Texas lawmakers created two committees examining free speech on college campuses in response to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, which sparked concerns about the erosion of civil discourse in the United States. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the formation of the House and Senate Select Committees on Civil Discourse […]
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon encouraged colleges to have security precautions on campuses and promoted free speech following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University last week. Kirk was killed during Turning Point USA’s first college campus tour stop, where he talked about and debated politics. When Kirk was shot, he […]
Vice President JD Vance goaded Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over Detroit‘s crime rates on Wednesday after he visited a manufacturing plant to champion President Donald Trump‘s major domestic policy bill. “My one message to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer here in the state of Michigan is, oh come on,” Vance said as a rally crowd booed […]
House lawmakers introduced a bill to expand the advanced manufacturing production tax credit for companies that produce components for nuclear fusion energy, even as Republicans have scaled back the credits for renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the Fusion Advanced Manufacturing Parity Act on Wednesday to expand the […]
Israel could be hit with new tariffs and sanctions after the European Union’s governing body proposed the measures on Wednesday as a means to force the Jewish state to end its war with Hamas in Gaza. The European Commission’s plan involves increased tariffs on roughly 37% of Israeli goods and hefty sanctions on two Israeli […]
Former President Barack Obama said the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a “horrific” and “evil act” and called all acts of political violence a “threat to all of us” during an interview on Tuesday. “Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy,” Obama said. […]
The United Kingdom‘s Labour-led government has found itself listless in efforts to deport illegal migrants entering the country as courts block planned deportations. Judge Clive Sheldon of the London High Court blocked the deportation of a 25-year-old foreign national from Eritrea, which is in eastern Africa, on Wednesday, preventing him from being sent back to […]
President Ronald Reagan’s handwritten 1980 debate notes, featuring two of the most iconic campaign slogans ever, are going up for sale today, the first time the world has seen the lines of his closing knock-out punch of President Jimmy Carter. The Pennsylvania-based Raab Collection, a dealer in historical documents and artifacts, told Washington Secrets that […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is blowing past warnings about dialing down the rhetoric following the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and is back to casting President Donald Trump and his allies as threats to the future of the country. Newsom, who is in the middle of a high-profile redistricting fight with national consequences, said […]
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield said Tuesday that he is splitting from the ice cream company, claiming that it is being “silenced” by its parent company, Unilever. Ben & Jerry’s and its two co-founders are known for being vocal about current events and politics, such as advocating returning lands to native tribes and “gender-affirming […]
