SYNDICATION

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) The IRS is using such ancient equipment and systems that they are having difficulties finding employees that know how to use the systems, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report. Government technology often lags behind the private sector. In the case of the IRS, the technology...

(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) The FBI says that it would take nearly 6 1/2 years for it to release the thousands of pages of FBI Director Christopher Wray's emails that contained the word "Trump" over a four-month period that were requested in a Freedom of Information Act request. The Center...

(Philip Wegmann, RealClear Wire) While the White House reported Monday that the U.S. intelligence community has not yet reached a “consensus” on the origins of the COVID-19 virus, the Biden administration voiced support for the practice of gain-of-function research, so long as it was done safely, securely and with transparency. As...

(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) Public school unions receive "concierge-like service" from President Joe Biden's Department of Education while parents get "vastly inequitable treatment," according to a federal watchdog group. Protect The Public's Trust released a report Tuesday on the U.S. Department of Education and their "constant contact" with the two...

(Joe Mueller, The Center Square) The University of Colorado’s legal department is reviewing a letter that's part of a war of words between two advocacy groups clashing over the Christian prayers of football coach Deion Sanders. The First Liberty Institute, which advocates for religious freedom, sent a letter and demands to...

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) After years of obfuscation, censorship and disinformation, the truth about the origins of the COVID pandemic are mysteriously and suddenly coming to light, as the Biden regime shifts its approved lab leak theory narrative. The latest example came from FBI Director Christopher Wray, who during a Tuesday...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt. Biden announced in August of last year that his administration would “forgive” $10,000 in federal student loan debt...

(Christen Smith, The Center Square) A Pennsylvania Senate panel will gather Wednesday to consider subpoenaing Norfolk Southern after its chief executive officer ignored an invitation to testify about the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. The vote would come one week after the Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee heard from...

(Danny Duchamp, FEE) Google’s share price dropped nearly 10% earlier this month in the wake of Microsoft’s announcement that they are integrating Open AI’s ChatGPT into their search engine. Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, currently accounts for only 3% of web searches, trailing far behind Google’s impressive market share of more...

(Andrew Hensel, The Center Square) Lori Lightfoot's tenure as Chicago mayor will end after her first term. Lightfoot – widely criticized as rising violent crime plagued the city during her four years in office, for her strict COVID-19 restrictions, and as students in Chicago Public Schools struggled to perform at grade...

(Rupert Darwall, RealClear Wire) President Biden’s nomination of Ajay Banga, the former CEO of Mastercard, to succeed David Malpass as World Bank president suggests that the Biden administration is prioritizing climate change over the World Bank’s founding mission of poverty eradication and economic development. This was made clear in the...

(Headline USA) A special House committee dedicated to countering China will make its debut on Tuesday, the opening act in what lawmakers hope will be a robust effort to overcome partisan divisions and address a “generational challenge” to America's national security. The committee's chairman, Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., said he's looking...