California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday the state will move forward with its plan to implement financial reparations for black residents as part of its larger effort to create “a more equitable and inclusive future for all.”
Newsom signed a bill last year approving the creation of a task...
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., hired security guards in the first quarter of 2021---the first time ever in a non-election year, the Casper Star Tribune reported.
Cheney hired private security guards at a cost of $58,500 after she joined nine other Republicans and every Democrat in voting to impeach then-President Donald...
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel warned this week that the organization will warn its future candidates against participating in debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates if significant changes aren’t made.
In a letter, McDaniel told the CPD that Republicans are still concerned about the way it handled...
(Associated Press) A federal election watchdog fined the publisher of the National Enquirer $187,500 for squelching the story of a former Playboy model who claimed she'd had an affair with former President Donald Trump.
The Federal Election Commission fined A360 Media, formerly known as American Media, for paying Karen McDougal $150,000...
Despite recent reports that the Biden administration's border crisis continues to see thousands of unaccompanied migrant minors in cages being denied basic human rights and dignity, designated immigration czar Kamala Harris already has pivoted to her next major task.
The vice president and former California senator has been appointed to...
(Christian Wade, The Center Square) Cutting someone's hair without a professional license is a crime in New Hampshire, but that could change under a bill sent to Gov. Chris Sununu for consideration.
A proposal passed by the state Senate last week, which is pending approval by Sununu, would update the state's...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration and reviving a political fight over a remote region that is home to a rich reserve of oil.
The moves follow moves by the...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden called out two fellow Democrats on Tuesday in explaining why he hasn’t enacted some of the most ambitious elements of his agenda, noting that slim majorities in the House and evenly divided Senate have hamstrung legislative negotiations.
Biden, speaking during an event marking the 100th anniversary...
(Headline USA) Three Pennsylvania lawmakers will be in Arizona Wednesday to check out the state Senate GOP’s audit of the 2020 election.
They’re the latest Republicans to make a pilgrimage to Phoenix, Ground Zero in the “stop the steal” movement's push to assure the presidential election was conducted accurately and fairly.
The...
(Headline USA) Texas Republicans pressed ahead with their push for election integrity Tuesday, vowing to ensure Democrats' weekend victory over their anti-vote-fraud measures would only be temporary.
GOP Gov. Greg Abbott prepared to call lawmakers back for a special session to revive the voting measure that died when Democrats staged a...
Even though former president Barack Obama is believed to keep his current office and primary residence both less than two miles, as the crow flies, from the White House, he has been decidedly low-profile in the early days of the current Biden administration.
But in a freewheeling New York Times interview...
(John R. Lott, Jr., RealClearInvestigations) Democrats and much of the media are pushing to make permanent the extraordinary, pandemic-driven measures to relax voting rules during the 2020 elections – warning anew of racist voter “suppression” otherwise.
Yet democracies in Europe and elsewhere tell a different story – of the benefits of...