The official script for Barack Obama’s celebrated return to the White House on Tuesday was all about the Affordable Care Act. And Obama stuck to it, mostly, by focusing on the law’s accomplishments and the ongoing efforts to build on that success. But if you

President Biden and the White House have repeatedly denied that he and Hunter Biden ever discussed the first son’s controversial overseas business dealings — yet there are at least a dozen times where Joe Biden had to know what his son was doing. 1. Joe “recommends” The

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 6) Enlarge this image toggle caption Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images As Wednesday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: All Russian ground

Sean Hannity condemned President Biden Wednesday for lying about his knowledge of Hunter Biden's international business deals. SEAN HANNITY: In his weakened cognitive state Joe Biden might not realize it, but the entire Biden family syndicate is in pretty

BRUSSELS — Faced with the prospect that the war in Ukraine will be long and grinding, NATO countries are divided on how best to manage the next stage of the conflict and the uncertain period that promises to follow. Central European members like Poland and

I wrote earlier about the Hunter Biden getting his father Joe to write a college recommendation for the son of one of his Chinese business partners, Jonathan Li, according to emails on Hunter’s laptop. Joe Biden has repeatedly claimed he did not know about

Putin's daughters: How will Putin respond if they are targeted with sanctions? CNN — President Joe Biden declared “major war crimes” were being discovered in Ukraine as Russian forces retreat from areas around Kyiv, citing scenes of brutal, cold-blooded executions

Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer said during a Republican Study Committee (RSC) meeting that there is a slam dunk case to indict Hunter Biden on charges of tax evasion, Breitbart News

The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed a fresh round of sanctions on two Russian banks and wealthy individuals, including President Vladimir Putin’s daughters, following revelations of atrocities in Ukraine, the White House announced. The sweeping package,

House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee sent out letters Wednesday demanding answers from the 51 former intelligence officials who claimed reports of emails from Hunter Biden‘s laptop detailing influence-peddling before the 2020 presidential election were

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., revealed the timeline for the Senate confirmation of President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. The confirmation vote will take place around 1:45 p.m. eastern Thursday, Schumer said Wednesday

Cotton’s absurd implication stems from a GOP line of attack focusing on Jackson’s time as a public defender representing Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of terrorism. As a public defender, Jackson was assigned her clients. “She was in the Federal Public Defender’s

Wednesday on FNC’s “America Reports,” anchor John Roberts asked Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) if his comment that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson would have defended Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials was a “bridge too far.” Tuesday on the Senate floor, Cotton

The vote to make Jackson the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s top court is now expected to take place no later than late Thursday after Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 2 Republican leader, told CNN he expects that timeline.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sailing toward confirmation on Thursday, with accusations of being weak on child porn felons having failed to derail Democrats’ swift push to get her on the bench. Judge Jackson will make history when the

CNN — The first – and I mean the absolute first – rule of politics goes like this: Don’t compare anything to the Holocaust. Or the Nazis. See, the murder of 6 million Jews at the direction of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is more horrific than anything you could

Some reporters are calling on President Biden to ignore Supreme Court decisions that they believe are politically motivated. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court temporarily reinstated a Trump-era that limits the power of the states to block energy projects that

The Supreme Court has reinstated, for now, a Trump-era rule that had curtailed the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court

During a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Jamie Harrison railed against Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) over his opposition to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in part because she represented

Twenty states and the District of Columbia, along with environmental groups, had challenged the regulation, saying it was at odds with federal law. After President Biden took office, the Environmental Protection Agency said it would revise the rule and asked

WASHINGTON — Amid a swirl of partisan finger-pointing on who is responsible for rising energy prices, executives of six large oil and gas companies defended themselves on Wednesday against criticisms that they are seeking to boost corporate profits by refusing

As gas prices rise and Vladimir Putin escalates his war on Ukraine, Democrats’ political fortunes fall. That’s why President Joe Biden announced last week he’ll increase domestic production to combat what he calls “Putin’s price hike” at the pump by imposing

A motorist pumps gas at a Valero station in Encinitas, California, on April 5, 2022. In Southern California's 49th Congressional District, prices have soared above $6 a gallon. Sandy Huffaker for The Washington Post via Getty Images House Democrats slammed

Human Rights Foundation chairman Garry Kasparov explained what could spell the demise of Russian President Putin's regime Wednesday on "Your World." GARRY KASPAROV: What is very important [is] for the free world to make it very clear that we are there to

Democrats accuse Big Oil of 'rip off' on gas prices House Democrats on Wednesday accused oil companies of "ripping off the American people" and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from ever-increasing gasoline prices amid the war in Ukraine.

Democrats on Capitol Hill ripped into executives from major oil companies at a contentious hearing Wednesday, accusing them of price gouging and pressuring them to invoke their inner “patriotism” to lower gasoline prices by sacrificing shareholder returns and

Russian President Vladimir Putin is isolated — and getting more so. President Joe Biden calls him a war criminal. American intelligence says Putin’s own advisers are misleading him about the war, telling Putin what he wants to hear. So what’s going through

Leftist pop star Cher went on an emoji-laden rant against Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, comparing him to Hitler and suggesting that the U.S. needs to “cut off Putin’s” balls. The singer-actress jumped to her Twitter account to slam Putin over his attack

House Democrats are accusing oil companies of “ripping off the American people” and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from higher gasoline prices amid the war in Ukraine WASHINGTON -- House Democrats on Wednesday accused oil companies of

For the past few weeks, President Biden and many on the left, including most of the mainstream media, have claimed that sky-high prices at the pump are solely due to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In fact, the Biden administration, in coordination with

Scavino, Navarro held in contempt in 1/6 probe Former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for their monthlong refusal to comply with subpoenas rendered by the House committee’s investigation into the

