found in young women undergoing cervical cancer screenings thanks to the human papillomavirus vaccine. Rates of precancerous lesions in women between the ages of 20 and 24 dropped by roughly 80 percent from 2008 to 2022, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday released a policy prohibiting public comments during his department's rulemaking process, ending more than 50 years of the public's involvement in crafting his department's rules. In the policy statement placed in the Federal Register, Kennedy's office appeared to argue that rescinding the policy goes...
Iowa became the first state to strike anti-discrimination protections for transgender people from its civil rights code on Friday after the state’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed hotly contested legislation into law. The bill, introduced last week, sped through the Legislature despite widespread opposition from Democrats and LGBTQ rights advocates who flooded the statehouse in Des...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faced questioning and comments over his choice to wear combat gear during a Friday White House visit originally etched out for peace meetings but instead marked by a heated exchange in the Oval Office. “Why don’t you wear a suit? You’re in the highest level of this country’s office, and you...
Efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine were left in tatters following President Trump’s confrontational White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which erupted into one of the most remarkable Oval Office scenes in years. Zelensky arrived at the White House on Friday with the hopes of signing a critical minerals...