President Joe Biden and the White House released a $7.3 trillion budget blueprint several days after his State of the Union address, in which he outlined several of his priorities. The blueprint is not an actual budget, as any spending originates from the legislative branch. Still, it provides Congress with the administration’s priorities for the […]
Every now and then, we hear about people with such extraordinary spirits who defy the odds in such remarkable ways that their life stories can renew our faith in life itself. Such people occasionally become the subjects of feature films, such as Jean-Dominique Bauby, the French editor of Elle magazine who suffered from locked-in syndrome […]
When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, one of the most pressing decisions facing him was what to do about his predecessor’s plan to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. As different as Biden was from former President Donald Trump, they both shared an intense desire to bring an end to the […]
The Right and Left don’t agree on much these days. But over on X, people on both sides of the political spectrum recently united to lambaste conservative commentator Ben Shapiro for speaking some simple truths about the untenable trajectory of retirement. “No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old. Frankly, […]
President Ronald Reagan loved to quip that the most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Well, a Seattle City Council law designed to help app-based food delivery workers has backfired, cutting some workers’ pay in half and driving others out of the industry entirely. First […]
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie suggested he is now open to running as a third-party candidate this November. Christie appeared on the podcast the Axe Files in an episode that aired Thursday. The interview came over two months after Christie dropped out of the running for the Republican presidential nomination. In February, Christie denied […]
Can the federal government flex its muscle to influence censorship policies at social media firms? If so, how much? What if national security is at risk? And what if some of the censored speech turns out to be accurate? Those were among the questions the Supreme Court weighed as it heard arguments on March 18 […]
The inmate who escaped custody in Idaho and the suspect who allegedly helped him have been captured by police. Skylar Meade, 31, escaped the custody of corrections officers Wednesday at 2:15 a.m. during a transfer back to prison from the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, where he had received treatment. At the hospital, Nicholas Umphenour, […]
A niche policy rider that House Republicans tucked into text for the final appropriations legislation has fanned culture war flames heading into a critical vote on Friday. Among the provisions included in the $1 trillion minibus legislation is one that seeks to restrict the type of flags flown over State Department facilities, such as American […]
Immigrants forced their way through Mexican army soldiers and crossed into Texas today, powering through the state’s razor-wire fence and right up to the border wall built by former President Donald Trump, according to witnesses. Video provided to Secrets tonight shows the scene that others have posted online and then a continuation to the border […]
