(Headline USA) Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the three congressional Republicans suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi over fines for not wearing masks during a vote on the U.S. House floor, has contracted a breakthrough case of COVID-19, the second member of South Carolina's delegation to do so.
Norman, who has said he...
(Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations) Kicking off the first hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot, Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, promised to fully investigate "the facts of what happened on Jan. 6,” calling it “a scene of violence in the citadel of democracy.”
But over the...
The sheriff in Gaston County, North Carolina announced on Wednesday that he will leave the Democrat Party because of its anti-cop stances and not seek reelection, WBTV in Charlotte reported.
"The present Democratic Party has left me," Sheriff Alan Cloninger said. "There is no home for a conservative Democrat in...
Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson complained on Tuesday that he regrets signing a bill banning mask mandates in the state now that the delta variant is spreading.
“I signed it for those reasons that our cases were at a low point," he said this week. "Everything has changed now, and...
(Headline USA) 'Squad' member Cori Bush, a Democrat congresswoman from Missouri, defended her $70,000 expenditure on private security after her repeated calls to "defund the police," which when enacted would leave thousands of her poor constituents unable to protect themselves.
The spending came from her campaign account during the most...
(Associated Press) Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO labor union, has died at age 72, Democratic leaders said Thursday.
News of his death was announced by President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Trumka had been AFL-CIO president since 2009, after serving as the organization’s secretary-treasurer for...
(Headline USA) The Mexican government sued United States gun manufacturers and distributors Wednesday in U.S. federal court, arguing that their "negligent and illegal" commercial practices have unleashed tremendous bloodshed in Mexico.
The unusual lawsuit was filed in U.S. federal court in Boston.
Among those being sued are some of the biggest names...
(Christen Smith, The Center Square) In an effort to boost the statewide COVID-19 vaccination rate, the Pennsylvania Department of Health said residents who missed their second dose will soon receive text message reminders to complete the immunization series.
Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam said last week federal data shows that...
(Mark Hemingway, RealClearInvestigations) Democrats who advanced a bill in June to remove statues of white supremacists from the U.S. Capitol ignored a central fact about those figures: All of them had been icons of their party, from Andrew Jackson’s adamantly pro-slavery vice president, John C. Calhoun, to North Carolina...
(Headline USA) As illegal immigration helps drive the second major wave of the coronavirus pandemic in pro-freedom states where many remain unvaccinated, foreigners who simply plan to visit will face far more restrictive entry requirements.
The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward imposing its own "travel ban," similar...
(Headline USA) Two Democrats who have been supportive of Facebook's censorship of conservative dissenters expressed their 'concern' about the company's suppression of left-wing research into its advertising algorithms.
Facebook shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through...
Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania have introduced two bills to restrict and tax ammunition purchases, as well as to number and monitor each round sold, according to the Observer--Reporter.
State Rep. Brian Kirkland, D-Chester, introduced a bill to require ammunition sellers to verify a purchaser's age with photo ID before selling...