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September 26, 2021

Vaccinating Kids as Young as Five Would Be a ‘Game Changer,’ Biden’s Education Secretary Says

President Joe Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for children would be a “game changer” for students in the U.S.’s public school system, U.S. News reported. Pfizer announced Monday that a smaller dose of its...

September 26, 2021

Commentary: Bearing the Tax Burden of the Biden Administration

As congressional Democrats push a $3.5 trillion social spending package, everyone is wondering: “How are we going to pay for that?” To President Joe Biden, the answer is simple: raise taxes. Included in Biden’s proposed tax plans — erroneously named...

September 26, 2021

Study: 94 Percent of Parents Say Child Tax Credit Payments Allow, Motivate Them to Work More

The vast majority of parents receiving monthly child tax credit payments say that they plan to keep working or even increase their hours as a result of them, a study released Thursday shows. Ninety-four percent of parents said that the...

September 26, 2021

Biden’s Pick for Banking Regulator Once Praised Soviet Union for Having ‘No Gender Pay Gap’

President Joe Biden’s pick to run a top Wall Street regulatory agency division once praised the former Soviet Union for its gender equality. Cornell Law School Professor Saule Omarova, who was announced as Biden’s nominee to head the Office of the Comptroller...

September 26, 2021

Pennsylvania Attorney General Challenges Election Subpoena

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro challenged a Republican-led election subpoena on Thursday, saying that it “goes too far” and violates the constitutionally protected privacy of up to 9 million residents. “By trying to pry into everyone’s drivers license numbers and social security numbers they...

September 26, 2021

Newt Gingrich Commentary: Biden’s Border Disaster

As President Joe Biden vacationed at Rehoboth Beach, the disaster at the U.S. southern border continued to metastasize. Anyone who has seen pictures of thousands of people crossing the Rio Grande en masse knows the administration has achieved complete failure....

September 26, 2021

Oregon School Board Bans Educators from Displaying BLM and Gay Pride Symbols

A school board in Oregon is receiving backlash following its recent ban on educators displaying Black Lives Matter signs and gay pride symbols. Newberg, which is situated just outside of Portland, now finds itself the site of the latest skirmish...

September 26, 2021

Donald Trump Calls Georgia ‘a Central Battleground’ to Rescue Nation During Rally in Perry

Former U.S. President Donald Trump held a rally Saturday in Perry, where he introduced the candidates he wants Georgia voters to help elect in the 2022 elections. “One year from now Georgia will be a central battleground in our fight...

September 26, 2021

Less Than 17 Percent of Rental Aid Distributed by August, Treasury Says

State and local officials disbursed less than 17% of the funds allocated for pandemic rent assistance by the end of August, the Treasury Department announced Friday. Officials have disbursed $7.7 billion of the $46.5 billion in funds allocated to the...

September 26, 2021

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Dems’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill ‘Existential Threat’ to Economy

One of the nation’s leading economic and business groups is warning that the $3.5 trillion spending bill before Congress is an “existential threat” to the nation’s economy. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has launched a six-figure television ad campaign targeting...

September 26, 2021

Commentary: Our Indispensable Man

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men,” goes the old saying, and who could argue? The sun rose this morning as it did yesterday and will again tomorrow. Life goes on, as always, for better and often for worse. But...

September 26, 2021

Whitmer Kidnapping Informant Could Skip Prison Despite Gun Crime

A key FBI informant for the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wouldn't see prison time under a plea deal despite pleading guilty to a 10-year gun crime during the plot. The plea agreement for Wisconsin resident Stephen Robeson says that...

September 25, 2021

Report: Late Senator McCain’s Subcommittee Welcomed Russia Collusion Theory

The efforts to disseminate a now-discredited theory that the Trump campaign had secret computer communications with the Kremlin extended beyond the FBI, CIA, and State Department to the U.S. Senate. Under the late Sen. John McCain, the Armed Services Committee...

September 25, 2021

Commentary: National Sabotage by Immigration

As the first year of a Biden presidency that has felt like a decade nears its end, only the most ardent Democratic partisans still insist that the country is on the right track. The rest of us are left to debate...

September 25, 2021

CDC Tells Medical Professionals to Be on Alert over Afghan Evacuees Potentially Spreading Infectious Diseases

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending that medical professionals and clinicians be on alert for infectious diseases among Afghan nationals recently brought into the country, including measles, mumps and rubella, diseases for which Americans have...

September 25, 2021

Border Patrol Requested Additional Aid in Del Rio Months Before Thousands of Migrants Arrived

Border Patrol agents requested additional federal aid in Del Rio, Texas, months before thousands of migrants set up a temporary camp under an international bridge and overwhelmed immigration officials, CNN Politics reported Thursday. Border officials reported an increase in migrants...

