A media operation notorious for promoting fake news caved under pressure when the Babylon Bee threatened it with a defamation lawsuit.
The New York Times had claimed that the conservative, pro-Christian humor site “frequently trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire.”
The Bee relies upon a similar format to that of...
Georgia announced this week it is investigating whether Fulton County properly monitored absentee ballots returned in drop boxes during the 2020 election.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who has repeatedly denied that vote fraud affected Georgia’s election, said the investigation is necessary because Fulton County’s elections leadership “failed the voters...
In the wake of several false alarms during which the Biden intelligence community flagged potential right-wing extremism only to have nothing result, the FBI again torqued up hysteria over its favorite boogeyman, QAnon, for a special report requested by Senate Democrats.
The unclassified report shockingly revealed that the FBI's past...
(Tim Gruver, The Center Square) A denied permit for an art exhibition commemorating the occupation of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood last summer could mean a court battle between the city and two legal giants.
On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and the Public Defender Association wrote to the...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the regulatory agency that manages Texas’s power grid, said tight grid conditions are expected this week due to high number of forced generation outages, and urged Texans to conserve energy.
The announcement came one month after it published its...
(Robert Davis, The Center Square) Texas welcomed new residents of all ages and incomes in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recent Internal Revenue Service data.
The data was collected for tax years 2018 and 2019, meaning it represents the tax filings from 2017 and 2018.
The data reflects migratory...
One key reading of the misery index for U.S. consumers is continuing to rise, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The "misery index" is calculated by adding unemployment to inflation.
Wholesale prices (PPI), driven by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May and by a unprecedented amount...
(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square) Even though Californians will be able to fill stadiums, concert venues, bars and restaurants, Gov. Gavin Newsom says the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over.
Newsom signed orders rescinding mask mandates, business restrictions and the tiered reopening phases that ebbed and flowed with infection and hospitalization rates, beginning Tuesday.
“California...
(Headline USA) Cue the fireworks.
President Joe Biden wants to imbue Independence Day with new meaning this year by encouraging nationwide celebrations to mark the country’s effective return to normalcy after 16 months of coronavirus pandemic disruption.
The White House is expressing growing certainty that July Fourth will serve as a breakthrough moment...
(Headline USA) California will offer six "dream vacation" incentives to spur more people to get coronavirus vaccinations, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday on the eve of the state awarding of $15 million in cash prizes.
Aside from boosting California's vaccination rate as it lifts most pandemic restrictions Tuesday, the latest...
(Headline USA) Rep. Marjorie Greene apologized Monday for recent comments comparing the forced wearing of masks in the House to the Holocaust.
"I'm truly sorry for offending people with remarks about the Holocaust," the Georgia Republican told reporters outside the Capitol, saying she had visited Washington's U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum...
(Headline USA) A Republican-led hand recount of ballots cast in Arizona's most populous county hit a major milestone Monday when counters finished tallying all the regular ballots cast in November's presidential and U.S. Senate election, the Arizona Senate's liaison said.
Ken Bennett, a Republican former secretary of state who has...