(Headline USA) U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton told a crowd of about 4,000 Republicans that former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt plans to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
He and other Republican luminaries revved up a crowd gathered at a rural Nevada cattle ranch...
(Headline USA) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed a procedural vote this month that would set up future passage of two massive spending bills crucial to President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
Democratic leaders hope the plan will win must-have votes from unhappy party members.
In a letter Sunday to Democratic lawmakers,...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to one-in-eight Americans—the largest single increase in the program's history.
Starting in October, average benefits for food stamps (officially known as the SNAP program) will rise more than 25 percent...
(Headline USA) The director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday the U.S. could decide in the next couple weeks whether to offer coronavirus booster shots to Americans this fall.
Among the first to receive them could be health care workers, nursing home residents and other older Americans.
Dr. Francis...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials were stunned on Sunday by the pace of the Taliban's nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan, as the planned withdrawal of American forces urgently became a mission to ensure a safe evacuation.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the nation as the...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan, raising to roughly 5,000 the number of U.S. troops to ensure what Biden called an “orderly and safe drawdown” of American and allied personnel.
But the move came just as the Taliban, after swiftly taking over...
(Headline USA) As the crisis at the southern border continues to grow worse, a federal judge has overturned a controversial Biden immigration policy that will have major implications for the border crisis.
U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the Biden administration must reinstate the "Remain in Mexico" policy,...
(Headline USA) A rapidly growing number of places across the U.S. are requiring people to show proof they have been inoculated against COVID-19 to teach school, work at a hospital, see a concert or eat inside a restaurant.
Meanwhile, Democrats are planning to deploy the National Guard in what many...
(Associated Press) Minneapolis police will no longer stop motorists for minor traffic violations arguing they have racist outcomes, according to a new policy change.
Police Chief Medaria Arrandondo, in an internal memo Thursday, said the move comes after examining how officers can better use time and resources.
"MPD will no longer...
(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) The slogan above the Washington Post’s banner captures the Left’s view of the allegedly authoritarian Donald J. Trump’s presidency: “Democracy dies in darkness.”
It’s now time for a new credo, given the recent actions of President Joe Biden and his party: “Democracy dies in broad daylight.”
Democrats'...
(Jon Styf, The Center Square) Former football players becoming politicians isn’t new.
Plenty of ex-football players have been elected to Congress or state legislatures, and former NFL running back Herschel Walker is working on a U.S. Senate run in Georgia.
But having a retired NFL player run for a local school board,...
(Headline USA) The fight over mask and vaccine mandates moved to the center of California’s looming recall election Friday, with candidate Larry Elder promising to swiftly roll back sweeping government orders.
Elder, in his first press conference since announcing his candidacy July 12, told reporters that if he replaces Democratic...