It has now been three years since the COVID pandemic began, but, in Washington, D.C., the violent crime surge has actually continued to become worse, proving that soft-on-crime policies are still emboldening violent criminals.
Amid a crime wave in which carjackings have risen 101%, thefts have gone up 44%, and sexual assaults are up 6%, Chicago’s new mayor, Brandon Johnson, seems to be mad that so many people are criticizing him.
When New York City first built its subway system, it took them less than five years to build 28 stations. Fast forward to today, and it took 17 years for New York City to add just three stations to the Second Avenue Subway line.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) says Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) needs to commit to a “monogamous relationship" with his fellow Republicans amid frustration from some conservatives over the debt ceiling deal he struck with President Biden. “McCarthy has to decide. Who’s his coalition partner going to be? [House Minority Leader] Hakeem Jeffries [D-N.Y.] or us?” Gaetz...
The idea that this war cannot be won or can only end by a negotiation giving Moscow something it can claim as a victory represents a failure of both the will and the imagination.
Nearly half of independent voters in a new poll say President Biden’s health and age “severely” limits his ability to be president, as he runs for reelection to the White House in 2024. A The Economist-YouGov poll, released Wednesday, found that overall 45 percent of U.S. adults think Biden’s health and age “severely limit his...
The White House on Wednesday said that the Canadian wildfires, which have caused poor air quality in areas around the U.S. including a large swath of the eastern seaboard, is an example of another way that the climate crisis is impacting lives. Air-quality warnings worsened on Wednesday and residents across the East Coast and in...
New York City is set to receive $104.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the care of asylum seekers in the city. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) announced the additional funding in humanitarian aid in a joint statement on Wednesday. The leaders noted that...