Two Capitol Police officers are suing former President Donald Trump for allegedly “inciting” the Jan. 6 Capitol siege and causing them physical and “emotional” harm.
Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby alleged in their complaint that Trump “inflamed, encouraged, incited, directed, and aided and abetted” the rogue group of rioters...
(Headline USA) Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative in Congress and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he is being investigated by the Justice Department over a former relationship but denied any criminal wrongdoing.
Gaetz, who represents parts of western Florida, is accused of having...
(Headline USA) The House Ethics Committee upheld a $5,000 fine against Rep. Louie Gohmert on Tuesday after he was accused of failing to submit to a full security screening when entering the chamber's floor last month.
The penalty levied on the Texas Republican was imposed after the House adopted screening...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden's pleas for states to stick with mask mandates were being largely ignored Tuesday as several Republican governors stayed on track to drop the requirement in their states.
Biden and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans must continue to wear...
(Headline USA) A vicious attack on an Asian woman as she walked to church near New York City's Times Square is drawing widespread condemnation and raising alarms about the failure of bystanders to intervene.
A lone black assailant was seen on surveillance video late Monday morning, kicking the 65-year-old woman...
(Headline USA) Beyond roads and bridges, President Joe Biden is trying to redefine infrastructure not just as an investment in America the place, but in its workers, families and people.
The first phase of his "Build Back Better" package to be unveiled Wednesday in Pittsburgh would unleash $2 trillion in...
(Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education) When COVID-19 first came to our shores, it presented policymakers and elected officials with a crisis like nothing in living memory.
In the year since, states have taken markedly different approaches to pandemic policy. Some, like New York, embraced sweeping government lockdowns and top-down mandates...
(Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education) Most young people are at little risk of dying from the coronavirus.
But a new Pew Research survey shows that they are disproportionately bearing the consequences of heavy-handed pandemic lockdowns and isolating government restrictions.
Pew finds that an astounding 32 percent of young adults aged 18...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed on Monday to sign an executive order prohibiting the requirement of COVID-19 vaccine passports in the state after it was reported that the Biden administration is developing such credentials for all Americans.
“It’s completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose...
(Associated Press) The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will not sanction athletes for raising their fists or kneeling during the national anthem at Olympic trials, previewing a contentious policy it expects to stick to when many of those same athletes head to Tokyo this summer.
The USOPC released a nine-page document...
Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump launched a new website that will allow supporters to participate in events, submit letters, and keep up to date with the Trumps’ political future.
The former president’s office unveiled the new website, 45office.com, on Monday and said the former first...
(Associated Press) Former President Donald Trump could face questioning under oath about a former “Apprentice” contestant's sexual assault allegations against him, following a ruling from New York's highest court Tuesday.
Evidence-gathering has been on hold in Summer Zervos's defamation lawsuit since Trump asked the high court last year to declare the...