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate in the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack at the US Capitol. Lawmakers in the lower chamber adopted

WASHINGTON ― Two more top aides to former President Donald Trump could face as much as a year in jail after the House referred them to the Justice Department on Wednesday for refusing to honor subpoenas from the Jan. 6 committee. The chamber voted on a near

The House on Wednesday held two former Trump officials in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee. The mostly party-line vote sent a recommendation to the Justice Department for charges against Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted to recommend criminal contempt of Congress charges against Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino Jr., two close allies of former President Donald J. Trump, after the pair defied subpoenas from the special committee investigating

The Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives approved "contempt of Congress" charges on Wednesday against Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, former aides to Donald Trump, for failing to cooperate with the probe into the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro,

Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino have been held in contempt for ignoring subpoenas. The House of Representatives has voted to hold Trump White House officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas for records

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that Ivanka Trump, the daughter and senior White House adviser of former President Donald Trump, was “cooperative” during her eight-hour testimony before the House committee investigating the

House approves criminal contempt referrals for 2 Trump aides over the Jan. 6 attack Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The U.S. House voted Wednesday to hold former Trump White House aides Peter Navarro

WASHINGTON — The House will vote Wednesday on whether to hold former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress after their monthslong refusal to comply with subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of small migrant children abandoned by human smugglers along the Rio Grande border in West Texas. The agents found the children in a group of eight. Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens tweeted

TIJUANA, Mexico — More than 2,000 Ukrainians have made their way to the U.S. border from Mexico over the past 10 days, joining desperate migrants from around the world in what officials expect could become a major border surge as pandemic restrictions are lifted

Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, told "The Story with Martha McCallum" Wednesday the morale of the Border Patrol agency is "under attack." GOV. ABBOTT OFFERS BORDER AGENTS ACCUSED OF WHIPPING MIGRANTS JOBS IN TEXAS IF DISCIPLINED REP. TONY GONZALES: I think

As the Biden administration scrambles to prepare for an expected surge in illegal immigration after the Title 42 health authority is lifted next month, the Pentagon has promised to provide “some” support — but will not go so far as to put forces on the southwestern

The worse the border surge, the more it will hurt other immigrants trying to come to the country legally by delaying their applications, a top Homeland Security official told Congress on Wednesday. Ur Jaddou, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,

DEL RIO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Del Rio Port of Entry recently seized more than a half million dollars in fentanyl in a passenger vehicle. “This significant seizure of a potentially fatal hard narcotic

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com. Alabama doesn't share a border with Mexico. But the border crisis has turned every state into a border state, and Alabama is paying a steep price

President Joe Biden must disclose if he is planning to divert doctors from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to send them to treat border crossers and illegal aliens, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) says. In a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

FIRST ON FOX: A group of Republican senators on Wednesday urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release its findings from the probe into Border Patrol agents who were at the center of false claims that they "whipped" Haitian migrants. "We agree

Border security is national security. In the last thirty years, law enforcement officials have discovered more than 230 cross-border tunnels used to smuggle drugs, weapons, and even humans beneath the Mexico-U.S. border, and there are likely many more still

(CNN) Texas will send busloads of undocumented immigrants to the steps of the US Capitol, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday, in response to the Biden administration ending a pandemic-era health order that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US. Former

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state officials to prepare to create “enhanced safety inspection” stations Wednesday to check vehicles entering Texas from Mexico for illicit drugs. The enhanced safety inspections announcement comes in reaction to the Biden

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered the state to start busing undocumented immigrants to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday in response to President Joe Biden’s lifting of a policy that turned away migrants because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Texans cannot continue

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers on Wednesday to begin stopping and inspecting commercial vehicles coming across the U.S-Mexico border and said bus charters would be offered to take illegal migrants to Washington, D.C., in a dig at President Biden

HOUSTON — Gov. Greg Abbott said on Wednesday that Texas would set up checkpoints to stop commercial vehicles coming from Mexico and would charter buses to bring migrants released by federal agents north to Washington, ushering in a new phase in an increasingly

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he will send illegal immigrants who are "dumped" into the Sunshine State to sanctuary states like President Biden's home state of Delaware, which he represented for more than 35 years in the U.S. Senate. DeSantis'

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Trump administration officials are pressing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an “invasion” along the U.S.-Mexico border and give thousands of state troopers and National Guard members sweeping new authority to turn back migrants,

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that illegal immigrants caught and released by federal agents into his state will be quickly shipped straight to Washington, seeking to bring the pain of border communities straight to the doorstep of the Biden administration. The

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that immigrants who have crossed the border into his state illegally will be bused to the steps of the U.S. Capitol as one of several measures designed to stem the tide of illegal crossings into his state, especially

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that he would charter buses to send migrants entering his state to Washington, D.C. to address the expected border surge when Title 42 ends. “To help local officials, whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of

The communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a day after he attended a ceremony at the White House where he was in close contact with Harris and former President Barack Obama without a mask. "Jamal

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces enforcement actions against Russia, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for Covid on Wednesday, just hours after

Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon, the Justice Department announced. He is the latest high-profile official to announce a positive COVID-19 test after attending the elite Gridiron Dinner on Saturday. In a

Vice President Kamala Harris’ communications director tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, the second close contact of the vice president to become infected in less than a month. Harris’ office did not announce test results for the vice president,

Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said Wednesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, and Representative Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, the assistant House speaker, announced their own positive

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon, according to a statement. Garland tested positive for the virus after taking antigen tests and is not experiencing symptoms, according to the statement. The U.S.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Garland, 69, is not experiencing any symptoms, but he took an antigen test Wednesday afternoon after learning he may have been exposed to the coronavirus,

