(The Center Square) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a new leader after its top official resigned due to moonlighting as a wellness coach — and engaging in a “business relationship” with several commission workers. Bryan Burhans, PGC executive director, stepped down on Monday after the Board of Game Commissioners raised concerns unrelated to his […]
(The Center Square) – For “mealy-mouthed, spineless college leaders,” actions will have consequences, the North Carolina congresswoman leading a key U.S. House of Representatives committee said Tuesday amid ongoing college campus disruptions. The war between Israel and Hamas has led to significant demonstrations or encampments on at least four dozen campuses nationwide, a national observer […]
A spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee said it sparked outrage at Rep. Rashida Tlaib‘s (D-MI) congressional office when they dropped off a “F*** Hamas” T-shirt on Wednesday morning ahead of the vote on the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, a bill that supporters say help combat antisemitism on college campuses. In a video given […]
The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford contended Wednesday that President Joe Biden has not attempted to calm the disorder happening across the United States, specifically on college campuses. As massive protests in support of Palestinians have taken place, some, such as those at Columbia University, have turned violent. Bedford, the investigations editor for the Washington Examiner, […]
Republican members of the House Oversight Committee are calling on the city government to provide police support to clear pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University. Led by Chairman James Comer (R-KY), Republican members of the House Oversight Committee visited the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University on Wednesday, where tensions have increased since tents first […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is spearheading a lawsuit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over its rule change on the private sale of firearms. The rule change, which is meant to close the so-called gun show loophole, centers on firearms sellers needing to secure licensing in order to conduct background checks […]
Russia is looking to develop a new satellite that could carry a nuclear device and pose a threat to all other satellites, a senior Pentagon official told lawmakers on Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb confirmed Russia’s intended military development to lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic […]
The White House took a series of questions about pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, reiterating that President Joe Biden opposes antisemitism while touting the things he’s done for young people. Several reporters tried to pin down the administration’s position on whether or not it supports the protesters or is sympathetic to their cause. “I understand […]
Former President Donald Trump mocked President Joe Biden and took a straw poll on the best nickname for his successor on Wednesday at a campaign rally. At the Waukesha County Expo Center in Wisconsin, Trump riffed on Biden’s recent teleprompter blunder, when he appeared to read off the instructions for how he should act. “Isn’t […]
The House passed a bill on Wednesday that will expand the definition of antisemitism used when applying the Civil Rights Act to universities despite Democratic pushback, as pro-Palestinian and anti-Jewish demonstrations are spreading across college campuses. House members voted, 320 to 91, to require the Education Department to codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working […]
