President Trump clamped down on government interference in free speech, banning "federal censorship" after four years of Biden officials harassing social media companies to remove disfavored content.
The Philly Phanatic, the big green dress-up mascot for Philadelphia's pro baseball team, is world-famous. D.C. has its racing presidents. But did the Border Patrol really need its own dress-up mascot, a German shepherd named Tracker?
Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years.
Outrage over the Episcopal bishop of Washington’s stunt at the end of her sermon during the postinaugural prayer service Tuesday has carried into a third day of media coverage. Predictably, most Republicans were aghast at what the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde preached while most Democrats praised her. Yet, for me, as a churchgoing Episcopalian, […]
Among President Donald Trump’s inaugural address commitments, which included increased protections on free speech and the elimination of policies such as DEI and the Green New Deal, he also announced the name change of Denali, the highest peak in North America, back to Mount McKinley. “We will restore the name of the great President William […]
Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a two-acre plot in a Southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their own release, the state's highest court ruled this week. Responding to a petition from an animal rights group, the Colorado Supreme Court decided that although these female African elephants are "majestic," the "interests protected by the...
Legislation to revoke China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations was introduced Thursday by a pair of bipartisan House lawmakers, building on a Republican effort last year to repeal Beijing’s preferential trade status. The bill would solidify efforts by the U.S. across successive presidential administrations to impose more costs on China over what is criticized as Beijing’s...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said Tuesday former President Biden gave “a gift” to President Trump by pardoning his family minutes before the latter’s inauguration. Calling the move “egregious,” Axelrod said Biden should not have done it at the end of his presidency. “Man up, and if you’re gonna do it, do it, but don’t do it literally...
The Kremlin is unmoved by President Trump’s threats to impose sanctions if Russia does not bow out of its conflict with Ukraine. “We don't see any particularly new elements here. You know that Trump, in the first iteration of his presidency, was the American president who most often resorted to sanctions methods,” Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson said during a Thursday press conference....
Given the stronger evidence suggesting we may not be alone in the universe — and could even be visited by extraterrestrials — it seems prudent for key sectors of society to consider planning for such possibilities.