Wildfires, unrelenting storms and the ballooning costs of rebuilding weather-damaged property are straining the nation's property insurers, forcing customers to confront dwindling options and higher premiums.
Suggesting that an anticipated counteroffensive may begin this week, Ukraine is testing Russian front lines. These actions appear to be "reconnaissance-in-force" operations centered on southeastern Ukraine's Donetsk oblast and the city of Bakhmut. Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force recently seized Bakhmut. Control over the city retains significant psychological value for both sides.
In May 2021, it was revealed that Randi Weingarten, the leader of the nation's second-largest teachers union, significantly influenced Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on reopening schools earlier that year. In the lead-up to the “highly anticipated” Feb. 12, 2021 guidelines, the union president and another top union official were in regular contact with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, providing their input in an effort to influence final recommendations. The New York Post reported that “the lobbying paid off. In at least two instances, language ‘suggestions’ offered by the union were adopted nearly verbatim into the final text of the CDC document.”
California’s continued energy failures are driven by a disconnect. The pie-in-the-sky worldview of environmentalists doesn't match the reality of what happens when a state fast-tracks its way to an energy grid controlled by unreliable, inefficient forms of energy.
The teachers union in New Hampshire is openly dedicated to preaching the gospel of gender ideology — telling boys that they might really be girls, and telling girls they might really be boys. The largest school district in the state explicitly barred any school officials from telling parents if their child was claiming an alternative gender at school.
The typhoid vaccine took decades of development before reaching American markets. Edward Jenner created the first successful smallpox vaccine, but it wasn't globally distributed until 150 years later. So, when Operation Warp Speed created multiple coronavirus vaccines in under a year since the start of the pandemic, the scientific community widely regarded it as a generation-defying triumph. In 285 days, a whole-of-government approach to ending the pandemic succeeded, and the world has the distinct vision of Donald Trump to thank.
At first, former Deputy Sheriff Kim Rich agreed to teach two 40-person classes at Pierce College near Los Angeles. But when those two classes filled up, she agreed to teach a third, which also filled up in a week. That should have been 120 students.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is requesting an additional $63 million in police funding to address a rising crime wave. But what about the important issues that this money could go to, such as reparations for black residents who never experienced slavery?
As the 2024 presidential primary field grows, President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have a key advantage over other candidates. They retain round-the-clock taxpayer-provided protective details.