Vice President Kamala Harris has seen an alarming mass exodus of staff members, but anyone who relies on ABC, NBC or CBS for information would have no idea. NewsBusters monitored morning and evening newscasts on the broadcast networks and discovered that

Attorney General Merrick Garland announces gun crime arrests and indictments during a news conference at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justices building on April 1, 2022 in Washington. CNN — Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for Covid-19

The Sacramento mass killing involved at least 5 shooters, police say Enlarge this image toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Rich Pedroncelli/AP SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just a block from California's

The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just blocks from California’s Capitol last weekend was a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, Sacramento police said Wednesday. Police said they identified at least

A weekend shootout that left six dead and 12 injured in downtown Sacramento was fueled by gang violence and involved at least five gunmen spraying bullets into a large crowd, Sacramento police said Wednesday. "While we cannot at this time elaborate on the

The Sacramento mass shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen others was a gang-related clash that involved at least five people exchanging gunfire, cops said on Wednesday. “As detectives learn more about the shootings, it is increasingly clear that

Roses lay on the sidewalk at 10th and K in Sacramento, Calif., on April 5, 2022. Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A wounded man arrested in connection with a Sacramento shooting that killed six people

At least five shooters were involved in a gunfight in downtown Sacramento around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday morning that left six people dead and a dozen others wounded, police said Wednesday. "It is increasingly clear that gang violence is at the center of this

(CNN) Three men are now in custody in connection with a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, though only one has been officially charged and made a court appearance as of Tuesday evening. The shooting took place just after 2 a.m. PT Sunday and

The Los Angeles Times admitted on Wednesday that Sunday’s Sacramento shooting was likely an exchange of gunfire between gang or street crime rivals rather than a “mass shooting.” According to the Times, “[The incident] appears to be a result of a fight between

A suspect in the Sacramento shooting that killed six people over the weekend had been released from prison in February, and prosecutors described him as having “little regard for human life.” Police said Smiley Martin, 27, was among those wounded in a hail

Sacramento police believe the mass shooting that killed six and injured a dozen others might have been a gangland gun battle that caught innocent bystanders in the crossfire, according to reports. Sources told the Los Angeles Times that the California carnage

The Biden administration has grappled with ending the pause on student loan payments as the economy's recovery from pandemic lows continues. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday another extension of the payment pause on federal student loans, this time

President Joe Biden’s administration announced an extension of the student loan moratorium through August on Wednesday. The student loan pause, which was initially set to expire on May 1, will now be extended through August 31, the Department of Education

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona discusses the student loan pause extension NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona about the extension on the student loan pause. Also, roughly 7 million borrowers who are in default right

President Biden announced Wednesday that federal student loan repayments would be paused through Aug. 31, extending the moratorium that had been set to expire next month. “We are still recovering from the [COVID-19] pandemic and the unprecedented economic

Student loans have been effectively frozen for tens of millions of borrowers since the start of the pandemic. The pause has allowed borrowers to stop making payments, prevented interest from accruing and halted collection efforts. And the federal government

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration was extending a pause on student loan repayments through Aug. 31 of this year, giving borrowers additional financial support after two difficult economic years during the pandemic. The moratorium

The pause until Aug. 31 is the sixth during the two years of the pandemic. President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced another extension in the pause in federal student loan payments -- this time until Aug. 31. This delay would be the sixth extension to the

President Biden on Wednesday announced he is extending the pause on student loan payments through the end of August. Mr. Biden said it is too much to ask borrowers to restart paying their loans when the nation is emerging from the coronavirus pandemic. “If

The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is again extending the moratorium on federal

Rep. Ro Khanna said he's concerned student loan debt could prevent Americans from starting families or buying homes. "It leads to young people not wanting to have families," the California Democrat told Fox News. "It means young people aren't able to buy

On Wednesday, Joe Biden spoke to the national conference of North America’s Building Trades Unions, the AFL-CIO group for workers in the construction industry. It may be one of the few times that I’ve ever seen Joe Biden get rousing applause. But that’s because

That’s the approach organizers took last year in Bessemer, Ala., where Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected a vote to join a national retail union founded in 1937. (After concluding that Amazon violated election labor laws, the National Labor Relations Board

President Joe Biden sang praises for organized labor once again Wednesday, hailing last week's triumph by union backers at Amazon as a sign of what is possible throughout the United States. "That's what unions are about in my view, by providing dignity and

President Joe Biden acknowledged the historic labor victory at Amazon during a speech to union members and leaders on Wednesday, making what appeared to be a call to continue organizing the world’s largest online retailer. Biden was speaking to a conference

President Biden on Wednesday appeared to endorse efforts by Amazon workers to unionize, the furthest he’s ever gone to support organization efforts at the nation’s largest e-commerce company. “The choice to join a union belongs to workers alone … and by the

(CNN) President Joe Biden on Wednesday signaled his support for Amazon warehouse workers' efforts to organize after employees at a New York City facility made history by successfully voting to form a union for the first time. Last Friday, the results of a

Chris Smalls started Amazon's 1st union. He's now heard from workers at 50 warehouses Enlarge this image toggle caption Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images;Craig Ruttle/AP Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images;Craig Ruttle/AP Chris Smalls is president

That’s the approach organizers took last year in Bessemer, Ala., where Amazon workers overwhelmingly rejected a vote to join a national retail union founded in 1937. (After concluding that Amazon violated election labor laws, the National Labor Relations Board

Still, the remarks were the most explicit about Amazon from Mr. Biden, who has called himself the “most pro-union president” ever and has long hinted that he disapproves of the company’s efforts to attempt to dissuade its workers from unionizing. Last year,

On Friday morning, before the results were released from a vote that would mark the first union victory at Amazon, Christian Smalls dressed as he would just about any other day. Mr. Smalls, the union’s 33-year-old president and a former Amazon employee, put

