A speed camera on the Potomac River Freeway in Washington, D.C., has issued nearly $5.9 million in fines during the first half of 2024. In 2015, Mayor Muriel Bowser launched the “Vision Zero” initiative to tackle the rising number of traffic fatalities and injuries. Since then, hundreds of speed cameras and automated stop-sign violation detectors […]
Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) received an endorsement from the National Rifle Association, a rarity for a Democrat. Her endorsement is the organization’s first endorsement of a Democrat since 2020 when the NRA endorsed former Democratic Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson. Peltola represents Alaska’s sole House seat as its at-large representative and recently flipped the seat in […]
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) suggested Russia’s willingness to participate in the prisoner swap with the United States was influenced by their fear about a potential second Trump administration. “We certainly want these Americans to come back home. It was ridiculous that they were in prison to begin with,” Vance said in an interview with CNN. […]
The ordinary person’s primary objection to the presidential candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris ought to lie in what she has done during the Biden administration (presiding over an annual 6% inflation rate, a record multi-million influx of illegal immigrants, etc.) and what she has advocated when pandering to the Democratic base (endorsing the full-scale […]
A Maryland police canine officer is being charged with animal cruelty after allegedly mistreating the dog assigned to him, police said Thursday. Cpl. David Acosta of the Prince George’s County Police Department is facing three animal cruelty charges, one of which is a felony, in connection with the mistreatment of a two-year-old bloodhound named Daisy. […]
A top aide to embattled Dolton, Illinois, Mayor Tiffany Henyard has been fired from one of his jobs. The aide, Keith Freeman, was fired in July for repeatedly not showing up to work. Henyard serves as Dolton’s mayor, but she is also the town supervisor of the neighboring township of Thornton, where Freeman was fired. […]
Gov. Chris Sununu‘s (R-NH) appearance on ABC’s The View got testy when discussing Vice President Kamala Harris, as the governor argued the Democratic Party was sidestepping the voice of the voters. President Joe Biden ended his 2024 reelection bid in July, and Harris has become the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee. Co-host Sara Haines asked […]
Following the largest prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War, a number of Americans still remain behind bars in Russia. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former United States Marine Paul Whelan were released from Russian custody Wednesday in the historic prisoner swap, but several U.S. citizens remain. Here are the major known […]
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a eulogy at the funeral of former Democratic Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston on Thursday following the congresswoman’s battle with cancer. The mantle of consoler in chief is usually filled by the president. President Joe Biden routinely speaks about his own personal history of loss at events like these, […]
Russia and the West agreed to a massive prisoner exchange carried out Thursday that involved six countries, two dozen prisoners, and extensive negotiations from all parties involved. Four Americans were released from Russia, as were 12 German nationals and Russian political prisoners, while the United States, Germany, Slovenia, and Norway agreed to give up eight […]
