“One of the best things about being an ordained minister,” a friend of mine who is an ordained minister told me recently, “is that they give you a card you can put on your dashboard that means you can basically park anywhere.” “I mean,” he quickly added, “that’s not a reason to get ordained, of […]
When a novel misses the mark, an opera sinks like a stone, or a Broadway show closes up shop, few care beyond the niche contingent conversant in the inside baseball of the respective art form. By contrast, when large-scale, grandly budgeted movies prove ruinously unprofitable at the box office, even amateur cinephiles find themselves doubled […]
President-elect Trump announced several appointments for his Treasury Department and choices for ambassadors for two European countries. In multiple Thursday Truth Social posts, Trump outlined who will work alongside his Treasury chief Scott Bessent, along with his picks for ambassadors to Spain and to the Netherlands. Trump picked Ken Kies to work as the assistant...
Two people are dead and 18 are injured after a small plane crashed into the rooftop of a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday, according to authorities. Ten of the people injured were transported to a nearby hospital while the other eight were treated and released on the scene, Kristy Wells, a Fullerton Police...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday that House Republicans will investigate the disbanded House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Johnson hit President Biden in a post on the social platform X for awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Bennie...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) criticized President Biden's administration's handling of homeland security following the deadly New Orleans truck attack, arguing they did not prioritize “the right things.” Johnson said he spoke to Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) and the state's Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) who he said are "doing a great job" on the...
President-elect Trump announced numerous appointments Thursday night, including a team that will work in the Treasury Department and those who will serve as foreign ambassadors.