No charges filed in no-knock warrant Locke killing Minnesota prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in February. (April

A Minneapolis police officer who killed a 22-year-old armed black man during a no-knock warrant raid will not be criminally charged in the shooting, prosecutors said Wednesday. The fatal shooting of Amir Locke by Officer Mark Hanneman during an early morning

“Amir Locke’s life mattered,” Attorney General Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Michael Freeman, the Hennepin County Attorney, said in a joint statement. “He was a young man with plans to move to Dallas, where he would be closer to his mom and — he hoped — build

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in a downtown apartment in February. Locke, 22,

No criminal charges will be filed in the fatal police shooting of Amir Locke, Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, announced Wednesday. Locke was fatally shot by Minneapolis police officers in February as officers

Minnesota prosecutors announced Wednesday that they are not pursuing criminal charges in the February death of Amir Locke, who was killed by Minneapolis police executing a no-knock warrant. In joint statement, Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman and

In this image taken from Minneapolis Police Department body camera video and released by the city of Minneapolis, 22-year-old Amir Locke wrapped in a blanket on a couch holding a gun moments before he was fatally shot by Minneapolis police as they were executing

(CNN) Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday that they are declining to file criminal charges against the officer who shot and killed 22-year-old Amir Locke. Police killed Locke February 2

Demonstrators march behind a banner reading "Justice for Amir Locke and All Stolen Lives" during a rally in protest of the killing of Amir Locke, outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 5, 2022. Kerem Yucel via Getty

Prosecutors announced Wednesday they will not file charges against the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a February no-knock raid. “There is insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case. Specifically, the

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is moving up its meeting up 10 days to this Friday to address possible sanctions on Will Smith after the actor slapped Chris Rock over a joke the comedian told about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith during

(CNN) The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences has moved up it's planned date to decide on possible sanctions against Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at this year's Oscars ceremony. "I am calling a board meeting for this

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has moved up its meeting to discuss possible sanctions against best actor winner Will Smith for hitting presenter Chris Rock to Friday, a letter from the group's president said. The board of governors of the

The Academy Board of Governors has rescheduled a meeting to discuss Will Smith 's slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars from April 18 to this Friday. The move comes on the heels of Smith's decision to resign from the Academy. In a letter obtained by Fox News

Will Smith is said to be worried about his future in Hollywood. After receiving nationwide backlash for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, a source claimed that the actor is concerned about what will happen to his career from here. "He feels terrible

Billy Crystal has described Will Smith hitting Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards as "an assault." The actor, who has hosted the Oscars several times, made his remarks during an appearance on "Back on the Record" with Bob Costas while weighing in on the

Billy Crystal called Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards "an assault." The nine-time Oscars host spoke about the "disturbing incident" during an appearance on "Back on the Record" with Bob Costas on HBO Max. Smith slapped Rock in the

Chris Rock was spotted in New York City on Tuesday amid a break in his current comedy tour. The comedian made a surprise appearance at the Comedy Cellar alongside Sam Morril, Judy Gold and Yamaneika Saunders, according to Page Six. Rock declined to talk

Independent swing voters strongly oppose President Joe Biden’s decision to lift the Title 42 border barrier in late May, according to a Morning Consult poll of 2,003 registered voters. “With the political environment now in a much more dire state for Democrats

Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy slammed House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler and his fellow Democrats on the committee Wednesday over the Biden administration’s repeal of former President Trump’s Title 42 immigration order. The two sparred during a House

A lot of polls have been released over the last several months that point to what could be a catastrophic Election Day for Democrats come November 2022. But one just released Wednesday pinpoints the specific decision President Biden has made during his time

The controversy surrounding the Biden administration's recent repeal of the Title 42 health order has reached another level of scrutiny. On Tuesday, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., the senior Republican on the Senate Health Committee, queried the Centers for Disease

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com. A record 1.7 million illegal aliens had encounters with our courageous border patrol agents in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021. In addition,

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas., joined "The Faulkner Focus" Wednesday to discuss what the end of Title 42 will mean for the southern border crisis. "As a federal prosecutor down there for many years, I've never seen the border this bad," McCaul told host

If there’s one thing I can never get enough of from a political standpoint, it’s seeing House and Senate Democrats get their patooties handed to them and then some by their Republican colleagues over their notorious unwillingness to take Republican concerns

Senate Democratic leaders sacrificed a $10 billion coronavirus spending plan Tuesday because they opposed a draft GOP amendment that would preserve the Title 42 border barrier, which is now scheduled for complete removal by May 23. The Democrats withdrew the

A nuclear deal with Iran was Barack Obama’s biggest diplomatic achievement, and its annulment was arguably Donald Trump’s biggest foreign policy failure. Nearly 15 months into Joe Biden’s presidency, the US, Iran, and other world powers are close to resurrecting

With negotiators in Vienna reportedly close to a deal, even Democrats are expressing alarm at a renewed nuclear deal with Iran, the Daily Mail reports. On Wednesday, a group of 18 House Democrats warned that the Biden administration's weak negotiating position

Iran says it supplied the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog with documents related to the discovery of uranium particles at former undeclared sites in the country TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Wednesday said it supplied the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog with documents

The United States should capitulate to the Iranian demand to remove the hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from its foreign terrorist organization list, according to a Foreign Policy magazine essay that admits doing so would alienate Middle East

House Republicans are pressing to ensure Congress gets to vote on a new Iran nuclear deal — and expect to get help from Democrats who have also raised serious concerns about rejoining the 2015 agreement. The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said Wednesday he was not “overly optimistic” that the U.S. and Iran can reach a deal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, after weeks of speculation that a breakthrough in talks in Vienna was imminent. The U.S. and its international

During an interview with NBC News aired on Wednesday’s edition of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist organization, but responded to a question on whether

