EXCLUSIVE — Advancing American Freedom, the conservative nonprofit advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, filed an amicus brief on Monday urging the Supreme Court to uphold legislation mandating the divestment of TikTok from its Chinese owners or face removal from digital app stores. The 20-page brief emphasizes national security concerns tied to […]
President Joe Biden left three inmates on federal death row despite saying that the country must cease all executions. On Monday, Biden announced the commutation of 37 out of 40 inmates on federal death row, with less than a month left in office. The three left on death row were those responsible for massacres: Dylann […]
A long-awaited House Ethics Committee report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz determined there was “substantial evidence” the one-time lawmaker paid several women, including at least one minor, to have sex with him. The report was leaked to CBS News last night after the panel secretly voted earlier this month to release it. The full report will […]
The average price for a gallon of regular gas remained steady after five days of increases last week. According to AAA, the national average cost for a gallon of regular gas on Monday is $3.042. This price is higher than the $3.024 per gallon price a week ago. Before last week’s increases, the cost had […]
President-elect Donald Trump built bridges with a wide range of people and groups over the last year on his historic road back to the White House. After spending much of the last decade sparring with Democrats of all stripes and Big Tech platforms, Trump is now stuffing his Cabinet with left-wingers and bragging that “everyone […]
The Supplemental Security Income check for January 2025 will be sent out to eligible recipients in eight days, with the payments worth up to $943 for individual filers. The Social Security Administration will issue SSI payments to eligible citizens on Dec. 31, in accordance with requirements that the benefits be given to recipients by the first day of the month. The mandate for recipients to […]
President Joe Biden‘s State Department has sent millions of dollars in federal funds across the globe in an effort to aid LGBT migrants and refugees residing in foreign countries, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of federal spending records. The bulk of the payments, roughly $6 million, went toward enhancing “access to rights” for “LGBTQI+ […]
Today is Dec. 23, affectionately known as “Festivus,” a secular celebration that started in the 1960s, but made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld in the 1990s. It was created as a societal counter to the commercialism associated with the Christmas season. However, it’s also become synonymous with wasteful government spending, particularly the millions of dollars […]
Rep. Barbara Lee’s (D-CA) time in Congress might be coming to an end, but a group of Oakland’s top elected officials are hoping she will pivot and run for mayor. The self-described group of “business, labor, community, government, and faith leaders who rarely agree on things” released an open letter to Lee on Thursday claiming “extraordinary […]
The fall of former President Bashar Assad‘s regime in Syria creates a new wrinkle in a long-standing U.S. security concern: the thousands of detained Islamic State fighters held in prisons controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces. Several current and former defense officials warned prior to the fall of Assad that the prisons, along with the […]