September 25, 2021

Democrat Donors Had Second Thoughts About Paying Hunter Biden Millions to Help Unfreeze Libyan Assets Due to Chasing ‘Low Class Hookers,’ Drugs

Two Democratic donors purportedly considered paying Hunter Biden $2 million to help unfreeze Libyan government assets in 2015 that had been targeted by the Obama administration, but had second thoughts due to his various personal struggles, according to emails obtained...

September 25, 2021

Commentary: An American Horror Story

Thomas Caldwell’s wife awakened him in a panic at 5:30 a.m. on January 19. “The FBI is at the door and I’m not kidding,” Sharon Caldwell told her husband. Caldwell, 66, clad only in his underwear, went to see what...

September 25, 2021

FTC Memo Details Plans to Combat ‘Root Causes’ of Big Tech Dominance

An internal memo published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Thursday detailed Chairwoman Lina Khan’s vision for antitrust enforcement, including plans to target several of Big Tech’s business practices. The memo, sent to FTC commissioners and staff, titled “Vision and Priorities...

September 25, 2021

Leaked Documents Show Military’s Plan to Grill Service Members over Religious Vaccine Exemption

Guidance reportedly crafted by military attorneys urged Coast Guard chaplains to grill service members on their religious beliefs in attempts to discover whether a service member’s religious exemption is a “ruse,” draft documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation...

September 25, 2021

Maricopa County Audit Results Reveal Someone Was Caught on Video Illegally Deleting Hundreds of Thousands of Election Files the Day Before the Audit Started

Arizona Senate Republicans issued the results of the independent ballot audit they conducted of the 2020 presidential and U.S. Senate election in Maricopa County on September 24 during a presentation, revealing findings that numerous election laws were broken and security...

September 25, 2021

Lawsuit Targets Michigan’s Unconstitutional Restriction on Public Funds Paying for Private Education

The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation partnered with Bursch Law to file a lawsuit alleging Michigan’s restriction on the use of public funds to pay for private education is unconstitutional. Five Michigan families and the Parent Advocates for Choice in Education (PACE) Foundation,...

September 24, 2021

Arizona Attorney General Signals Readiness to Investigate Election Irregularities Uncovered Audit

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich declared Friday he would take "all necessary actions" to investigate any irregularities uncovered by a state Senate-order audit of the November 2020 election in his state. His comments on Twitter came as leaked copies of...

September 24, 2021

Michigan’s $70B 2022 Budget Stuffed with $146 Million in ‘Pork’

Michigan’s $70 billion budget for fiscal year 2022 increases government spending by 11.5% from last year’s $62.8 billion budget. The increased spending includes one-time funds from federal stimulus packages, raising concerns Michigan can’t sustain current spending without hiking taxes or...

September 24, 2021

Commentary: Little Outcry over Antifa’s Equal-Opportunity Beatdowns of Journalists Left and Right

From covering displaced refugees around the globe to the obstacles faced by protesters seeking change in America, freelance photojournalist Maranie Staab believes her camera can be a force for truth and social justice. The work of a “conflict photographer” often requires...

September 24, 2021

Jobless Claims Increase to 351,000 as Economic Recovery Slows

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased to 351,000 last week as the economy continues to slowly recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The Bureau of Labor Statistics figure released Thursday represents an increase in the number of new jobless claims...

September 24, 2021

Catholic Vote President: Government Has ‘No Authority’ to Tell Americans ‘What They Can or Cannot Believe’

The federal government has “no authority” to tell Americans “what they can or cannot believe” when it comes to religious exemptions to vaccinations, the president of non-profit political advocacy group CatholicVote.org told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Thousands of Americans are...

September 24, 2021

‘Overdose Crisis’: Methamphetamine-Related Deaths Nearly Tripled from 2015 to 2019

U.S. methamphetamine-related deaths in adults between the ages of 18 to 64 nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019, according to a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The study found that the number of psychostimulant-related overdoses increased from 5,526 to 15,489, a...

September 24, 2021

Construction Industry Experiences Slowdown as Labor, Supply Shortages Wreak Havoc

The construction industry is struggling to recover from the pandemic due to difficulties hiring workers and severe supply chain shortfalls, a report found. Construction contractors project revenue to remain stagnant and below pre-pandemic levels over the next 12 months even...

September 24, 2021

Republicans Press White House for Public Account of Military Equipment Lost to the Taliban

Twenty House Republicans signed a letter to President Joe Biden Thursday demanding a public account of the military equipment lost in Afghanistan and the risks that it poses to the U.S., its allies and its interests. The letter, led by...

