The National Debt Is Becoming a Public Health Threat
Over the past three years, the amount of interest the U.S. government has to pay on the national debt has become the fastest-growing category of government spending. It was already the second-largest government expenditure in 2024 and will soon become the largest. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) estimates that the growing burden of the interest paid on the national debt will account […]
Florida’s John Martinez Hops Into Transfer Portal While Gators Are Still Competing For A National Championship: REPORT
There is no loyalty in this town! His team may be preparing for the NCAA Super Regionals, but that doesn’t stop college baseball players from jumping into the transfer portal. As the Wild Wild West elements of the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) era intensify, student-athletes are leaving their teams despite the chance to win […]
AT&T Cellular Users Report National Outage
(Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images) Avril Elfi from OANTuesday, June 4, 2024 5:21 PM AT&T customers are experiencing a nationwide outage that makes it impossible to make calls or access the internet. advertisement AT&T users reported issues Tuesday in states including Florida, Georgia and Texas. Officials in Virginia also reported problems and said […]
Nigerian unions shut down national grid and airports as indefinite strike begins | Nigeria
Nigeria’s main labour unions have launched an indefinite strike against the government’s failure to agree on a minimum wage, shut down the national electricity grid, disrupted airline services and blocked entrances to parliament. A minimum wage of 30,000 naira (£15) per month, agreed in 2019, expired in April this year. Trade unions are calling for […]
What I Saw at the National Conservative Convention (NatCon)
Editors’ Note: The recent Nat Con Convention demonstrates that debate within conservatism is alive and well. While seemingly incoherent, the various shades of thought and opinion is normal when a new political movement is forming. It is an attempt to draw together legacy conservatism with the newer, more assertive, MAGA agenda. Readers can find many […]
With more states supporting school choice, its time for the movement to go national
The year 2023 has now been dubbed the “Year of Educational Choice.” 20 states We launched new private school choice programs or significantly expanded existing ones. 2011 and 2021 were called “years of school choice” because of similar expansions in access to private schools, but that was then and this is now. Policymakers are increasingly […]
National Association of Broadcasters Strips Robert De Niro of Award After Trump Rant
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has decided to cancel an award that was due to be given to actor Robert De Niro after he made a blistering criticism of former President Donald Trump. Earlier this week, De Niro attended a press conference held by the Biden campaign outside the Manhattan Criminal Court where Trump’s […]
300 Texas National Guard Troops Move Into New Command Base In Eagle Pass
National Guard troops stand guard on the banks of the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, on January 12, 2024. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Taylor Tinsley of OANFriday, May 31, 2024 5:38 PM Hundreds of Texas National Guard troops have been moved to a new base camp at Eagle Pass. […]
Florida 12-year-old Bruhat Soma Wins 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Bruhat Soma, 12, of Tampa, Florida, is presented with the Scripps Cup by Adam Simson, CEO of E.W. Scripps Company, after winning the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 30, 2024. Soma correctly spelled 29 words in a tiebreaker spelling-off to win […]
North Carolinians pay a quarter less than national average
(The Center Square) – Three weeks from summer, and into the first unofficial week of it, North Carolinians are paying a quarter less per gallon of gas than the national average. Thursday morning’s averages, according to the American Automobile Association, are $3.31 for the state and $3.56 for the nation for unleaded regular. That’s down […]