SYNDICATION

(Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League) The Missouri Senate today passed legislation that would prompt the state treasurer to hold at least 1% of state funds in gold and silver while eliminating all state income taxes on monetary metals. In a growing national backlash to the rampant inflation caused by...

(Headline USA) For federal prosecutors, disgraced Democrat donor Sam Bankman--Fried could be the gift that keeps on giving. After the November collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange he founded in 2019, Bankman--Fried unexpectedly gave a series of interviews intended to present his version of events. He was indicted in December and...

(Headline USA) China's incursion of U.S. airspace last week was the latest red flag that the trans-atlantic superpower is intentionally putting itself on a collision course that will result in military action. But according to the U.S. military's top brass, Americans have no reason to panic. U.S. armed forces and their...

(Cameron Arcand, The Center Square) Arizona Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address in Spanish on Tuesday night. "We are at a critical point in our nation's history. Now, more than ever, we need to fight for the values that made...

(Steve Wilson, The Center Square) The Mississippi House passed two school choice bills in its session on Wednesday that keep them alive for further work. The original versions of the bills included one that would’ve allowed foster children to participate in the state’s education savings account program and another that would’ve...

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) As part of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill passed in December, Congressman Hank Johnson, D-Ga., earmarked $3.6 million to extend the Michelle Obama Trail outside of Atlanta. The hiking trail was constructed in 2018, and originally spanned 3.8 miles, connecting Georgia State University’s Clarkston campus to...

(Francis P. Sempa, RealClear Wire) Retired U.S. Army LTC Alexander Vindman, who gained fame for helping Democrats impeach President Donald Trump for a phone call Trump had with Ukrainian officials in July 2019, is urging the Biden administration and its Western allies to swiftly and dramatically increase military aid and...

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) The Environmental Protection Agency is spending $3 million to explore cleaner cooking methods and ways to reduce household energy emissions. “Three billion people around the world, including 600,000 low-income Americans, cook their food and/or heat their homes over open fires or with rudimentary stoves using biomass fuel...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Roughly six weeks before testifying Tuesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Chief Border Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez held a meeting with local law enforcement in Weslaco, Texas, describing the administration’s plan to release en masse illegal foreign nationals into the...

(Headline USA) In a brief exchange with reporters on Monday, President Joe Biden appeared to spew anti-Asian hate while addressing China's incursion into U.S. airspace last week with an apparent spy balloon. Asked why China launched the balloon over the U.S., Biden replied simply, “Because they’re the Chinese,” the Associated...

(Mark Hemingway, RealClear Wire) Without much fanfare, earlier this week Jeff Gerth, a Pulitzer-Prize winning former New York Times investigative reporter, dropped a thorough and damning four-part article dissecting the media’s obsessive reporting on Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia. Even more surprising, Gerth’s report, “The press versus the president,”...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Business owners from West Virginia told the powerful U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Monday that they are struggling with inflation, among other problems, as the economy continues to shift gears from the pandemic. Tom Plaugher is the vice president of operations for Allegheny Wood...