Republican Florida Rep. Byron Donalds refused to take the bait when a fellow panelist pressed him on whether he vaccinates his own children. The exchange happened during the Friday, Aug. 28 episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO. Donalds, the Republican congressman representing Florida’s 19th district and his party’s nominee for governor, appeared alongside journalist and podcast host Molly…
A political action committee (PAC) dedicated to defeating the fossil fuel industry bankrolled two Michigan Supreme Court justices’ campaigns before they ruled against a major oil pipeline project. Roughly six weeks before Michigan’s Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh and Justice Noah Hood voted in a 6-1 decision to vacate approval of Enbridge’s Line 5 project citing an inadequate review of environmental…
Data centers were once thought to be a driving force for economic growth. Now, Americans don’t want them in their backyards. Could space be a better fit? Data centers started sprawling across most of the American South and the Midwest as politicians have embraced them to foster economic growth. However, as Americans have increasingly spurned the big tech warehouses, governors and lawmakers alike…
Chinese officials have confirmed seven deaths and said more than 550 people are missing. The death toll from catastrophic flooding and mudslides near the Nepal-China border has climbed to at least 676, with rescue efforts hampered by continuing bad weather. Updated figures released by Nepali authorities on Saturday brought the combined number of deaths reported in Nepal and Tibet to 676, while…
The U.S. military is racing to build defenses against a threat American forces have repeatedly confronted overseas but could face on their own soil: waves of enemy drones targeting military bases and critical infrastructure. The threat could come as part of a larger military strike designed to overwhelm American air defenses with a combination of sophisticated missiles and far cheaper unmanned…
(The Center Square) - In Iowa, the candidates vying for an open U.S. Senate seat said affordability and taxation are key to their campaigns, but they have both similarities and differences in their planned approaches. Iowa’s U.S. Senate election in November will be one of the most closely watched in the country and will help determine the majority control of the upper legislative chamber. The Cook…
President Donald Trump announced an historic energy deal with Venezuela in a Truth Social post Friday night. The president called the deal “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY.” Trump wrote that the United States secured “majority U.S. control” of over 65 million barrels’ worth of Venezuelan oil reserves. Trump credited Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Interim…
(The College Fix) — The University of Minnesota was hit with a third federal investigation Friday into a project involving “therapeutic” dolls with “interchangeable genitalia” for gender confused children as young as 4. U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, announced the investigation Friday into the MyGender Dolls, citing reporting by The College Fix and…
(The Center Square) – A majority of American voters agree that student loan debt is too risky, with many graduates struggling to find good-paying jobs, according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found that 50% say taking on student loan debt for a college degree is too risky because of the challenge of finding jobs to justify the cost. Meanwhile, 35% say a college degree is…
(The Daily Signal) — The Department of Homeland Security will deny grants to states that do not conduct post-election audits, as the department notes growing concerns about China-made parts in voting machines. “The Homeland Security Grant Program requires states to trust but verify the results produced by the voting machines,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a memo to the…
Tech giants like Meta, the company that owns social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, could face steep penalties if they are found to have caused harm to children if a bill that passed the legislature Friday is signed into law. Tech giants like Meta, the company that owns social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, could face steep penalties if they are found to have caused harm to…
A legal battle over public access and transparency has erupted in a community with major data center projects that once were on Gov. Josh Shapiro's "fast track" list, and a group of citizens acting without a lawyer scored a victory. (The Center Square) - A legal battle over public access and transparency has erupted in a community with major data center projects that once were on Gov. Josh…
The Department of Homeland Security is mandating random paper ballot audits for upcoming elections, citing significant security risks posed by Chinese-manufactured components in widely-used voting machines. The Homeland Security Department will require random audits of paper ballots in the midterm elections, citing long-simmering concern that the nation’s largest voting technology companies use…
(The Center Square) – Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, the cost to taxpayers for the U.S. War on Terror is approaching $10 trillion. Initial costs for two conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan were more than $8 trillion. An additional $2 trillion will be incurred by U.S. military spending after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack against Israel and conflicts in Yemen and Iran.…
Officers responded to a report of a man down, but when they arrived on scene, they found a 13-year-old boy with a gunshot wound. A 12-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday and charged in the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy in Washington, D.C. The shooting occurred on July 11, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers responded to a report of a man down, but when they arrived on…
Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda was granted a two-day weekend pass and expected to return to the North Virginia Mental Health Institute, where he was committed. Instead, he fled the country to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. A Virginia man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2019 killing fled the country after a psychiatric hospital granted him a 48-hour pass. Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda was granted a…
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