Mike Johnson to visit Columbia on Wednesday amid ‘troubling rise of antisemitism’ at colleges
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will visit Columbia University on Wednesday as pro-Palestinian protests continue at the college and on campuses across the country. Columbia is experiencing the most visible in a wave of student protests taking hold over several major universities, most of which are focused on support for the Palestinian cause and condemnation […]
Alaska plane crash: Two feared dead after fiery crash near river
Two people are presumed dead after a Douglas C-54 plane crashed by a river in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the crash, adding that the National Transportation Safety Bureau would investigate. A twin-engine plane crashed outside Fairbanks Tuesday. (AP Graphic) “A Douglas C-54 crashed southwest of Fairbanks International Airport around 10 a.m. local […]
Story about Ted Cruz’s father and Lee Harvey Oswald was fabricated, David Pecker says
A story linking Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) father and President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was fabricated, former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker revealed on Tuesday. Taking the stand during former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, Pecker was pressed on negative stories the outlet wrote on the former president’s […]
Sopranos star Drea de Matteo slams ‘divisive’ Biden administration: ‘People in Hollywood are petrified’
Emmy-winning actress Drea de Matteo said she knows from personal experience that many Hollywood stars “want to fight” against the divisive social agenda being pushed by the Biden administration but “are petrified” to do so. De Matteo is best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva on the Sopranos. She won the 2004 Primetime […]
Biden in Florida: Voters will ‘hold Trump accountable’ for abortion ban
President Joe Biden slammed former President Donald Trump for “making a deal with MAGA extremists” that led to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision tearing down federal abortion protections included in Roe v. Wade. Biden has spent months tying Trump and the three Supreme Court justices he nominated to a rash of state abortion bans enacted […]
California utility companies avoid crackdown on ad spending and mishandling of funds
California lawmakers struck down a proposal on Monday that would have further regulated how utility companies spend money in the state. According to consumer groups, utility companies are exploiting loopholes in rules surrounding illicit spending on advertising and lobbying with customer money. The new legislation would have worked toward closing those loopholes and levying fines […]
Trump faces new dilemma on whether to take witness stand
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will testify in his hush money trial in New York, but a decision this week by the case’s presiding judge may have thrown a wrench into those plans. Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Monday during the trial that prosecutors could ask Trump, if he chooses to take […]
Trump admits worries about RFK Jr. as polls tighten between him and Biden
Former President Donald Trump isn’t sure if a third-party candidate will drive a wedge between him and victory in November, but Republicans adjacent to him are. That’s a change to the general belief that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Trump called “extremely liberal,” has only served to siphon votes away from Democrats after a lifelong […]
Texas lawmaker calls to cancel all federal education dollars to avoid Biden’s Title IX ‘war on women’
EXCLUSIVE — Texas Republican state Rep. Brian Harrison called on the state legislature to reject all federal education dollars received by his state so Texans will not be beholden to the Biden administration’s Title IX overhaul. On Friday, the Biden administration finalized the rules governing Title IX, which redefined sex to include claimed gender identities […]
California unemployment fund ‘insolvent’ due to $55B fraud, businesses to pay
(The Center Square) – California’s unemployment insurance fund is “structurally insolvent” due to $55 billion in fraud and overpayment during COVID-19 crisis, leading to a growing $21 billion unemployment benefits loan from the federal government the state is unable to pay down. While the state seeks loan forgiveness from the Acting United States Secretary of Labor, who […]