Last month’s Virginia election of a new liberal governor, attorney general, and Democratic legislative super majority sparked a run on gun shops by many fearful of a new wave of attacks on Second Amendment rights. Black Friday purchases and November FBI gun background checks showed a dramatic spike in the commonwealth, which typically is among […]
Several deans at the University of Virginia have written a letter to the school’s governing board asking it to delay its presidential search. The letter follows a public dispute between the current and future governors of Virginia over the timeline to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of former University President James Ryan. Ryan stepped […]
One person is dead after a targeted shooting on Wednesday at the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino, a luxury resort in Oxon Hill, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. An unidentified suspect opened fire Wednesday afternoon in the food court at MGM National Harbor just before noon. Immediately after, the gunman fled the establishment by car. […]
Families of the victims who died in last month’s deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, filed the first wrongful death lawsuits against the shipper on Wednesday. Both lawsuits, filed in Kentucky state court, argue UPS and other defendants should have known that the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner “was in disrepair or was otherwise dangerous […]
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday for a closed-door deposition, escalating the GOP’s investigation into the federal prosecutions Smith brought against President Donald Trump during the Biden administration. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) directed Smith to appear on Dec. 17, according to the subpoena letter sent to […]
The Justice Department sued six states on Tuesday, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, after they refused to turn in their voter registration rolls. The complaints were filed in federal courts by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, which argued that the states violated federal laws, such as the National Voter Registration Act […]
(The Center Square) – Wirepoints executive editor Mark Glennon isn’t holding back on what to make of Chicago’s stumbling economy, including 23 straight months of decreased business activity and an unemployment rate that falls well below the national average. With a score below 50 representing a decline in business, Chicago Business Barometer researchers recently graded […]
(The Center Square) – As the holiday season ramps up, Michigan stands as one of the country’s leading Christmas tree producers. This year, the multimillion-dollar holiday industry will supply about 2 million fresh trees to the national market. That ranks it third in the nation for the number of Christmas trees harvested, which will bring more […]
(The Center Square) – Ohio taxpayers are on the hook for more than $20 million for jail improvement in three counties that officials say will help security. The money came a few days before the Ohio Controlling Board gave away millions in taxpayer funds for things like state park and college renovations. Two jails in southeast […]
Most Americans have no idea that the alleged killer of conservative leader Charlie Kirk was a leftist sympathetic with the antifa and “furry” movements. In a revealing survey on the media’s coverage of Kirk’s assassination and the arrest of 22-year-old "">Tyler Robinson, just 24% identified him as left-wing, 35% called him a conservative or centrist, […]