A group of House Democrats have banded together to raise various levels of alarm about the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to revive a nuclear deal with Iran, saying the terms of the reported deal are deeply troubling. Led by Democratic Reps. Josh

Ed Sheeran wins a copyright battle over 'Shape of You' Enlarge this image toggle caption Frank Augstein/AP Frank Augstein/AP LONDON (AP) — Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit "Shape of You" on Wednesday,

British pop star Ed Sheeran won a copyright battle in the U.K. on Wednesday over his 2017 hit “Shape of You.” The win comes following accusations that Mr. Sheeran and co-writers — Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon — duplicated part of

LONDON — Ed Sheeran did not steal from another songwriter when he wrote his 2017 megahit “Shape of You,” according to a highly anticipated court ruling here on Wednesday. Justice Zacaroli, the judge overseeing the case, said “Mr. Sheeran neither deliberately

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran on Wednesday won his copyright trial at London's High Court after a judge ruled that his hit song "Shape of You" did not lift musical phrases from another track. Judge Antony Zacaroli said that Sheeran "neither deliberately

Ed Sheeran performing at the Concert For Ukraine last week. John Phillips/Disasters Emergency Committee via Getty Images A U.K. judge has ruled in Ed Sheeran’s favor in the plagiarism trial over his chart-topping hit “Shape Of You.” The singer and his co-writers

LONDON (AP) — Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit “Shape of You” on Wednesday, then slammed what he described as a “culture” of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a U.K. copyright battle over the 2017 hit “Shape of You LONDON -- Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a U.K. copyright battle over the 2017 hit “Shape of You.’’ The British pop star and his

The political left and the mainstream media are enraged about Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk taking a significant stake in Twitter and are trying to destroy him, conservative radio host Mark Levin said Wednesday. Levin noted that Musk has been a rare member

Subscription newsletter platform Substack has fired an early shot across the bow at Twitter employees — at least those upset about billionaire Elon Musk purchasing a 9.2% stake of the company this week. On Tuesday, Lulu Cheng Meservey, vice president of communications

Despite alleged free speech advocate Elon Musk’s purchase of a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, the company reportedly has no plans to reinstate the accounts of former President Donald Trump and the many other conservatives blacklisted by the censor-happy platform.

Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is, indeed, working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages — although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company's largest shareholder

Subscription newsletter platform Substack poked fun at Twitter employees angry over Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk becoming the largest stakeholder in the social media company this week. Tuesday, Lulu Cheng Meservey, the Vice President of Communications

Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is, indeed, working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages — although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company's largest shareholder

When it comes to influencing the national conversation, driving news coverage and letting people beat up on each other, Twitter punches way above its weight. I used to say Twitter was the new AP, but that’s far too limited a description. The loudest voices

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A wind energy company was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms in eight states, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. NextEra

Most of the birds had been hit by wind turbine blades, according to prosecutors, with some killing multiple eagles. The 150 eagles whose deaths were cited in court documents were just the ones they had known about, officials said, since the carcasses are not

A wind energy company has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms across the U.S. BILLINGS, Mont. -- A wind energy company was

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A wind energy company was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms in eight states, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. NextEra

A wind energy company has pleaded guilty after killing at least 150 eagles Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Szagola/AP Chris Szagola/AP BILLINGS, Mont. — A wind energy company was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines

Golden eagles have not fared as well, with populations considered stable but under pressure from wind farms, collisions with vehicles, illegal shootings and poisoning from lead ammunition. There are an estimated 31,800 golden eagles in the Western U.S., according

The South Carolina state House passed a bill on Tuesday banning transgender athletes from women’s sports, putting it on a path to join several other states that have passed similar measures. “The South Carolina House of Representatives passed the ‘Save Women’s

(CNN) Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have prohibited transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender at public and private schools in the state. In a veto letter signed Wednesday, Beshear

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed Wednesday legislation barring male-born athletes from female scholastic sports, setting up the possibility of an override in the Republican-controlled state legislature. The Democrat Beshear described the bill as discriminatory

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed a bill targeting transgender athletes, saying lawmakers failed to single out any instances where a child in the state gained an unfair advantage due to being transgender. The bill would have required athletes

South Carolina’s Republican-dominated House passed legislation Tuesday banning males from women’s sports despite Democrats’ stall tactics. Democrats attempted to delay the vote by proposing an estimated 1,000 amendments, according to the Associated Press.

Most Indiana voters take a dim view of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s recent decision to veto legislation barring male-born athletes from competing in girls’ sports, according to a new poll. A majority 53.1% of likely Indiana voters disapprove of Mr. Holcomb’s March

A federal judge decided on Wednesday that a former government contractor from New Mexico who claimed that the police let him into the Capitol during last year’s pro-Trump riot was not guilty of four petty offenses, the first acquittal connected to the sprawling

A Washington, DC judge on Wednesday found a man not guilty for his alleged role in the US Capitol riot — the first acquittal tied to the Jan. 6 attacks. Matthew Martin, a former government contractor from New Mexico, told US District Court Judge Trevor McFadden

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into the building during last year’s riot. U.S. District Judge Trevor

A federal defense contractor who had been charged with four misdemeanors for walking into the Capitol on Jan. 6, fought the charges and was acquitted on all counts today by Judge Trevor McFadden. Matthew Martin was charged with: entering and remaining in a

A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into the building during last year’s riot. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden issued

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into the building during last year’s riot. U.S. District Judge Trevor

Gov. Brian Kemp continues to lead former Sen. David Perdue in the Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary race, but if a runoff were to occur, the race would become much tighter, according to a poll released Wednesday. The poll, conducted by Emerson College

