President Donald Trump headed to hurricane-battered North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics have clouded the response to deadly disasters.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is looking to Hawaii for advice on how to rebuild after wildfires. Here’s hoping that he is using the Aloha State as a model for what not to do. In the 18 months since Hawaii’s wildfires, the state has rebuilt a total of three homes, according to data from Maui County. […]
President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization stems from the organization’s repeated failures in managing global health crises, its resistance to necessary reforms, and its subservience to undue political influence from certain member states. As the largest financial contributor to the WHO, the U.S. provides most of […]
Reports suggest that nearly 22 million hold permits to carry a concealed handgun, a dramatic rise from 2014’s 11 million permit-holders. Moreover, this number should be set to surge further. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in the NRA-supported case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, law-abiding gun owners […]
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Jan. 15 in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton regarding the constitutionality of Texas’s age verification law passed last year. The Texas law imposes requirements on pornography websites to enact “reasonable age verification methods” to prevent minors from accessing harmful content. This law was passed in response to the […]
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Friday that he is investigating the alleged “debanking” of cryptocurrency firms, reaching out to venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and five crypto CEOs who have publicly raised concerns. Debanking has become a flash point in the crypto space since Andreessen claimed on “The Joe Rogan Experience” in November...
Democrats are sounding highly dubious about working with Republicans on tax reform after President Trump said Thursday he’s interested in a bipartisan approach to one of the top Republican legislative priorities. In virtual remarks Thursday before the Davos Economic Forum, Trump ceded that he would likely need Democratic votes to pass an extension of his...
A Mississippi District Attorney proposed new legislation on Wednesday to pay bounty hunters a reward for helping to deport undocumented immigrants. DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton announced his support for House Bill 1484, authored by state Rep. Justin Keen (R), which would create the Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program. “We’ve seen firsthand the...