September 24, 2021

Soros-Funded Group Sends Letter to FCC Calling for Murder of Republicans

A far-left group funded by radical billionaire George Soros submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling for Republicans to be murdered, according to the Washington Free Beacon. The group in question is Free Press, which is funded...

September 24, 2021

Facebook Reveals How It Decides What Content to Suppress

Facebook released its updated Content Distribution Guidelines on Thursday, shedding more light on how the tech giant decides what content it suppresses. While Facebook has previously provided some details on the types of content that receive reduced distribution in Facebook’s...

September 24, 2021

Two Afghan Refugees at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin Face Sexual Assault and Abuse Charges

Two Afghan refugees staying at Fort McCoy have been charged in separate incidents involving sexual assault of a minor and abuse. A grand jury charged Afghan refugees Bahrullah Noori and Mohammad Haroon Imaad on Thursday. Noori, 20, was charged with...

September 24, 2021

Pennsylvania County Commissioners’ Group Opposes Live-Streaming of Mail-In Vote Counting

Bipartisan enthusiasm for election-reform legislation appeared solid at a Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee hearing on Thursday, save for one part: video live-streaming of mail-in-ballot counting. Elements of the bill, sponsored by Sen. David Argall (R-PA-Pottsville) and Sen. Sharif Street...

September 24, 2021

New Poll Shows Craig Edges Whitmer in Governors Race, but Strong Support in Detroit Keeps Whitmer Within Striking Distance

A new poll conducted by the Trafalgar Group shows Republican James Craig leading Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer in a potential general election contest. The survey, released on Tuesday, demonstrated the former Detroit police chief leading Whitmer 50 percent to 44...

September 24, 2021

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Changes Course, Will Sign Bill Banning School Mask Mandates and Vaccine Passports

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), who earned a reputation for imposing extremely strict COVID-19 restrictions, will now sign a bill that bans mask mandates and vaccine passports. The measures are part of the state's $70 billion budget bill, which clocks in...

September 23, 2021

House Passes $1 Billion Measure for Israel’s Iron Dome, Despite Lack of Progressive Support

Despite opposition from progressive lawmakers, the Democratic-led House passed $1 billion of funding for Israel's Iron Dome on Thursday with the help of Republican votes. Oregon Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenhaur, the presiding officer, deemed the bill passed with a simple...

September 23, 2021

States Prepare for Limits on Key COVID Treatment, Criticize Federal Rationing

Demand for a key COVID-19 treatment has led to a nationwide shortage, and as President Joe Biden's administration rations how much each state receives, some governors are pushing back over having to decide how to use their limited supplies. Many...

September 23, 2021

Biden’s Job Approval Rating Falls to 43 Percent, Lowest in Presidency, Gallup

President Biden's job-approval rating has fallen six percentage points, to 43%, since August. The number is the lowest of his roughly eight-month presidency, and now for the first time, a majority, 53%, disapproves of his performance, according to a Gallup...

September 23, 2021

Commentary: The Treacherous Road to Runaway Inflation

In January, 2001, America had a balanced budget, low debt, and was at peace. Here, briefly, is what lay ahead: war, financial crisis, civil unrest, massive growth of the federal government, and now severe inflation. Never in the history of...

September 23, 2021

Drugmaker’s Study Shows Remdesivir Reduces COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Gilead Sciences announced in a press release Wednesday that its COVID-19 drug remdesivir reduces hospitalizations by 87% in high-risk patients. The study consisted of 562 patients who were randomly given either remdesivir to a placebo. The company said that it...

September 23, 2021

DHS Sec. Says Biden’s Plan Is ‘Working,’ and Has Led to ‘a Drop in the Number of Encounters at the U.S. Border’

During a Senate hearing Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed the Biden Administration’s border policies are “working,” and have led to a drop of encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border. Mayorkas was responding to Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who was grilling...

September 23, 2021

Commentary: The Media Doesn’t Accurately Cover Defensive Gun Usage in America

While Americans know that guns take many innocent lives every year, many don’t know that firearms also save them. On May 15, an attacker at an apartment complex in Fort Smith, Ark., fatally shot a woman and then fired 93 rounds...

September 23, 2021

Feds Purchasing Surveillance Drones from Chinese Company the Pentagon Says Is a Security Threat

Federal law enforcement agencies are purchasing surveillance drones from a Chinese company the Pentagon has said could pose a threat to national security, Axios reported. The U.S. Secret Service purchased eight surveillance drones from Da Jiang Innovations (DJI), a company...

September 23, 2021

Over 30 U.S. Corporations Join Coalition to Provide Jobs to Afghan Refugees

Amazon, Facebook, Pfizer and 30 other major U.S. corporations have joined a coalition seeking to provide jobs and opportunities to Afghan refugees. The companies announced that they would partner with the non-profit organization Tent Partnership for Refugees, a network of...