Republican Herschel Walker has surged ahead of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the high-profile Georgia U.S. Senate contest, according to a poll released Wednesday. The Emerson College/The Hill poll found Mr. Walker, the frontrunner for the Republican Senate

Georgia GOP senate candidate Herschel Walker narrowly leads incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., 49% to 45%, in an Emerson College/The Hill poll released Wednesday. Warnock, the state's first Black senator and the first Black Democrat senator from the South,

Though it’s not surprising in the least to see the media and Democrats throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Georgia Republican Herschel Walker as he fights for the right to become the GOP nominee to face Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) in the fall election,

ATLANTA - Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia and his top GOP challenger, former Sen. David Perdue, will debate three times ahead of next month’s primary in their high-profile and combustible intra-party face off, their campaigns announced on Wednesday. The

Former Sen. David Perdue said he "absolutely" got a political bump out of his appearance with former President Trump at a rally in Georgia a week and a half ago. Perdue, with Trump’s backing, is primary challenging Gov. Brian Kemp, but trails the incumbent

The letter, released by New York State Attorney General Letitia James' office, was co-signed by the AGs of Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington. CNN — A coalition of six attorneys general, led by New York AG Letitia James, urged the NFL

New York’s Letitia James and five other state attorneys general leaned on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Wednesday, demanding action on allegations of discriminatory practices in the league against women and minorities. The letter comes on the heels of a February

NFL CommissionerRoger Goodell answers questions from reporters, at a press conference after the close of the NFL owner's meeting, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) via Associated Press NEW YORK

The attorneys general from six states sent a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday, warning the league could be subject to a major investigation, if recent claims of workplace harassment toward women and minorities aren't addressed and corrected. Legal

The attorneys general of six states, including New York, have told the N.F.L. they have “grave concerns” about allegations of workplace harassment of women and minorities and warned the league that unless it takes steps to address the problems it could face

The NFL on Wednesday was called on to address allegations of gender-based discrimination in the workplace. New York Attorney General Letitia James and other attorneys general addressed a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to address the "grave concerns"

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who moved into his daughter’s college dorm and charmed her schoolmates with stories about his wisdom was convicted Wednesday of charges that he exploited the close-knit group, using threats and violence to enrich himself with millions

(CNN) The father who lived in his daughter's college dorm room has been convicted of sex trafficking, forced labor, tax evasion and money laundering after less than a day of jury deliberations, the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York announced

A federal jury has found Lawrence Ray guilty of 15 counts related to allegations he moved into his daughter’s dorm at New York’s Sarah Lawrence College and manipulated her friends into a cult-like devotion to get free labor and millions of dollars. The jury

A dad who moved into his daughter's dorm room is convicted of abusing her friends Enlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Attorney's office via AP U.S. Attorney's office via AP NEW YORK — A man who moved into his daughter's college dorm and charmed her schoolmates

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who moved into his daughter’s college dorm and charmed her schoolmates with stories about his wisdom was convicted Wednesday of charges that he exploited the close-knit group, using threats and violence to enrich himself with millions

A man who moved into his daughter’s dorm at Sarah Lawrence College and charmed her schoolmates has been convicted of charges that he exploited the close-knit group of friends for power, cash and sex NEW YORK -- A man who moved into his daughter's college dorm

Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock 'n roll who was a star of radio, television, and the movie musical "Bye Bye Birdie," is dead at 79. Rydell died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia,

Bobby Rydell, a 60s teen idol and 'Bye Bye Birdie' star, dies Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock 'n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical "Bye Bye Birdie," died Tuesday. Rydell

Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday. Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia, according

Singer and teen idol of the early 1960s Bobby Rydell has died at age 79 Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday. Rydell died of complications from

Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” is dead at 79. Rydell died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia,

Changing musical tastes ushered in by the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion defused the hit-making careers of Rydell and his compatriots, and he continued performing and recording music with limited success in the late 1960s and 1970s. But in 1985,

The burgeoning beef between New York and Florida’s political leaders continues to sizzle. Gov. Ron DeSantis ripped Mayor Eric Adams’ billboard campaign to coax Floridians to pack up for Gotham this week — leading Hizzoner’s press secretary to return fire on

This year’s first three months have also seen rises in crimes like burglaries, robberies and grand larcenies compared to the same periods in 2020 and 2021, though experts warn against short-term comparisons, particularly during the statistic-skewing pandemic. New

Ed Reed/Office of the New York City Mayor via AP The Issue: Mayor Adams’ placement of billboards in Florida encouraging residents to move to New York. Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill (“Mayor Adams promotes LGBTQ NY

Voting in New York will become easier for blind and disabled residents following the settlement of a lawsuit against the New York State Board of Elections this week. Under the new terms, the state board has until June 1 to create an electronic voting method

This year’s first three months have also seen rises in crimes like burglaries, robberies and grand larcenies compared to the same periods in 2020 and 2021, though experts warn against short-term comparisons, particularly during the statistic-skewing pandemic. New

The fox that bit Rep. Ami Bera, a reporter, and at least 7 other people in Washington, D.C. Tuesday was euthanized and tested positive for having the rabies virus, Fox News reported. Health experts told Fox News it is vital that a person who is bitten by

WASHINGTON — A fox that bit at least nine people on Capitol Hill, possibly including a congressman, tested positive for rabies on Wednesday, according to city health officials, after she had been euthanized in a grim turn in an episode that had briefly captivated

The wild red fox that attacked a congressman and eight others on the grounds of the US Capitol was euthanized after health officials discovered it was rabid. The animal was “humanely euthanized” after being captured by DC Metro Police on Tuesday afternoon

A female fox captured after biting multiple people on Capitol Hill has been killed. “The fox responsible for 9 confirmed bites on Capitol Hill yesterday was captured and humanely euthanized so that rabies testing may be done,” the D.C. Department of Health

