The House made history a month ago when lawmakers voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but a Senate trial has been on the back burner while Congress wraps up its spending procedure.
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he is trying to buy TikTok as part of an investor group, adding intrigue to the complex political movement to strip ownership of the wildly popular video-sharing app from its Chinese parent company.
The Biden administration wants you to know that it really “regrets” misleading you by downplaying the effects of inflation for years and allowing it to run rampant. Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen said on Monday that she regrets saying inflation was transitory back in 2021, a sentiment she expressed in January as well. “I regret saying […]
Aaron Rodgers is a quirky dude with a lot of weird habits. He openly discusses using psychedelics, flirts with conspiracy theories, and has locked himself in an entirely dark room for four days. He also happens to be one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL. There are plenty of reasons to […]
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The goal of this bill is simple: to force TikTok to divest from ByteDance — its Beijing-based parent corporation that exists under the full control of the Chinese Communist Party — or be banned in the United States. This […]
As Ukraine’s defense falters amid wavering commitment in Washington, the country’s defenders depict its fight as a front-line defense for the rules-based order. If Ukraine falls, the logic goes, so too does the liberal order. Such concerns are valid. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes little secret of his disdain for liberalism and his desire to […]
Beauty is not simply in the eye of the beholder. True beauty is objective, and everyone can and should strive to achieve it. On Sunday, I visited the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. I’m a sucker for historical architecture and aesthetics, so this visit was, in a figurative […]
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) clashed on air Thursday about a potential TikTok ban in the United States and the ownership of the company. Paul joined Kilmeade on “Fox & Friends” just after the House passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S., handing the Senate the task...
The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of legislation on Wednesday that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. If enacted, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would force ByteDance, TikTok's China-based parent company, to sell the app or be banned from U.S. app stores and web hosting services. Here are five things...