Michigan Senate candidate Justin Amash will have a familiar (R) by his name on the Aug. 6 primary ballot. However, that’s not how he wanted to be identified when he last was in Congress in January 2021. Amash was elected in the 2010 Tea Party wave when Republicans won control of the House. Amash stood […]
By all available accounts, the Federal Reserve’s unilateral war against the worst inflationary crisis in 40 years is going precisely according to plan. The fastest monetary tightening cycle since the Volcker era in the early 1980s has succeeded in bringing down consumer price index inflation from the near-double digits to 3.2% as of this February. […]
Actor Nicolas Cage confirmed there will not be another National Treasure movie. “No, there is no National Treasure 3,” Cage said in an interview with Screen Rant, squashing the rumor mill about the chances of the film. He added, “If you want to find treasure, don’t look at Disney, OK? It’s not there.” Cage famously […]
Members of the Democratic “Squad,” including Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), defended Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Thursday after a TV analyst slammed the congresswoman over her criticism of Israel and support for Palestinians. Bowman claimed comments from CNN analyst Scott Jennings, a former official for then-President George W. Bush, on Wednesday night were “disgustingly racist […]
The centrist group No Labels on Thursday announced its 2024 nominating committee for a third-party presidential ticket. This makes the group one step closer to challenging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on the November general election ballot. The Country Over Party Committee, comprised of about a dozen individuals, was announced late Thursday by […]
As lawmakers work to finalize the text of the next round of government spending bills, a dispute over funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency is threatening to derail negotiations. The United States and more than a dozen other countries suspended funding for the main U.N. agency for Palestinians after Israel accused some […]
The Environmental Protection Agency is enforcing limits on a cancer-causing chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, it announced Thursday. Ethylene oxide, one of the most toxic air pollutants regulated by the EPA, is used to clean billions of daily medical instruments such as catheters and syringes. This colorless, flammable gas has been associated with types […]
Pro-Israel Democrats shied away from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) call for Israel to hold elections on Thursday. Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, delivered his strongest condemnation to date of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. The Senate majority leader criticized Netanyahu’s alleged refusal to allow enough aid into […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced legislation on Thursday aimed at discouraging states from prohibiting in vitro fertilization a few weeks after she left a similar Democratic-led bill as a co-sponsor. A spokesperson for Luna told the Washington Examiner that her bill would prohibit states from blocking women from receiving IVF treatment if a doctor […]
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday did not rule out the potential of running for his Senate seat as an independent following reports the indicted politician was considering the option. “When I announce, everybody will know what my intentions are, and until then, everybody can continue to speculate,” Menendez said, responding to questions from the […]
