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USAID’s largest-ever foreign assistance package doubles down on colonial aid

If Power really wants to reform foreign assistance (and I believe she does), she must get in the weeds.

Biden administration blocks controversial mine to protect major salmon fishery

The Biden administration has blocked a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska in order to protect the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blocked construction for the Pebble Mine, citing its potential impact on Bristol Bay — a southwestern Alaska watershed that’s home to numerous animal species including the salmon. ...

Fewer Americans in new survey ‘very dissatisfied’ with state of nation

Fewer Americans in a Gallup poll released on Tuesday said they are “very dissatisfied” with the state of the nation, following two years of relatively high levels of dissatisfaction. Forty-eight percent said they were "very dissatisfied" with the way things are going in the U.S., according to Gallup’s annual January Mood of the Nation poll, down from...

Veto Russia’s UN veto

Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014, in a televised ceremony honoring young geographers, Vladimir Putin quizzed a boy about where Russia’s borders end. “At the Bering Strait with the United States,” the 9-year-old ventured hesitantly. “The borders of Russia,” Putin declared, “never end.” (Thunderous applause.) “It was a joke,” Putin then added.  ...

Assistant basketball coach, 22, accused of posing as 13-year-old player during game

A 22-year-old assistant coach allegedly impersonated a 13-year-old player on her team in a JV girls basketball game.

Giving lower-income families a hand up will help America compete

People in need don’t want a handout; they want a hand-up that will enable them to improve their circumstances and lead more productive, successful lives. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is giving workers, students and families the hand-up they need to compete in the connected 21st century digital economy. Created in 2021 as part of...

Rep. Chip Roy says Congress should repeal FACE Act after Mark Houck acquittal

Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas says Congress should reexamine the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, calling it "clearly weaponized."

Judge blocks New Jersey from banning guns in more ‘sensitive locations’

A federal judge on Monday blocked more provisions of New Jersey's gun control law, which restricts where concealed-carry permit holders may take their firearms.

Senate Dems call out Biden admin’s ‘stonewall’ of classified docs found at president’s home

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee slammed the Biden admininistration's lack of transparency regarding classified documents at President Biden's home.

Biden to announce $292M in funding for Hudson Tunnel Project between NY, NJ

President Biden will travel to New York on Tuesday to announce that $292 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law will go to the Hudson Tunnel Project to improve travel between New York and New Jersey. The project will rehabilitate the old North River Tunnel, which opened in 1910, and build a new tunnel beneath the...

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