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(Bruce Rottman, FEE) Social justice. Capitalism. Socialism. Nationalism. Systemic racism. Each of these can be “trigger words,” which describes words that trigger strong emotions, sometimes positive, often negative. The granddaddy of all trigger words is probably “fascist.” In 1944, a quarter century after Mussolini coined this term, George Orwell commented that...

(Headline USA) U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. No shots were fired and no major casualties were reported. With the final embassy employee...

(Headline USA) One of the most important munitions produced by America comes from a historic factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into artillery shells that the U.S. can’t produce fast enough. The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant...

(Headline USA) A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government's use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists raised concerns about waterways that are being polluted with the potentially toxic red slurry that's dropped from aircraft. A coalition that includes Paradise, California — where a 2018 blaze...

(Headline USA) A former Walt Disney World employee is facing a charge that he surreptitiously took a video up the skirt of a female customer. The creep told investigators he had done it more than 500 times over the past six years. Jorge Diaz Vega, 26, worked at the Star Wars...

(Headline USA)Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday fired her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that urged teachers to use woke concepts. Barbara Cooper was fired after Ivey expressed concern over the distribution of the book to state-run pre-kindergartens. The books have been...

(Headline USA) Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a longtime Donald Trump ally, will help lead a political action committee encouraging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Laxalt, who roomed with DeSantis at the Naval Justice School, will serve as the chairman of the...

(Headline USA) A Montana state representative that claims to be ‘transgender’ was silenced by Republican leaders for a second day Friday. Rep. Zooey Zephyr, has refused to apologize for telling lawmakers they would have “blood on their hands” if they voted for a bill banning genital mutilation. The measure has passed...

(Christian Wade, The Center Square) New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams is criticizing President Joe Biden amid an influx of tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the city, calling for more federal funds and allowing migrants to work legally. At a press briefing on Wednesday, Adams ripped the...

(Susan Crabtree, RealClear Wire) Legendary actor and humanitarian Richard Gere recently made a splash during a visit to Capitol Hill. Sporting a floppy, now pure-white mane of hair, the 73-year-old Gere flashed his still-boyish grin to members of Congress, staff, and visitors who flocked to see him, many snapping...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and 22 of his colleagues have introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to ban members of Congress from stock trading. The legislation, Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks Act, or ETHICS Act for short, would prohibit members of Congress, their...

(Steve Wilson, The Center Square) A Mississippi native and former professional wrestler, Ted DiBiase Jr., was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday with misappropriating millions of dollars in welfare funds intended for the poor. The Madison native was indicted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern...