A House Oversight subcommittee says a federal watchdog's audit of the Food and Drug Administration's handling of the 2022 infant formula crisis verifies the panel's findings that the agency bungled its response.
The New Jersey attorney general on Monday charged a major Democratic political boss, George E. Norcross III, with racketeering, a stunning development for an influential insurance broker who built a "South Jersey machine" despite never being elected to office.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a problem that goes far beyond the nearly insurmountable long odds that third-party candidates have to overcome in order to win a national election: He’s not raising money. Perhaps the biggest indicator that a presidential candidate is garnering support or interest from voters is whether his campaign […]
Turning Point USA was once merely a somewhat controversial right-wing student organization, but it has quickly turned into one of the most destructive forces in Republican politics. Last weekend, Turning Point hosted its “People’s Convention” in Detroit with headliners including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and former President Donald Trump. Beyond politicians, […]
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to put a warning label on social media apps while asserting that the mental health crisis among young people is “an emergency.” In an op-ed for the New York Times, Murthy cited multiple studies linking high social media usage with adverse mental health effects in the youth population. […]
The Capitol has a huge problem. The place where House Republicans used to smoke cigars no longer belongs to the same person. Some representatives are begging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to solve this problem. “We desperately need a place to smoke cigars,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) told Axios on Sunday. Another Republican said, “It’s a […]
Former President Donald Trump last week spoke to CEOs about cutting the corporate income tax rate. President Joe Biden, in contrast, wants to increase the rate. Because Trump’s announcement came before the Business Roundtable, it’s being interpreted as pandering to corporate America. That’s fair enough. But Biden’s counter — a higher corporate tax rate — […]
Just a little over a week after President Joe Biden, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the New York Times attacked Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) for suggesting it was the Great Society and not Jim Crow that broke up the black family, comedian Larry Wilmore essentially sided with Donalds. “A lot of those programs […]
President Joe Biden‘s campaign on Monday released a new television advertisement in several battleground states targeting former President Donald Trump’s status as a convicted felon. The video concludes with the line: “This election is between a convicted criminal who is only out for himself and a president who is fighting for your family.” Unfortunately for […]
Major League Baseball said Friday night that it has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league’s gambling rules, and he is being held out of games this season while an appeal is considered. Hoberg is a veteran of baseball and appears to have gotten caught up in some nonsense. MLB stated that it began […]