A group of Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee this week claimed the FBI did not adequately investigate the sexual-assault allegations made against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
In a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray, seven Democratic senators accused the FBI of being “politically constrained by the Trump White...
(Headline USA) When Nancy Pelosi raised a glass to Liz Cheney, it was the most unlikely of toasts.
Democratic lawmakers and the Republican congresswoman were gathered in the House speaker’s office as the group prepared for the first session of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol.
Pelosi spoke...
The Justice Department refused to take up a civil-rights investigation into Michigan's Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her policy of requiring nursing homes to accept coronavirus patients during the pandemic.
Whitmer’s policy came under scrutiny after an investigation discovered the state’s health department severely undercounted the number of coronavirus deaths...
Amid a new surge in coronavirus fearmongering, the NFL's recently announced vaccination policies could create even more disruptions to the upcoming football season than its mitigation efforts did during the topsy-turvy 2020 season.
Here’s more from today’s memo, which also says the team responsible for a canceled game because of...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, blamed "unvaccinated folks" for allowing COVID-19 to keep spreading, and calling the vaccines a "cure."
Alabama has the lowest vaccination rate in the country, with 39.6 percent of the state's residents 12 years and older having received a full vaccination, Politico reported.
America as a...
(Tim Gruver, The Center Square) Pandemic travel restrictions between the U.S. and Canada have come at the expense of Washington's border communities.
The U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada will stay closed to nonessential travel through Aug. 21, according to documents to be published in the Federal Register. Federal officials said the move is...
Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team announced on Friday that it is officially changing its name from the Indians to the Guardians.
The organization announced last year that it would change its name after activists claimed the franchise moniker was racist.
Team officials took a poll of potential names that fan favorites liked,...
In an interview celebrating his 98th birthday, Republican Bob Dole, the former Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate said that while he still supports former-President Donald Trump, he’s got Trump fatigue.
"I'm a Trumper," Dole told USA Today. "I'm sort of Trumped out, though."
He expressed disappointment that Trump made claims...
(Jon Styf, The Center Square) Gov. Bill Lee backed the decision to fire the Tennessee Department of Health’s top vaccine expert, Dr. Michelle Fiscus, during a Thursday news conference.
Lee said the decision was made by Department of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey and department leadership.
“I trust that decision,” Lee said. “I...
The 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that Washington state cannot force a Seattle-area Christian church to pay for abortion in its health insurance plan, Alliance Defending Freedom reported in a press release.
"No church should be forced to cover abortions, and certainly not a church like Cedar Park...
(Headline USA) Texas is beginning to arrest illegal immigrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions that he says are needed to slow the number of border crossings, jailing at least 10 people so far with more on the way, authorities said...
(Associated Press) A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative political commentator Candace Owens against USA Today and another media organization over fact-checking coronavirus posts she made on Facebook.
The judge ruled earlier this week that Owens had failed to state an actionable claim against USA Today or Lead...