SYNDICATION

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Wire) When reviewing applications for disability benefits, the Social Security Administration consults an obsolete directory last updated in 1977, despite having spent $250 million on a newer, more relevant one. When disabled Americans apply for SSA disability benefits, they can have their applications denied if the agency...

(Headline USA) British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gathered government ministers, medics and health service managers in 10 Downing St. on Saturday for talks aimed at fixing a health care crisis that has seen thousands of patients stranded outside overflowing hospitals. The government said it was “bringing together the best minds from...

(Headline USA) China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government’s policies regarding Covid-19. The popular Sina Weibo social media platform said it had addressed 12,854 violations including attacks on experts, scholars and medical workers and issued temporary or permanent bans on...

(Headline USA) After the 2022 election and record flow of laws protecting children from genital mutilation last year, Republican state lawmakers this year are continuing to protect children with new proposals limiting gender transitions. More than two dozen bills seeking to restrict gender transitions have been introduced across 11 states —...

(Headline USA) A ban on bump stocks — devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull — was struck down Friday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The ban was instituted in 2017. Gun rights advocates have challenged it...

(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) Dear Mr. President: After 50 years in American politics, you finally will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday. Please consider these facts during your first such trip ever: Your destination — El Paso, Texas — confirms how chaotic this crisis has become. Illegal aliens have breached America’s southern...

(Adam Andrzejewski - RealClear Wire) Hiding in the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill that Congress passed a few days before Christmas is a $575 million fund for “family planning/reproductive health” in areas where “population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species.” It’s unclear how the funds would be used, like what type of...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – The immigration parole system President Joe Biden says he’s expanding is already being challenged in court by a lawsuit brought by Florida, arguing the administration’s abuse of it is illegal. The trial is set to begin Monday, a day after the president is scheduled...

(The Center Square) – The Federal Trade Commission proposed a ban on noncompete clauses Thursday, which the FTC said were often exploitative and suppressed wages and competition. "The freedom to change jobs is core to economic liberty and to a competitive, thriving economy," Chair Lina Khan said in a statement....

(Headline USA) In a brazen display of partisanship, President Joe Biden has cherry-picked asylum-seeking migrants whose cultures tend to support conservative causes and prevented them from passing through his otherwise open borders. His decision to specifically block immigrants from Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua is the best evidence yet that his...

(The Center Square) – Crime is a growing concern for Americans as the new year begins, according to newly released polling data. Gallup released the poll that shows that 72% of surveyed Americans predict crime rates will increase, not decrease, this year. That figure comes after an earlier poll showed a...

(The Center Square) – Texas and Florida were the top destinations of one-way U-Haul® truck customers in 2022, according to U-Haul’s annual Growth Index. The company announced that migration to the Southeast and Southwest U.S. continued last year, with the no-state income tax states of Texas and Florida topping the...