Mike Pence has the same long odds as much of the rest of the GOP presidential primary field. Yet one thing sets the former vice president apart from all the others: His candidacy has a point other than winning.
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — It’s 10:30 a.m. on a Thursday morning and a homeless man is curled up against the decorative angled brick below the archways of the large pane windows that line the office building known as the Fort Pitt Commons.
The effects of school closures during the pandemic persist even now, more than three years after the pandemic began, and it will take even more time to fix the cultural issues they have created.
Democrats regularly like to claim that spreading misinformation is a dangerous thing. They’ve often claimed it “threatens our democracy” and endangers the nation. Yet, despite all these warnings, Democrats are among the biggest purveyors of incorrect information, and pass it off as truth. And there may be no greater example of this than the annual claim that Michael Brown, a black teenager from Ferguson, Missouri, was killed by police officer Darren Wilson in 2014 and it happened because of racism and white supremacy.
A 3-year-old child died on Thursday aboard a bus of asylum seekers that was headed to Chicago, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed in a statement Friday. An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances behind the death. "IDPH is working with local health officials, state police, and federal authorities to the fullest...
The downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit rating by Fitch Ratings, from AAA to AA+, shouldn’t have shocked Washington. The federal government’s top auditor, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, has been warning Congress and the president for years that the nation’s fiscal path is “unsustainable.” Yet there’s been little appetite for real fiscal compromise at either end of...
The independent No Labels Party can stay on the 2024 presidential election ballot, an Arizona judge ruled this week. The ruling is a blow to the state Democratic Party’s attempt to oust a political opponent which they fear could help former President Donald Trump win the state. Democrats argued that No Labels filed incomplete paperwork...
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that the federal prosecutor who is investigating Hunter Biden, President Biden's son, will be appointed as special counsel, giving increased authority for the probe. David Weiss, the U.S. Attorney for Delaware, requested the designation on Tuesday, Garland said. “Upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating...
A top lawyer at Fox Corp., the company that owns Fox News Media, will exit the company at the end of the year. Viet Dinh, who has served as the media conglomerate's lead legal counsel and reported directly to top executive Lachlan Murdoch, will step down effective December 31, 2023. "We appreciate Viet's many contributions and service...