The countdown to cherry blossom season has begun. More than 36 million people visit the nation’s capital each year to see the flowering trees, but those who had planned to come for peak bloom may actually be too late. An unexpected string of warmer days has caused the cherry trees to bloom earlier than predicted. “Warmer […]
The powerful National Association of Realtors has agreed to eliminate rules on commissions to settle lawsuits in which sellers accused it of running up fees, in what will be a massive change to the housing market and real estate industry. The NAR announced it was settling the lawsuits on Friday, agreeing to pay $418 million […]
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is touting a new business product on social media, just days after a lawsuit was filed against her for previously championing cosmetic dentistry work online. The South Dakota governor posted a video on X Thursday evening touting Fit My Feet, which has several locations in the Mount Rushmore State, for building Noem insoles for her […]
The possibility that former President Donald Trump could evade a criminal trial ahead of the November general election is coming closer to reality. Trump’s legal team has put in an effort to delay the beginnings of trials as much as possible. The former president has argued in several instances that the various indictments against him […]
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials blocking users on social media only violates the First Amendment when the officials claim to be posting on the government’s behalf. “When a government official posts about job-related topics on social media, it can be difficult to tell whether the speech is official or private,” Justice Amy […]
Stuck between a 20-ton rock and a Georgia hard place, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee attempted to split the baby in his ruling about District Attorney Fani Willis’s conduct of the election-related charges against President Donald Trump and others. McAfee will allow Willis to continue her unprecedented prosecution of Trump — but only […]
He has dominated the media landscape for decades, literally written the encyclopedia of politics, and even shown Europeans a thing or two about their history, so like the old EF Hutton ad says, when Michael Barone speaks, people listen. Appearing on the Heritage Foundation’s The Kevin Roberts Show this week to talk up his latest […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) isn’t giving up on keeping Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) in his chamber. Manchin took himself out of contention for higher office when he bowed out of running for reelection last November and rejected calls to run for president in February. But Schumer recently floated a long-shot proposal of the […]
The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump‘s Georgia racketeering case ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on the case only if she removes the special prosecutor who was previously her boyfriend. In the much anticipated ruling, Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said Willis must address the appearance of impropriety […]
A record 3.2 million migrants are expected to cross into the United States this year, 1 million more than during past spikes in the Reagan and Clinton eras, according to a new outlook. “We forecast U.S. southwest border encounters by Customs and Border Patrol at 2.7 million for FY 2024, based on the last three […]
