Over the past two years, pundits, pollsters, the media, and liberal politicians all predicted that House Republicans would lose the majority in 2024. They were proven wrong on Nov. 5, when the public gave President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans a mandate with unified control of government. As members-elect who flipped five seats and secured a Republican […]
The political prosecution of Daniel Penny in New York City may have failed, but the chilling effect it will have on public safety, especially in the subway system, will resonate for years. Penny is a former U.S. Marine who found himself in the same subway car as Jordan Neely, a mentally ill homeless man with […]
It has been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic sprung out of Wuhan, China, and the World Health Organization is still incapable of doing anything other than begging the Chinese Communist Party to let it view more information about the origins of the virus. The World Health Organization commemorated five years since the start of […]
Toward the end of A Complete Unknown, a good biopic about Bob Dylan that opened on Christmas, there is a key scene in which Dylan manager Albert Grossman barks at folk music legend Pete Seeger, “You’re pushing candles, and he’s selling lightbulbs,” to which Seeger retorts, “You’re the only one selling anything here, Albert!” The […]
Vice President-elect JD Vance has shared Elon Musk's op-ed supporting the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD), while the German government has accused Musk of trying to influence the upcoming February election.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has one more day to win over skeptical House Republicans before they vote on whether he keeps the gavel. In the narrow House GOP majority, Johnson can only afford to lose one vote, assuming all lawmakers are present and voting for a candidate — and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has already...
President Trump could surprise the world by delivering a speech of genuine humility and grace during his second inaugural address, acknowledging the potency of his own divisiveness and conceding that half the country is dismayed or terrified by the prospect of another Trump term.
The treacherous combination of rising temperatures and dried-up fuels has made Canadian forest much more prone to severe wildfires in recent decades, a new study has found. Driving these dangerous circumstances are the impacts of climate change, which is wreaking havoc in Canada's northern woodlands — among the most forested and fire-prone regions in the...
A federal appeals court ruled this week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacked the authority to restore certain net neutrality rules last year, handing a blow to FCC Democrats and Biden administration officials who pushed for revived open internet measures. The Tuesday ruling by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns last year's FCC vote,...
Comedian Jim Gaffigan defended his comments criticizing President-elect Trump, noting that he doesn't regret them even if “true die-hard” MAGA fans can never forgive him. Gaffigan, famously a “clean” comedian, posted online in 2020 calling Trump a “con man.” This past fall, he joined “Saturday Night Live” to play the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov....