SYNDICATION

(Jillian Schneider, RealClear Wire) A Virginia school board is considering revising its policies on after-school clubs following conflict over a new “After School Satan Club.” The Chesapeake Public School Board previously allowed the Satan club to meet on school property, stipulating it pay over $600 for security for each meeting, something...

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Dr. Anthony Fauci is taking criticism after his recently published paper cast doubt on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. Joel Zinberg, a Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow, blasted Fauci for pushing for strict mandates despite the concerns with the vaccine. “Dr. Anthony Fauci recently acknowledged that there...

(Christen Smith, The Center Square) State and local leaders said this week that Norfolk Southern’s response to a train derailment near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border ignored best practices and prioritized speed over safety. In a letter sent to the railroad’s chief executive offer, Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro said he will hold...

(Christen Smith, The Center Square) Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday he won’t sign any execution warrants and called on legislators to join 25 other states to ban the death penalty “once and for all.” “When my son asked me why it’s OK to kill someone as a punishment for...

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) The growing number of college administrators has in part caused the cost of college to skyrocket. At the public University of Michigan, 142 diversity, equity and inclusion administrators cost students and taxpayers $18.1 million annually, according to the Daily Caller. University of Michigan economics professor emeritus Mark...

(Headline USA) As Democrats push for more prolific government spending to finance their radical agendas and policies, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that it expects the U.S. economy to stagnate this year with the unemployment rate jumping to 5.1%—a bleak outlook that was paired with a 10-year projection that publicly...

(Headline USA) The Oakland Police Department lost its seventh head of police in as many years Wednesday over the alleged cover-up of an officer’s misconduct in a scandal that threatens to extend two decades of federal oversight—the longest of any police department in the country. Democratic Mayor Sheng Thao said...

(Headline USA) China on Thursday imposed trade and investment sanctions on Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory. Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s Raytheon...

(Headline USA) Local governments in Oregon can’t declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and ban police from enforcing certain gun laws, a state appeals court decided Wednesday, in the first court case filed over a concept that hundreds of U.S. counties have adopted in recent years. It is unclear whether the...

(Headline USA) Actor Robert Duvall was one of more than 100 speakers at a northern Virginia town's council meeting opposing a proposed $550 million data center from Amazon. In a meeting that began early Tuesday evening and concluded well after midnight early Wednesday morning, the Town of Warrenton voted 4-3 to...

(Headline USA) The NCAA asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject a legal effort to make colleges treat Division I athletes like employees and start paying them an hourly wage. Lawyers for the student-athletes said that weekly, they often spend 30 hours or more on their sport and often...

(Headline USA) National Park Service employees on Wednesday swept through a large homeless encampment three blocks from the White House, tearing down dozens of tents and warning that people who resisted would be subject to arrest. Workers in white jumpsuits used rakes, shovels and pitchforks to clear McPherson Square, tossing the...