Amazon said it is the company's established policy to censor books that describe people who call themselves LBGTQ as mentally ill, Breitbart reported.
The world's largest book retailer said it has "chosen not to sell books that frame
LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness."
But Amazon denied accusations that political bias affected its...
(Headline USA) Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is being called racist for an interview in which the Republican said he wasn't worried about the supporters of President Donald Trump at the Capitol, but that he might have been if they had been Black Lives Matter allies.
In an interview Thursday with...
(Headline USA) Democrats are pushing to revive earmarks, the much-maligned practice where lawmakers direct federal spending to a specific project or institution back home.
Earmarking was linked to corruption in the 2000s, leading to an outcry and their banishment in both the House and Senate.
But many in Congress say the...
Lawmakers in Republican-governed states are considering an array of strong pro-life protections they hope might reach the Supreme Court and win approval from Republican-appointed majority, overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a nationwide right to kill unborn babies.
A sweeping ban already has been signed into law...
(Headline USA) Nearly a year after California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the nation's first statewide shutdown because of the coronavirus, masks remain mandated, indoor dining and other activities are significantly limited, and Disneyland remains closed.
By contrast, Florida has no statewide restrictions. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has prohibited municipalities from...
A seventh woman came forward with sexual-harrassment claims against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday as top Democrats---who normally circle the wagon to protect their own---continued to withdraw their support.
"Andrew Cuomo’s hands had been on my body," former New York political reporter Jessica Bakeman wrote in a column...
The wife of a top Antifa leader in Charlotte, North Carolina, was fired from a major hospital system for accessing the records of a conservative activist.
Amber Woods, a former employee of Atrium Health, may also have violated federal law by retrieving Brian Talbert's private data four times since 2019...
UPDATE 3:00 PM EDT VIA AP: Facing unprecedented political isolation, a defiant New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted on Friday that he would not step down in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual harassment and condemned the sprawling coalition of Democrats calling for his resignation as “reckless and dangerous."
The...
(Headline USA) The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over his death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial.
The Minneapolis City Council emerged from closed session to announce the settlement. Floyd...
A Democrat-led investigation may flip a Republican House seat to the Democrats.
The House Administration Committee is set to review the election results of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional district, where Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks beat her Democrat opponent Rita Hart in November.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made headlines this week when she said...
Former President Donald Trump has ramped up efforts to help Republicans regain the Senate majority in 2022, leading to uneasy tensions within his own party, according to a report by Politico.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) recently noted to the news website, "He brought a bunch of new voters into the...
(Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education) President Joe Biden just signed his sweeping $1.9 trillion spending package into law. Once this bill hits the books, total taxpayer expenditure on (ostensibly) COVID relief will hit $6 trillion—which, roughly estimated, comes out to $41,870 in spending per federal taxpayer.
Did you see anywhere...