A fundraiser aiming to throw a “rager” for the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, fraternity brothers who protected the American flag from pro-Palestinian protesters has raised tens of thousands of dollars. The effort was launched on Wednesday morning and has already raised over $65,000. The members of UNC’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity protected the […]
Senate Democrats are reviving a long-standing endeavor to federally legalize marijuana after the Biden administration said it would reclassify the drug as a less dangerous one. Marijuana legalization proponents, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), see an opening for Congress to piggyback off the move. “Reclassifying cannabis is necessary, and it’s a long overdue […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called on President Joe Biden on Wednesday to take a “no-spoiler pledge” in mid-October, in which both candidates would agree to fund a 50-state poll and the weakest candidate in a head-to-head matchup against former President Donald Trump vows to drop out of the race ahead of the election. “Ultimately, I […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is speaking about abortion at a campaign event in Florida as a six-week abortion ban goes into effect in the Sunshine State. Harris is expected to speak at 2:45 p.m. in Jacksonville, Florida. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Voters in the Sunshine State will decide on a […]
One in three local election officials have experienced threats, harassment, and abuse, a new poll shows. According to the poll from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, 38% of poll workers said they have faced mistreatment at work, which is an increase from the 30% reported in 2023. They […]
The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday decried the Senate’s “political decision” to set aside the impeachment trial of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and suggested a reason why China is pushing thousands of illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. “We recognize their actions as a political action and a political decision,” […]
EXCLUSIVE — At least two senators are demanding that a program subsidizing high-speed internet for lower-income families be extended as part of the airline safety bill making its way through the Senate. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) plans to keep the upper chamber from fast-tracking the bill, a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, unless […]
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday following several months of higher-than-expected inflation, with investors now not expecting a rate cut until months from now. After a two-day meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee in Washington, D.C., the Fed announced that it will keep its rate target at 5.25% to 5.50%. The move was widely telegraphed. Because […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams claimed professional organizers were among the nearly 300 protesters arrested on city campuses Tuesday night, and those organizers were part of a global effort to “radicalize young people.” Adams’ remarks on Wednesday come after the New York City Police Department arrested 117 people at Columbia University and 173 at […]
From supporting the effort to oust former soft-on-crime District Attorney Chesa Boudin to pushing measures that ease restrictions on the police department, San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants residents to know that her tough-on-crime efforts have led to a safer city. Up for reelection in November, Breed is struggling to deal with residents’ perceptions that […]
