Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell by 5% in 2022, offering a sign of hope that treatment efforts are relieving an addiction epidemic that remains a public health crisis, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.
Colorado Democratic lawmakers killed an ambitious bill Thursday that would have banned the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, citing promises made to their constituents and concerns over the sweep of the ban even in a state still reeling from a mass shooting in Colorado Springs months earlier.
More than half a century after his father’s promising presidential bid was cut short by assassination, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a bid to unseat Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee. Despite Biden’s status as the incumbent, a USA Today poll published the day Kennedy began his campaign found that the political heir has the support of 14% of Democrats, a stunning showing against a president who only managed to maintain the favor of two-thirds of his party, according to the poll.
At a time when establishment media pundits, and even some Republicans, are insisting that the GOP should distance itself from conservative policies, conservative governors in swing states are seeing all-time high approval ratings.
That a whistleblower is set to report about political interference in the investigation into presidential son Hunter Biden is no surprise. The investigation, or rather what looks like a failure to investigate, has smelled of corruption for years. We can only hope that with a whistleblower now willing to talk, the liberal media finally will treat this corruption as the full-blown scandal it seems to be.
Major policy discussions currently underway in Washington are wrapped around one piece of legislation that will impact Americans’ relationship with food for years to come: The 2023 farm bill. Last reviewed, passed and signed into law in 2018, the farm bill is once again up for discussion. And with discussion comes opportunity for change. One...
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Thursday became the first woman in Senate history to cast 10,000 votes in the chamber. Murray, who is the first female Senate president pro tempore, announced the milestone in a post on her Twitter account, vowing that she will not be the only woman to reach the achievement. “I...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill ending the state’s requirement of a unanimous jury recommendation for a death sentence in a capital felony case. “Today, I signed legislation ensuring the victims of the most heinous crimes get justice. Once a defendant in a capital case is found guilty by a unanimous jury, one...
The number of guns collected at airport checkpoints jumped in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) data. TSA officers apprehended 1,508 firearms during the first quarter, which ended March 31, and found 93 percent of the guns were loaded. It was a...