The job of House leaders in both parties includes trying to get veteran lawmakers to stick around and seek reelection. For House Republican leaders in 2024, it’s a more pressing matter of ensuring they finish out their current terms. GOP House members’ early departures are aggravating the party’s existing problem of a perilously slim majority. […]
America is falling behind in its ability to carry out and defend against cyberattacks. And one reason, according to a new report, is that the U.S. military is recruiting too many jocks and not enough nerds. “They’re going for the kids that are physically fit, mentally able, and that means they’re sitting outside the basketball […]
One of the most discussed storylines of the early 2024 campaign season is the historic shift of black voters toward former President Donald Trump. The idea that Trump is picking up more support from the black community, and black men in particular, has been mentioned in multiple polls and in television programs ranging from Real […]
Cities controlled by Democrats have decided that arresting criminals is too hard. It is much easier to turn their cities into surveillance states. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that 480 surveillance cameras would be installed in and around Oakland. According to Newsom, “we’re equipping law enforcement with the tools they need to effectively combat criminal […]
An engaged police force is an effective police force. This is why police departments across the country often run features on their social media accounts such as “Mug Shot Monday” or “Wanted Wednesday.” The thinking is, the more members of a community engage with police online, the more likely they are to trust and respect […]
Congress is on track to authorize an additional 12,000 Special Immigrant Visas to keep the Afghan SIV program afloat after concerns that around 8,000 available visas would run out in September 2024. The stay of execution has offered some sense of relief to many of the more than 147,000 Afghans awaiting processing. With the time […]
Podcast host Joe Rogan poked fun at The View on a recent episode of his show, comparing the hosts to a “rabies-infested henhouse.” Rogan was discussing The View with author Coleman Hughes, who said he was antagonized during a segment to promote his new book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America. […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revealed a tentative time frame to reopen the Port of Baltimore by the end of April following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. USACE said that after collaborating with local, state, and federal partners to clear the port, a “limited access channel 280 feet wide and 35 feet deep” […]
The Small Business Administration said it received 500 loan applications after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last week. The funds could be distributed in two weeks to support small businesses that are out of operation as the Port of Baltimore remains closed. Baltimore is home to about 50,000 small businesses, employing 500,000 people. “The […]
The New York state Senate approved lawmakers’ repeal of a century-old law that makes adultery in the state a crime on Wednesday. Initially passed in 1907, the goal of the law was to drive down the divorce rate. At the time, adultery was the only acceptable reason to grant a divorce in the state of […]
