(Headline USA) Virginia's new Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin planned a ceremonious signing Wednesday afternoon of SB739, a bill that "keeps schools open five days a week for in-person instruction and provides a parental opt-out from school mask mandates," according to a press release from the governor's office.
The bipartisan victory---a...
(Headline USA) Virginia's new Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin planned a ceremonious signing Wednesday afternoon of SB739, a bill that "keeps schools open five days a week for in-person instruction and provides a parental opt-out from school mask mandates," according to a press release from the governor's office.
The bipartisan victory---a...
(Tony Sifert, Headline USA) President Joe Biden has once again flexed money muscle in the Ukraine, instructing Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to make $1 billion available to the struggling eastern European nation.
7.5% inflation and a supply chain crisis in the United States? No problem!
"The U.S. government is offering a...
(Headline USA) Despite promising to be different from his predecessor, New York City’s new Mayor Eric Adams took a page from former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s book and fired more than 1,000 city workers this week because they were not vaccinated against COVID-19.
Right before he left office, de Blasio implemented...
(Tony Sifert, Headline USA) Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears used one of her high-heeled shoes to call the Virginia Senate to order "after an unknown prankster hid her gavel," according to Washington Post reporter Laura Vozzella.
"@WinsomeSears gaveled Virginia Senate to order with high-heeled patent leather pump," Vozzella wrote in a...
(Headline USA) Amid a steady drip of damaging headlines, pressure is building for Congress to pass legislation that would curtail lawmakers' ability to speculate on the stock market.
Trading in Congress has long been criticized by government watchdogs, who say the access to nonpublic information creates a temptation for lawmakers...
(Headline USA) No, the word “Senate” is not Latin for “It's never easy.” But sometimes it seems that way.
The House easily approved two bills last Tuesday with broad bipartisan support. There's no doubt Senate approval is inevitable, sooner rather than later.
But each is encountering problems---for now, let’s call them...
(Headline USA) The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump's image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after New York's attorney general claimed they regularly misstated the value of assets.
In...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) President Joe Biden's Valentine's Day message was roundly mocked when astute observers noted Hunter Biden's participation in illegal firearm ownership, the Western Journal reported.
Biden's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms attempted to get vindictive women to turn in their ex-boyfriends to the state as a Valentine's...
(Headline USA) Republican state senators on Monday advanced legislation that would require every ballot cast in Arizona's elections to be counted by hand, in the wake of significant irregularities in the 2020 election that were uncovered by an independent forensic audit.
The proposal from Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, was approved...
(Headline USA) The Defense Department on Tuesday released a report that says mergers and consolidation among its contractors pose risks to the U.S. economy and national security.
Senior Biden administration officials previewed the report ahead of its release.
It lays out steps to block mergers that run contrary to Defense Department...
(Headline USA) A grandson and nephew of Chicago's two longest-serving mayors was convicted Monday of tax crimes and making false statements.
Patrick Daley Thompson, a member of the city council, must immediately resign under state law.
Thompson was accused of falsely claiming mortgage interest deductions and lying about lines of credit...