SYNDICATION

(Isaac Orr, RealClear Wire) Mississippi residents are consistently told that renewable energy sources, like solar panels, are now the lowest-cost ways to generate electricity, but these claims are based on creative accounting gimmicks that only examine a small portion of the expenses incurred to integrate solar onto the grid while...

(Headline USA) In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins in some quarters to erode. A decision to send a bit more...

(The Center Square) – Twenty states led by Texas sued the Biden administration Tuesday over another immigration policy they argue is illegal. A new U.S. Department of Homeland Security program “unlawfully creates a de facto pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of aliens,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues,...

(John R. Lott Jr., RealClear Wire) The Biden administration’s newly released regulations regarding “pistol-stabilizing braces” will instantly turn tens of thousands of law-abiding Americans into felons and create a national rifle registry. But the Biden administration and the media exaggerate the costs and ignore the benefits these braces produce. Few seem...

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has flown on the taxpayer’s dime on private jets 18 times since taking office in January 2021, according to a report by the New York Post. The report found Buttigieg flew to Nevada, Florida, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Ohio, New Hampshire and Montreal on...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Fresh projections from the Congressional Budget Office show the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund would be exhausted by 2033 if benefits are paid as scheduled. In January, Social Security beneficiaries got an 8.7% increase in monthly checks, the largest cost-of-living adjustment since 1981. The increase...

(The Center Square) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents stationed out of Jacksonville, Florida, and Corpus Christi, Texas, confiscated a record 20 tons of narcotics and other drugs in two months. CBP said AMO agents from the Florida and Texas bases seized nearly 37,887 pounds...

(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) A U.S. government report released Monday estimates that there could have been more than $60 billion in unemployment insurance fraud during the pandemic. The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office says that figure is an estimate spread over the entire unemployment system and should be...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) By week's end, the Republican National Committee is set to resolve a leadership feud that has exposed major divisions within the institution charged with electing the next GOP president. Those inside the fight believe the days ahead of Friday's secret ballot at a luxury seaside resort...

(Headline USA) Senior Democrats, dismayed by a steady stream of startling disclosures, expressed criticism Sunday of how Joe Biden handled classified material after leaving office as vice president and disappointment that the White House has not been more forthcoming with the public. Lawmakers who might have anticipated questions focusing on the debt limit...

(Headline USA) Joe Biden is expected to name Jeff Zients, who ran the administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of Biden's term, as his next chief of staff, according to two people familiar with the matter. Biden's current top aide, Ron Klain, is preparing to leave the job in the...