The tail of the wild Capitol fox that bit a congressman, a reporter and at least seven other people in Washington Tuesday has come to an end after city health officials put it down amid cause fur concern it may have had rabies. Health officials in Washington,

Welcome to the golf newsletter, which kicks off during Masters week as Tiger Woods has once again charged back into the spotlight. Anyone who watched Tiger during his earliest years knew he was going to dominate both on the golf course and as the game’s pre-eminent

With the onset of the Masters, golf season has officially arrived! I used to think the Players Championship was the start of the golf season, but I didn’t have time to write a review for that, so now I think the Masters is the start of golf season. I guess

David J. Phillip/AP Tiger Woods reacts after winning the Masters golf tournament in April 2019. It was his 15th major title and his first since 2008. In pictures: Golf icon Tiger Woods David J. Phillip/AP Tiger Woods reacts after winning the Masters golf tournament

Tiger Woods intends to play at the Masters this week, more than a year after suffering devastating leg injuries in a car crash in Los Angeles. Woods made his intentions known Tuesday during a press conference two days before the first round of the Masters

Tiger Woods is back at the Masters following his brutal car accident last year Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Masters; few competitions are as synonymous with a sport as the annual pilgrimage to the

With North Korea set to celebrate its most important holiday next week, the U.S. is concerned that Pyongyang "may be tempted to take another provocative action," including a possible nuclear test. "We, in cooperation and coordination with our allies and partners,

A delegation representing South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Washington on Tuesday. Among the topics of discussion was South Korea’s desire for more American “strategic assets” to be deployed

SEOUL — When Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in the 1990s, experts debated whether the decision would make the country safer or more vulnerable to an invasion from Moscow, its nuclear-armed neighbor. Now, as Russia pounds Ukrainian cities while being accused

Nearly 70% of Americans fear that Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine will lead to nuclear war, a new survey found. Results from an American Psychological Association (APA)/The Harris Poll survey showed that 80% of U.S. adults said the Russia-Ukraine war,

Advisers to South Korea's president-elect sought redeployment of U.S. strategic assets, such as nuclear bombers and submarines, to the Korean peninsula during talks held on a visit to Washington, one of the advisers said on Wednesday. The team of foreign policy

Pope Francis on Wednesday kissed a Ukrainian flag sent to him from Bucha, the Kyiv suburb where mass graves and bodies in the street were discovered after Russian invaders retreated last week. “Yesterday, precisely from Bucha, they brought me this flag,” the

Pope Francis has kissed a battered Ukrainian flag that was brought to him from the Ukrainian city of Bucha and called again for an end to the war VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Wednesday kissed a battered Ukrainian flag that he said was brought to him from

Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned "the massacre of Bucha" and kissed a Ukrainian flag sent from the town where Russian troops withdrew and where dozens of bodies in civilian clothing have been found. The deaths in Bucha, outside Kyiv, have triggered a global

The massacre uncovered at Bucha, a Ukrainian town, appears to have taken the war to a new low – but could the universal horror galvanise the West into further action? Here’s a breakdown explaining how the disturbing discovery could shift the entire conflict

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday kissed a battered Ukrainian flag that he said was brought to him from the “martyred” Ukrainian city of Bucha as he denounced the “massacre” there and called again for an end to the war. Francis held the flag as

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it had charged a Russian oligarch with violating U.S. sanctions and unveiled additional measures intended to counter Russian money laundering and disrupt online criminal networks in an effort to enforce

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has charged a Russian oligarch with violating U.S. government sanctions and has disrupted a cybercrime operation controlled by a Russian military intelligence agency, officials said Wednesday. The actions, announced

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a federal investigation of the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department during a news conference at the Department of Justice on August 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. Russia launched a full-scale invasion

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the unsealing of an indictment against Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev for alleged sanctions violations. Malofeyev had been sanctioned by the U.S. after the Treasury Department identified him as a significant

(CNN) The US Justice Department is charging Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with sanctions violations, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, the first criminal charges against an oligarch since Russia invaded Ukraine. "As the indictment

JERUSALEM (AP) — A lawmaker quit Israel’s ruling coalition on Wednesday after a dispute over religious observance during the Passover holiday, throwing the fragile alliance into disarray without a majority in parliament and raising the prospect of a new round

JERUSALEM — Israel’s fragile government was thrown into crisis on Wednesday after a senior lawmaker quit the coalition, leaving it without a majority in Parliament. Idit Silman, the chairwoman of the governing coalition and effectively its chief whip, said

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suddenly the favorite to mount a comeback after current Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost the majority he needs to hold his coalition together with a key defection on Wednesday. As Breitbart News reported: Israel’s

Idit Silman, a member of Israel's Knesset and chairman of the current governing coalition, resigned her leadership position in the coalition Wednesday, throwing the Jewish state's parliament into chaos and emboldening former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel's

(CNN) Republican-led states around the country have enacted a flurry of new restrictions on abortion, LGBTQ and transgender youth rights, and discussion of critical race theory. Here's a look at some of the legislation that has passed this session, what's

Oklahoma’s Republican-led State Legislature passed a law on Tuesday which would ban abortion in nearly every circumstance and punish physicians who perform abortions with heavy fines, jail time, or both. The Oklahoma House voted 70-14 to pass SB 612, sending

The Oklahoma legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would ban abortions statewide in nearly every case. The Oklahoma House voted 70 to 14 Tuesday to pass the bill, which bans nearly all abortions except in the case of a medical emergency threatening the life

The Oklahoma House passed a near-total abortion ban on Tuesday – the only exception being to save the life of the mother – with overwhelming support in the chamber. The bill, which passed 70-14, now goes to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk. He has said

Anyone who has been paying attention to the Walt Disney Co. in recent years knows that the studio has made no secret about incorporating gay and transgender messaging into its content aimed at children. From Pixar to Marvel to Star Wars, Disney properties

