President Joe Biden and Democrats regularly celebrated falling gas prices over the last year. Even though gas prices soared to record highs while Biden was in office, the president and his left-wing political counterparts regularly blamed the hike in prices on a variety of matters, including the pandemic, former President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the war in Ukraine. However, anytime the price of gas dropped, Biden would take credit.
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said former President Trump is worried the Supreme Court may rule against him on recent decisions in Colorado and Maine that booted him from the 2024 ballot in those states. Haberman said during an appearance on CNN last week that while Trump largely believes the Supreme Court will rule...
A string of earthquakes shook Japan on Monday, prompting officials to declare tsunami warnings and order evacuations along the country's western coast. There were more than a dozen earthquakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures shortly after 4 p.m. local time, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. This included one earthquake with a magnitude of...
Democrats are sounding off: President Biden is being underestimated. The president’s poor approval numbers, and polling showing him trailing former President Trump, his likely opponent in 2024, have created frustration and anxiety within the party, with some wondering if Biden is heading Democrats into a disastrous election that could cost them the White House and Senate. But a number...
Congress faces an avalanche of government funding work when it returns from the holidays this month — and little time to complete it ahead of a looming shutdown deadline. Under the stopgap bill passed in November, Congress is staring down two cutoff dates in January and February to keep the government funded. But with less than a...
Changes to the federal electric vehicle (EV) tax credit are set to take effect Jan. 1, reflecting a push by the Biden administration to focus the financial incentives on domestically produced vehicles. The changes to the tax credit, which tops out at $7,500, will exclude certain EVs that include internationally sourced components from eligibility, while...
At the risk of sounding hopelessly idealistic, on the verge of saccharine and Panglossian, here is a list of things the world really needs to happen in 2024. Some of these things may be unlikely to happen, but each is individually within bounds of the legitimately possible, although for all to happen would be virtually impossible.