Media mogul Oprah Winfrey announced she is stepping down from the board of Weight Watchers on Wednesday. Additionally, Winfrey will donate her Weight Watchers stock to the Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C. The stock decreased in value by 23% Thursday, to $2.88 a share. Winfrey was the largest stakeholder, according to FactSet, […]
Senate Republicans are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency change its new “job-killing” air quality standards. In a letter by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and signed by 32 other senators, the group decried the possible economic effects of the tightened air quality standards. “The current U.S. air quality standards are clearly working — we have […]
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) announced Thursday that the committee would hold a markup on a resolution to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress. The markup is planned for March 7, with the announcement coming just days after McCaul renewed his threat to hold Blinken in contempt while […]
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley stumped in Virginia and the Washington, D.C., metro area Thursday as she tries to gin up as much support possible ahead of the all-important Super Tuesday nominating contests. She and former President Donald Trump remain the two major GOP presidential candidates running in the primary. They will compete over 15 […]
Russia’s victory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka this month, and its subsequent smaller victories since then, is heightening concerns of a Russian counteroffensive. Ukrainian forces withdrew from the eastern city in the Donetsk oblast, providing Russia’s military with its first major battlefield victory since seizing the eastern city of Bakhmut last May. The […]
Washington Examiner Investigative Reporter Gabe Kaminsky joined The Ben Shapiro Show on Thursday to discuss his recent story on the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was found to have been giving taxpayer money to a charity with connections to terrorists during the Biden presidency. Kaminsky detailed how his report revealed that USAID’s inspector general […]
The House overwhelmingly passed its latest temporary spending measure to avoid a scheduled government shutdown over the weekend, extending the deadlines for all 12 must-pass appropriations bills into March. Lawmakers voted 320-99 on the continuing resolution, surpassing the two-thirds majority needed to change the spending deadlines in order to buy more time to finalize legislative […]
Text messages between a key witness and a lawyer for one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants clarify the timeline of the romantic relationship between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade. In court on Tuesday, Ashleigh Merchant, an attorney for Trump’s co-defendant, showed messages Terrence Bradley sent her, saying the […]
Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in seven must-win swing states, according to a new Bloomberg poll. The poll shows Trump beating Biden in seven key states likely to decide the election results. Swing states are characterized by “swinging” between being won by Republican and Democratic candidates depending on the year. Five […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s move to advance a two-part continuing resolution on Thursday drew mixed reviews from GOP members who are frustrated with infighting as they stared down a partial government shutdown. Hard-line conservatives are reserving any animosity toward Johnson, appearing to come to terms with the fact that they won’t achieve their desired one-year […]
