(Headline USA) Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, who made education a centerpiece of his campaign, announced the state's next education secretary Monday, making it his first Cabinet secretary pick.
The Republican picked education data consultant Aimee Rogstad Guidera, saying she would help “recharge a system that has settled for too long.”
“Aimee will...
(Headline USA) A federal judge in Missouri added another legal block Monday against President Joe Biden's requirement that federal contractors receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
The new preliminary injunction prohibits enforcement of the contractors' vaccine mandate in 10 states that collectively sued. It comes on top of a nationwide injunction issued earlier this...
(Headline USA) Doling out pardons is a holiday tradition for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Around every Christmas, the two-term Republican grants them to a handful of ordinary citizens, typically for minor offenses committed years or decades ago.
But one name stands out on his desk: George Floyd.
In February 2004, Floyd was...
(Headline USA) A month after his acquittal on murder charges, Kyle Rittenhouse was given a standing ovation at a conservative group’s conference in Phoenix where panelists discussed the 2020 deadly shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Monday’s panel discussion was held by Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA, which organizes young conservatives.
Most of the...
(Headline USA) They have decried the coronavirus pandemic as a hoax, promoted controversial treatments and pushed sensational stories about vaccine side-effects, including that the shots magnetize the human body.
Yet, the purveyors of these COVID conspiracy theories are not shadowy figures operating in the dark corners of the internet. They...
(Headline USA) In a major setback for the auto industry, already kneecapped by crippling inflation, the Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards, reversing a Trump-era rollback that loosened fuel efficiency standards.
A final rule issued Monday would raise mileage standards starting in the 2023 model year, reaching a projected...
(Headline USA) San Francisco's top prosecutor, a leftist notorious for, ironically, not prosecuting criminals, pushed back on the mayor's call for increased policing to battle rampant drug dealing in one of the city's most vulnerable neighborhoods, urging her instead to put more money into housing and treatment that he...
(Headline USA) Wisconsin's governor has received a complaint seeking the removal of Milwaukee County's district attorney because he approved letting loose a BLM radical on a recommended $1,000 bail for a black supremacist who authorities say later drove his SUV through a Christmas parade, killing six people.
Darrell Brooks is...
(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday as he seeks to end a yearslong, politically motivated investigation into his business practices.
In the lawsuit, filed in federal court two weeks after James requested that Trump sit for a Jan. 7 deposition, Trump...
(Headline USA) Senators gave final congressional approval last week to a bill barring imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove they were produced without forced labor, overcoming initial hesitation from the White House and what supporters said was opposition from corporations.
The measure is the latest in a...
(Headline USA) The initial handling of allegations that former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett had staged a fake attack in Chicago - which he did - represented a “major failure of operations" by the local prosecutor's office, according to a lawyer who was appointed to review the case.
The 68-page report detailed multiple...
(Headline USA) Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., has announced she will not seek reelection next year.
I've decided not to seek another term in Congress. Serving Central Florida has been the honor of my life, but it's also been incredibly challenging for my family and me.
This was not an easy decision,...