“Populist politicians and parties,” writes the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Henry Olsen in The Spectator, “are rapidly gaining strength and power across the developed world.” They’re doing so despite the opposition and angry scorn of political and intellectual establishments of Left and Right, and with a resilience that they find baffling.
Parents can now start applying for refunds of in-app purchases on the video game Fortnite that were made without their permission. A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a portal for Fortnite claims on Tuesday. The FTC started contacting more than 37 million people by email on Tuesday to notify them that they may be eligible for compensation,...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) saw his support in New Hampshire tumble as some of his GOP rivals’ numbers continue to rise and surpass him in the key early voting state, according to a new poll. A CNN/University of New Hampshire poll, published Wednesday, found DeSantis has around 10 percent of the Granite State’s likely GOP...
In a Tuesday interview with CNN, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky encouraged former President Donald Trump to share his ideas on how to stop the war with Russia. “He can publicly share his idea now, not waste time, not to lose people, yes, and then say that ‘My formula is to stop the war and stop...
Black women are more likely than any other demographic to see crime as a very serious problem, according to a survey published Tuesday. Though 92 percent of voters surveyed nationwide and in battleground states said crime is a serious problem, 79 percent of Black women said crime is a very serious problem, according to a...
Republican governors are calling on the Biden administration to release more detailed statistics on immigration and asylum processing, while accusing President Biden of incentivizing "illegal immigration." In a letter to Biden on Tuesday, 25 governors spearheaded by Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) asked for detailed information on "where the migrants admitted at the southern border...
The Senate overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance the nomination of Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first military nomination to advance in the chamber since Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) began his blockade seven months ago. The Senate voted 89-8 to tee up a final vote...
The Federal Reserve looked bullish on a “soft landing” scenario for the economy following the latest meeting of its interest-rate setting committee, which concluded Wednesday with a decision to hold rates where they are at a range of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent. While U.S. central bankers made healthier projections on key economic metrics like...