A church in Tennessee is trying to figure out what possessed a man to ignite a trailer filled with Bibles on fire in front of the house of worship on Easter Sunday. Greg Locke, the pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, said on social media that at around 6 a.m., the […]
President Joe Biden joked about his age and said he’s optimistic about the United States’s future during the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll. Biden quipped that he was a classmate of Rutherford B. Hayes, who began the tradition, during the event, which has been held every Easter Monday since 1878. Hayes offered the White […]
Republicans appear willing to take a tougher stand on entitlement spending, a move that could put them at odds with former President Donald Trump. With entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare accounting for approximately 60% of government spending, key Republican lawmakers have called for reform, something Trump has kept as a moving target. […]
Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife and son, was given another 40 years in federal court on Monday for stealing millions of dollars from his clients and his once-prestigious law firm. The 55-year-old disbarred lawyer made his way into court shackled and […]
For the first time, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is hinting at a number of tweaks he would require in order to move a foreign aid bill for Ukraine through the lower chamber. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Johnson laid out the provisions he would like to see in any emerging aid […]
Republicans banked on small-dollar donors for fundraising during former President Donald Trump‘s 2020 campaign, but with the 2024 election inching closer, those donors are not giving as much as they used to. As the GOP continues to lag behind Democrats in overall fundraising figures, the number of small-dollar donors, who give donations of $200 or […]
In 17 days, eligible residents who have not received their checks from the Alaska Department of Revenue as part of the Permanent Fund Dividend will receive their checks. Residents with the “Eligible-Not Paid” status as of April 10 who have yet to receive their checks from the Permanent Fund Dividend program from 2023 or earlier will get their payment on April 18. […]
Gold prices set a new record on Monday as a recent inflation report buoyed optimism that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in June. Gold futures on Monday were trading at $2,275, up about $37 or just over 1.6% — the highest price since the contract’s creation in the 1970s. The upward momentum is […]
California fast-food workers are getting a pay boost on April 1 that is coming with some unintended consequences. After the state legislature approved a law hiking the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour, some companies have warned their employees that they will be scheduled for fewer hours as a result of the […]
Christian NBA star Jonathan Judah Isaac spoke out against a recent statement from the White House, which proclaimed March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, the same day that Easter fell on this year. The statement from the White House encouraged people to lift up “the lives and voices” of transgender people throughout our United States, and to […]
