(Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education) Billions of people across the globe continue to live under COVID-19 lockdowns or heavily-restricted life.
And for almost all of us, life amid the pandemic in 2020 was an isolating and difficult year.
Yet doctors are warning that children in particular are experiencing grave mental health...
(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) In July, Adam Weinstein of The New Republic wrote that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was leading Americans “on a Death March” by not embracing the same COVID-19 restrictions as many other US states.
“Keeping churches open—as well as beaches, restaurants, and dividend-yielding commerce—has been a...
(Hannah Cox, Foundation for Economic Education) A whopping 40 percent of small business owners were unable to fill job openings last month—a seven-point increase from January.
This finding comes from a new report by the National Federation for Independent Business, a small business advocacy group. The inability to fill jobs comes...
(Headline USA) As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to return to the business of governing Monday, one of his sexual harassment accusers met via Zoom for more than four hours with investigators working for the state attorney general’s office.
During the interview, Charlotte Bennett revealed new details about Cuomo's behavior...
UPDATE 7:00 AM EDT VIA AP: In a story February 10, 2021, about an investigation into potential attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, the Associated Press, based on information provided by an unidentified source, erroneously reported then-President Donald Trump pressed a lead Georgia elections investigator to “find...
A bombshell federal court ruling this week states the federal government purchased fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood through the third party firm Advanced Biosciences Resources, which may have illegally profited from these sales for years.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled this week that the Department...
The Biden administration's National Parks Service has refused a permit for Fourth of July fireworks at Mount Rushmore, but South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, said she will fight the decision.
Parks Service Regional Director Herbert Frost told South Dakota's tourism office that the "only prudent" decision is "to...
(Headline USA) Leaders and elected officials in Portland, Oregon, came together Monday to demand an end to violence, criminal destruction and intimidation by “anarchists” as destructive protests continue in the city.
For nearly nine months rioters have trashed the city in the name of "police reform" and an end to "systemic...
(Headline USA) Amid strong bipartisan pushback, security officials say they will soon scale back fencing that has circled the U.S. Capitol and cut off the entire area to pedestrian and vehicular traffic since the Jan. 6 siege during an otherwise mostly peaceful protest.
Timothy Blodgett, the acting House sergeant-at-arms, said Monday...
On Sunday, President Joe Biden tentatively dipped his toe into the scandal surrounding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying that people should reserve judgment until the facts are out.
“I think the investigation is underway and we should see what it brings us,” he said, according to Fox News.
But Rep....
(Associated Press) California Gov. Gavin Newsom established a political committee Monday to begin raising money to defend his seat in a potential recall election, the strongest acknowledgment to date that he expects to be on the ballot this year.
The Democrat’s new fundraising arm could soon send a powerful message to...
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., attempted to convince former president Donald Trump to support the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s candidates for 2022 --- even those who voted to convict him in his impeachment trial.
But Trump wouldn't budge.
Scott, who chairs the NRSC, met with Trump on Sunday at Mar-a-Lago to mend...