Canadians are facing an escalating car theft problem that is costing insurers a record $1.2 billion a year. A car is stolen every six minutes in Canada, according to a 2023 report by the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association. The Toronto Police Service is now advising residents to leave their car keys at their home’s […]
The Minneapolis City Council voted to override Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto, effectively increasing the pay floor for rideshare drivers, despite threats from Uber and Lyft that would leave the region as a result. In a 10-3 vote, the city council reversed the mayor’s veto and increased pay for rideshare drivers. Uber and Lyft say they […]
The U.S Military Academy at West Point has updated its motto to simply include the term “Army Values,” dropping the previous inclusion of the words “Duty, Honor, Country.” West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland described the three words as “foundational” to the U.S. Military Academy’s culture and that they would “always remain our motto.” […]
A former member of Harvard University’s antisemitism advisory group will sit down with the House Education and Workforce Committee for an interview next week as part of the House’s investigation into antisemitism on campus. Dara Horn will participate in a closed-door transcribed interview, the committee announced Wednesday, focusing on the Jewish studies visiting lecturer’s time […]
Republican David McCormick is narrowly trailing Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) in Pennsylvania’s highly contested U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll. In a hypothetical general election showdown, Casey is leading, 45% to McCormick’s 41%, with 14% undecided, per an Emerson College Polling/the Hill survey of 1,000 registered Pennsylvania voters from Sunday to Wednesday. Compared […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is considering a clean stand-alone Israel aid bill as House Republicans rebuke comments from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calling for new elections in Israel. The speaker’s office confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Johnson is weighing bringing the bill under the normal process after it failed to pass […]
House Republicans have threatened to subpoena Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas if the department continues to evade its requests to provide information on Venezuelan illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra, who was arrested as a suspect in the murder of nursing student Laken Riley. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Tim McClintock (R-OH), and Ben Cline (R-VA) […]
New York prosecutors who charged former President Donald Trump with making hush money payments to a former porn star during the 2016 campaign are seeking to delay the start of Trump’s trial by up to 30 days, according to their latest filing. Lawyers for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg proposed the delay to ensure Trump’s counsel […]
As people continue to move out of Democratic-run cities, new statistics show there’s one state in particular they are flocking to: Florida. Four out of the top five metropolitan areas with the highest percentage population increases came from the Sunshine State, according to U.S. Census Bureau data from 2020 to 2023 released on Thursday. Lakeland […]
In the 118th Congress, even the color of representatives’ official pins became a political disagreement. House Republicans suspected that the color green on the pin for the 118th Congress was chosen by the outgoing Democratic majority to highlight the Green New Deal. It turns out their suspicions were at least partly correct. To distance themselves from […]
