Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on Friday that he is not resigning from his seat and plans to run for reelection in 2024, shooting down reports that he is considering stepping down following his stunning ouster as Speaker earlier this week. “I’m not resigning, I got a lot more work to do,” McCarthy told reporters...
The price of sending mail is about to go up, again. The United States Postal Service announced it might increase stamp prices in 2024 for the second year in a row, citing pressures from inflation. If approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the changes would take effect on Jan. 21, 2024. New rates include a...
A former Army sergeant was indicted on Friday for allegedly trying to share classified information with China. Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, was charged with two felony counts related to his retention of national defense information and attempts to share the classified information, according to the Justice Department (DOJ). Schmidt's last duty post was at Joint...
Internationally known fashion company Prada has announced its taking its designs to outer space. The Italian Luxury company announced Wednesday it is partnering with Axiom Space to design NASA’s next generation of lunar spacesuits for the team setting out on the 2025 Artemis III mission to the moon. The Artemis III crew will be the...
Next year’s Medicare Part B premiums are expected to be announced soon and there is speculation that coverage of another pricey new Alzheimer’s medication could cause monthly costs to go up, echoing what occurred in 2022. Leqembi received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July, becoming the second drug of its...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) holds a significant 16-point lead over Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) in a recent poll of the state’s gubernatorial race released Friday. The Emerson College poll found that 49 percent of respondents back Beshear and 33 percent back Cameron, with another 13 percent undecided. The race is the most significant...
Indiana Sen. Mike Braun (R) on Friday endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to become the next Speaker, praising him as “a fighter that doesn’t back down.” Braun, who is running for governor of Indiana and last month endorsed Donald Trump for president, said he thinks Jordan would be more effective in dealing with the...
A prosecutor announced Friday that he will not charge Georgia state troopers for their fatal shooting of an environmental activist. Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Christian said the troopers’ employment of deadly force against Manuel Paez Terán, 26, was “objectively reasonable.” Christian made his decision known through a news release and also released a...
Iowa Democrats will hold their caucuses in January and release the results on Super Tuesday in March, following negotiations with the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the state party announced Friday. Presidential preference cards will start to go out by mail Jan. 12, and in-person precinct caucuses will be Jan. 15. Iowa Democrats will release the...
General Motors (GM) has agreed to place battery manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs) under its main agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, UAW President Shawn Fain announced on Friday. Fain said the union won't expand its strike against the Big Three automakers following the the last-minute development in negotiations. “We've been told for...
A bipartisan group of as few as seven could prevent any Republican from being seated and threaten to elect a moderate Democrat, essentially telling both parties “let’s make a deal.”
The Biden administration on Friday extended flexibilities regarding controlled substances to be prescribed via telemedicine. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said in a notice it would allow providers to continue using telemedicine to prescribe certain controlled substances through the end of 2024. The temporary rule is meant "to ensure a smooth transition for patients and...
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be a headline speaker at a Conservative Political Action Conference event in Las Vegas later this month, the conference announced Friday. The anti-establishment environmental lawyer has run a longshot primary campaign against President Biden, but is expected to change affiliation to independent next week. “Robert F. Kennedy...
We're at a crossroads, and the decisions we make today will impact not just this Congress but the very trajectory of our country. That's why I'm not just endorsing Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) for Speaker of the House; I'm urgently calling for all hands on deck to make this vision a reality. The Unity Architect ...
It has been an increasingly puzzling week for market watchers and economists alike, as the American economy continues to resist a recession and stymy policymakers hoping to lower inflation and stave off a downturn. A gangbusters September jobs report is putting the efficacy of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes into question, just as falling crude...
Unfortunately, those left holding the risk are often the ones least able to handle it.
An Oklahoma judge has rejected a request from a group of medical providers and families with transgender children to temporarily block the state from enforcing its felony ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, ruling that prohibiting such care is “rationally related to legitimate state interests.” Oklahoma District Judge John Frederick Heil III ruled late...
Oil prices fell this week, and it is expected to result in relief at the pump for consumers. The price of U.S. crude oil has fallen significantly over the past several days, falling from as high as $94 per barrel last week down to about $90 earlier this week. Prices dropped for a second time...
Lawmakers are upset about deteriorating military barracks and housing conditions, expressing serious concerns about delayed repairs and failing conditions, including mold and nonfunctioning air conditioning and heating units. The issue was amplified this week after Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) threatened to withhold all Army civilian nominations that require Senate confirmation, or the most senior positions...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday condemned the efforts taken by Republicans to kick two senior Democrats out of their offices in the Capitol. The decision to remove former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) from their offices was “petty, partisan and petulant,” Jeffries wrote in an op-ed for The...
Discretion in the selection process of kids’ books is not the same as banning.
Plans for a televised Fox News forum with three contenders for House Speaker fell apart soon after they were announced. Host Bret Baier was slated to have House Majority Leader Scalise (R-La.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) for a Monday event that Fox News billed...
President Biden on Friday said a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the United States next month is possible. When questioned on reporting that the two leaders will meet face-to-face in California next month, Biden wouldn’t confirm a meeting is scheduled. “There is no such meeting set up, but it is a possibility,” the...
We need our policymakers not to play general but to do their actual jobs.
A state judge in Georgia rejected Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro’s request Friday to have his charges dismissed in the Georgia elections interference case. Chesebro requested his charges be dismissed because special prosecutor Nathan Wade didn’t file his oath of office paperwork on time, but Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee rejected the request Friday. “The Defendant...
