Republicans in Texas have passed a bill that would punish large cities that defund their police departments, The Daily Wire reported. The “Back the Blue” bill is the latest effort by state Republicans across America to push back on leftist police reform movements that critics say have encouraged crime....
Republicans who sided with Democrats in the failed impeachment efforts against former President Trump are finding out there are political consequences for their actions. The latest to learn that lesson is Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who has been censured by the Weber County Republican Party in Utah over his...
Second Amendment protections received a boost in Florida on Friday after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that further limits the ability of local authorities to regulate firearms. According to the Florida Sun-Sentinel, the bill strengthens an existing 2011 law that allows plaintiffs to seek up to $100,000...
Billions of dollars from President Joe Biden’s COVID relief bill will begin going out to states soon, but Republicans aren’t done challenging the administration on how it can be spent. Republican attorneys general who are suing Biden say that new “guidelines” provided by the Treasury are still too ambiguous,...
The stars of Fox and Friends plugged the coronavirus vaccine on Monday in a strangely on-the-nose segment that may have alienated some viewers. Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, and Ainsley Earhardt pointedly discussed their “relief” after getting the shot, and even engaged in a bit of fear-mongering — the term...
Last month’s employment report fell far short of expectations amid concerns by many state and local leaders that generous federal unemployment benefits have, in some cases, disincentivized a quick return to the job market. In an apparent effort to address such a scenario, President Joe Biden issued a surprising...
Former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr appeared to enjoy a good relationship, but new revelations suggest things were more tenuous behind the scenes. According to a Business Insider report, an anonymous source alleged that Barr threatened to resign at one point in his service...
At least 17 states located primarily along the East Coast, along with Washington, D.C., were included in a recent emergency declaration issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The announcement on Sunday came after a cyber attack on the Colonial pipeline last week by hackers demanding ransom payments. “Not...
In a recent ruling, Facebook’s oversight board temporarily upheld an earlier decision by the social media company to suspend former President Donald Trump’s account in the wake of a riot on Capitol Hill. The decision was celebrated by many partisans on the left, but one author recently argued that...
A leading Republican on the Federal Communications Commission is calling out Democrats for a “chilling” new demand. According to reports, a progressive prosecutor in Baltimore, Maryland, is asking the commission to probe a local Fox News Channel affiliate. “Chilling and direct attack” Marilyn Mosby’s effort is focused on WBFF,...
Israeli citizens celebrating a religious holiday in Jerusalem this weekend were targeted by a hail of incoming rockets. According to American Jewish Committee director Avi Mayer explained in a tweet on Monday, Israel’s advanced air defense system intercepted just one of the seven rockets fired during one barrage fired...
A number of GOP-controlled states have helped lead the way in fighting against federal efforts to implement strict new gun control legislation. In a move earlier this month, the Texas Senate passed a bill allowing residents to carry a handgun without a permit — and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott...
America is going through convulsions that may destroy it as the country we and the world have known for more than two centuries. For all its flaws — virtually all of which were not unique to America but universal throughout human civilization — America has been regarded more than...
Thanks to the beneficence of the Internal Revenue Service — and the fallout from COVID-19 — we half of Americans who pay federal income taxes have been given until May 17 to file. Since I began earning enough to file Form 1040 and associated forms, I have only known...
