Each year, the People’s Republic of China sends aloft thousands of spy balloons to hover over American universities. They are doing far more damage to our national security than the balloon we finally shot down. Yet America not only allows them to enter our airspace freely, but we actually encourage them to — in large part because they pay full tuition.
The U.S. Air Force announced the permanent locations for more Space Command units Wednesday in Colorado, in a move likely to fan the flames of an ongoing battle with Alabama lawmakers over Spacecom's headquarters. Four of the permanent locations would be based in Colorado Springs, which is currently housing the temporary headquarters. Near the end...
Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued her first solo dissent in a Supreme Court merits case on Thursday, disagreeing with her colleagues in a labor dispute ruling that makes it easier for companies to sue over worker strikes. In an 8-1 decision, the high court overturned a lower ruling that found federal union laws preempted...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a GOP presidential candidate, snapped at a reporter who asked him about taking questions from those present at his campaign event in New Hampshire. “Governor, how come you’re not taking questions from voters?” an Associated Press reporter asked in a video of the exchange. NBC News reporter Jonathan Allen tweeted that DeSantis...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues Thursday that he will keep the Senate in session for as long as it takes to pass legislation to raise the debt ceiling and send it to President Biden’s desk, warning the "X-date" when the nation faces default is “less than four days away.” “We will keep...
Companies are holding onto higher profit margins and keeping prices elevated even as the supply chain problems that initially triggered high inflation in the aftermath of the pandemic are being resolved, the Federal Reserve noted on Wednesday. Anecdotal evidence about the performance of the economy compiled in the Fed’s Beige Book for May added weight...
ABC News has suspended its relationship with contributor Chris Christie ahead of the former New Jersey governor’s expected entrance into the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. "In light of Chris Christie’s pending campaign announcement, ABC News is suspending the relationship with him as contributor,” an ABC News spokesperson confirmed in a statement to...
Climate change threatens to reverse decades of progress in cleaning America’s air, especially in the West. Unhealthy air alerts triggered by particles of pollution are rising in dozens of cities and counties, chiefly in Western states, the American Lung Association reports. The main reason is rampant wildfires, fed by global warming, causing an annual cycle...
Twitter has been overwhelmingly not removing hate speech posted on the platform from verified Twitter Blue accounts, according to a report from a nonprofit that opposes the spread of hate and disinformation online. The Center for Countering Digital Hate said on Thursday that its researchers collected tweets promoting hatred from 100 Twitter Blue accounts and...