SYNDICATION

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Senate Republicans blasted the Biden administration’s energy policies Tuesday and pointed to House legislation that could, among other things, reform the permitting process to allow for more oil and gas drilling. Gas prices rose to record highs last summer, surpassing $5 per gallon of regular gas....

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) As part of the various appropriations given to help House members do their jobs, U.S. Representatives receive a Members’ Representational Allowance, which is adjusted each year to match inflation. A recent report from Legistorm found that 38% of offices didn’t touch a penny of the additional adjustment...

(Frank Miele, RealClear Wire) The Democrats say that Jan. 6 was the worst attack on American democracy since the Civil War. They call it an insurrection, but if it was indeed the worst since 1865, no one but a fool would dare claim it even remotely approached the scale of...

(Headline USA) The nation's top financial regulator acknowledged that Silicon Valley Bank's own woke management was largely to blame for the bank's failure earlier this month and says the Federal Reserve will review whether a 2018 law that weakened stricter bank rules also contributed to its collapse. “SVB's failure is...

(Headline USA) House Republicans plan to deliver a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday for classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking an unprecedented effort to force the release of sensitive documents to Congress. Rep. Mike McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign...

(Headline USA) A new Georgia commission to discipline and remove corrupt prosecutors would be the latest move nationwide to ratchet up oversight on what conservatives see as the root cause of a dramatic uptick in violent crime and a politically-motivated double-standard in the justice system. The Georgia House voted 97-77...

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) New York City is planning to spend $5.3 million to install high-tech toilets in public parks in each of the five boroughs. Those five toilets, however, cost less than $1 million to purchase, according to the New York Post. Each toilet from Portland Loo only cost about $185,000,...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) As more foreign nationals are caught attempting to illegally enter Florida and are repatriated to their country or port of origin, a new method to bypass law enforcement efforts by sea is underway by air: hang gliders. On Saturday, two Cuban nationals landed at the Key...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have kicked off an effort to overturn the Biden administration’s student loan cancellation via Congressional authority. The move comes after the Government Accountability Office said that the student loan rule fell within Congress’ authority to overturn under the Congressional...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling blocking President Joe Biden’s September 2021 executive order requiring federal employees and contractors to get the COVID-19 vaccine or lose their jobs continues to give reprieve to 8,500 federal workers including thousands of U.S. Border Patrol agents. The ruling...

(Phil Wegmann, RealClear Wire) As Ron DeSantis emerges as a prospective rival for the Republican nomination, Donald’s Trump campaign has put word out that anyone who works for the Florida governor will be blackballed. According to sources with direct knowledge of the edict, Justin Caporale, who helps lead the advance team...

(Olivia Rondeau, FEE) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has followed through on their plan to turn millions of lawful gun owners into felons in the name of "public safety" by reclassifying pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles, effectively expanding the unconstitutional national gun registry. Stabilizing braces are...