The return of great power competition across the globe is forcing countries to adapt, spurring major changes to alignment and spending from Europe to the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East. The change is everywhere on the map — but most evident in countries like Sweden and Japan as the nations make dramatic changes to meet...
President Biden is facing a new moment of truth in the Middle East as Israel asserts it will press ahead with an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Such an operation will come as American disapproval of Israel’s actions is hitting unprecedented levels. A new Gallup poll last week demonstrated just how much the traditional...
Each chamber of Tennessee's General Assembly is proposing their own school voucher bill, and Gov. Lee is hoping for a compromise before the end of the legislative session.
An obscure international group that sets building codes and standards adopted by American cities and counties has pulled back an aggressive climate proposal.
Americans, for two generations, have been leaving Christianity in large numbers. The Catholic Church, evangelical churches, and mainline Protestant denominations are all shrinking. The fastest-growing religion in the United States is that of the “nones” — not necessarily atheists, but people who say they have no religion in particular. Our culture thinks less about God and the afterlife, listens […]
The White House responded Saturday to GOP criticism that the Transgender Day of Visibility, which is observed each year on March 31, falls on Easter. Republicans criticized President Biden after he issued a Friday proclamation, recognizing March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, as he has done for every year he has been in the Oval...
If the Easter bunny is still looking for basket stuffers, they better hop to it. Many stores will be closed in observance of the holiday. Easter is a Christian holiday, and also an occasion for dyed eggs and chocolate bunnies left by an elusive rabbit. The day Easter is observed is determined by a calendar calculation involving the moon. This...
Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) had choice words for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Saturday comments, calling him a “maniac” who “needs” to be removed from office. The progressive Democrat initially discussed the Biden administration transferring 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs, 500 MK82 500-pound bombs and 25 F-35A fighter jets to Israel without notifying lawmakers, an...
Over half a million dollars has been raised to help families of victims of the Baltimore bridge collapse, which took the lives of six workers and injured two. The financial backing has come in from the city’s government, nonprofit organizations and the workers' company, with the amount now surpassing $500,000, according to the Washington Post. ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras are being installed in the city of Oakland and surrounding freeways to battle crime, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. Newsom, a Democrat, said in a news release that the California Highway Patrol has contracted with Flock Safety to install 480 cameras that can identify and...