(Headline USA) When Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial Monday for shooting three men during street riots in Wisconsin that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, he'll argue that he fired in self-defense.
Legal experts say under Wisconsin law he has a strong case. What's less clear is whether...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Justice Department is considering a move to give hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to each child and parent who was separated at the border while trying to illegally enter America, a person familiar with discussions to settle lawsuits said Thursday.
The Wall Street Journal first...
(Headline USA) Retiring RINO Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, and his brother-in-law are being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for potential insider trading, a case that stems from their abrupt sales of financial holdings during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent federal court filings.
Burr...
(Headline USA) In the neck-and-neck fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans.
Illinois Democrats delivered Thursday, using their dominance in state government to advance new congressional district maps intended to...
(Headline USA) Senate Democrats were preparing to try letting millions of immigrants stay temporarily in the U.S. as part of the party's massive economic plan, people involved in the effort said Thursday, as the White House released an outline of President Joe Biden's trophy domestic legislation.
While that effort's odds...
(Headline USA) Communities across the United States are reconsidering their approach to gifted and talented programs in schools, as leftist activists and social justice gadflies try to blame race and gender for low test scores.
A plan announced by New York City’s mayor to phase out elementary school gifted and...
(Headline USA) Top Democrats signaled a deal is within reach on President Joe Biden's exorbitantly expensive domestic spending bill, but the partisan momentum fizzled and tempers flared as a paid family leave proposal fell out and a so-called billionaire's tax appeared scrapped.
With his signature domestic initiative at stake, Biden will head...
(Headline USA) Radical leftist Democrats want to overthrow an Illinois law that has for more than four decades protected those who oppose providing or receiving medical treatment because of their religious beliefs, and instead allow repercussions for those who refuse vaccinations in the battle against COVID-19.
Long considered a shield for...
(Headline USA) Top executives at ExxonMobil and other oil companies are set to testify at a House hearing Thursday as congressional Democrats hunt for what they consider a decades-long, industry-wide campaign to spread alleged disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming.
Top officials at four major oil...
(Headline USA) A New York judge on Wednesday allowed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate set to begin Friday to steamroll over the city’s municipal workforce, denying a police union’s request for a temporary restraining order.
Judge Lizette Colon said the mandate can take effect as scheduled while also ordering city officials to...
(Headline USA) The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation.
The woke State Department, which recently invented a new holiday called International Pronoun Day, celebrated the declared milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, and...
(Headline USA) U.S. immigration authorities will limit arrests at schools, hospitals and other “protected” areas under guidelines issued Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security, reinstating radical open-borders policies that had been rolled back under President Donald Trump.
Agents and officers are being directed to avoid making arrests or carrying...