Democrats have frequently discussed the need to increase the country’s minimum wage. In recent years, they have tried to gain momentum in public opinion on such wage hike increases. Who could forget the $15-per-hour cries from progressive politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as far back as 2015? Sanders’s proposal enjoyed popularity only among his supporters. […]
The passive relationship the Federal Reserve has with large fund investors, such as Vanguard and BlackRock, is no longer acceptable for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Director Jonathan McKernan. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported the FDIC’s plan to increase oversight of large asset managers. McKernan seeks to give the FDIC power to supervise large fund managers’ investment […]
Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas should be commended for finally admitting under oath Wednesday, that the southern border is in “crisis.” Asked by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), “Would you call it at a crisis at the southern border?” Mayorkas responded, “Yes, I would.” While this was not the first time that Mayorkas admitted […]
The federal government increasingly looks like an Ivy League classroom, combining therapy for fragile souls with indoctrination into specious ideology. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the State Department, in which employees are encouraged to take courses in the name of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, or DEIA, that stress their differences, trauma, and […]
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) will make a run for the House Financial Services Committee chair, his office announced Thursday. A handful of Republicans have put their names in the running for the position since the current chair of the committee, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), announced he would be retiring at the end of his term...
O.J. Simpson, the famed football player who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a case that became a media sensation and was called the "trial of the century," has reportedly died. The 76-year-old former Buffalo Bills star "succumbed to his battle with cancer," his family said in a statement posted on...
Salt Lake City topped the list of cities with the hottest job markets in 2023, according to a new ranking and analysis published in The Wall Street Journal this week. The next five slots included four Florida cities: Jacksonville, Fla., placed in second, followed by Orlando, Fla.; Tampa, Fla.; Oklahoma City; and Miami. The rankings,...
Harvard University, Tufts University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and 10 other schools received failing grades for their policies on antisemitism prevention, according to an assessment from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The ADL, in its "Campus Antisemitic Report Card" published Thursday, said it evaluated 85 of America's top liberal arts colleges, and those with...
A Georgia prosecutor has been assigned to criminally investigate the state’s Republican lieutenant governor, Burt Jones, for his alleged role in former President Trump’s attempt to subvert the state’s 2020 election results. Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, tasked himself with the probe 21 months after the Fulton County district...