455 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail Last week, reporter Christopher Rufo released footage of top Disney employees vowing to inject their radical LGBTQ agenda into children’s programming. Disney producer Latoya Raveneau told an all-hands meeting

Disney's liberal hypocrisy has been exposed in its opposition to Florida's parental rights law, former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee said in his recent monologue on "Huckabee." "This is so outrageous that it's hard to believe that the Disney Company has

Last week, reporter Christopher Rufo released footage of top Disney employees vowing to inject their radical LGBTQ agenda into children's programming. Disney producer Latoya Raveneau told an all-hands meeting that her team works to push a "not-at-all-secret

A man was killed early Wednesday after he crashed his sedan into the gate of the Russian Embassy in the Romanian capital. The car was carrying containers of flammable substances and burst into flames upon impact. EU COUNCIL HEAD SUGGESTS ASYLUM FOR RUSSIAN

Car crashes into Russia embassy gates in Bucharest Police said a car crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy in the Romanian capital, bursting into flames and killing the driver. The sedan rammed into the gate early Wednesday but did not enter the Bucharest

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – A car carrying containers of flammable substances crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy in the Romanian capital early Wednesday, bursting into flames and killing the driver, police said. The sedan rammed into the gate at about

BUCHAREST, Romania — A car crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy in the Romanian capital early Wednesday, bursting into flames and killing the driver, police said. The sedan rammed into the gate at about 6 a.m. Wednesday but did not enter the Bucharest

A researcher tasked by tech executive Rodney Joffe with mining internet data to create a “narrative” of Trump-Russia collusion expressed doubt about the Hillary Clinton campaign project in an August 2016 email cited by Special Counsel John Durham — writing

Special counsel John Durham says Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann “lied in writing” to the FBI in 2016, when he relayed suspicions about a purported internet connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank. A new filing this

The Democratic cybersecurity lawyer charged by special counsel John Durham with lying to the FBI about working for the Clinton campaign doesn’t want British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s dossier brought up at the trial following indications from the special counsel

The timing of the newly released text message sent by former Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann to the former FBI general counsel is a "critical" part of the case against him, Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Tuesday. Special Counsel John

Two men in Washington, D.C. were charged with posing as federal agents after they gave U.S. Secret Service agents gifts, including iPhones, apartments, and televisions, according to officials. Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36, were arrested on Wednesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady’s security detail. The two men — Arian

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady’s security detail. The two men – Arian Taherzadeh,

Two men were arrested in Washington DC Wednesday for pretending to be federal operatives who gifted Secret Service agents with lavish handouts in an effort to gain access to them. Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36 posed as members of a fake Department

(CNN) Sean Penn appeared on both Fox News and MSNBC Tuesday night to advocate in support of Ukraine. In February, the actor was in Ukraine shooting a documentary for Vice about the Russian invasion of the country. He has since traveled between Ukraine and

Actor and filmmaker Sean Penn joined "Hannity" Tuesday for an exclusive interview, after having spent time in Ukraine filming a documentary with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and military forces. Penn said he was in Ukraine in November, 2021 - months before

Actor Sean Penn told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he didn’t trust him on Tuesday, sparking an awkward dialogue about, well, trust. (Watch below at the 7:30 mark.) The surreal conversation between the political opposites began with the primary reason for

Actor Sean Penn said Tuesday on FNC’s “Hannity” that there were “a lot of reasons” he did not trust the host Sean Hannity at the beginning of their interview. Hannity said, “Thanks for coming in. I appreciate it. I made a phone call to you. I read you were

The theory of immaculate disinflation remains intact. You’ll recall that “immaculate disinflation” is the phrase coined by Harvard economist Gabriel Chodorow-Reich to describe the Fed’s persistent belief that it can bring down inflation painlessly. The Federal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take a more aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months - actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks

Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take a more aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy. In

Federal Reserve officials agreed to shrink the central bank’s balance sheet by a maximum of $95 billion each month, minutes from the March meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee revealed on Wednesday. Fed officials in March hiked the target for overnight

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before receiving a second COVID-19 booster vaccination in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2022. President

Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) pushed back against additional COVID-19 relief funding unless additional spending is set aside to help the COVID issue at the border. Blunt called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “politically

(CNN) Covid-19 has become a chronic condition for tens of millions of people -- and an expensive one, as well. Long Covid -- a condition marked by lingering symptoms that can involve multiple bodily systems -- has cost a cumulative $386 billion in lost wages,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting the pandemic’s lasting shadow, President Joe Biden has ordered a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and debilitating condition. Biden

(CNN) The Los Angeles Lakers missed out on a place in the NBA playoffs this year after suffering a seventh consecutive defeat on Tuesday. Once again missing star LeBron James through injury, the Lakers fell to a 121-110 loss to the Phoenix Suns. It's just

The L.A. Lakers will miss the playoffs for the second year in a row after “King James” and his team fell to the Phoenix Suns. On Tuesday, the Lakers lost to the Suns 121-110, with LeBron riding the bench due to an ankle injury. The last time the Lakers won

The Los Angeles Lakers’ last glimmer of hope for this season is gone. With LeBron James watching from the bench, the Lakers lost to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night, ending their chances of making the playoffs. A win by the San Antonio Spurs over the Denver

The Los Angeles Lakers were denied a chance to play in the postseason Tuesday night with a loss to the Phoenix Suns. Two years removed from winning the NBA championship in the bubble, the superstar-laden Lakers squad will not have any chance to compete for

Kourtney Kardashian shared 10 photos from her impromptu Las Vegas wedding to Travis Barker on Instagram. Kardashian's photos captured the moment the two said "I Do" at the One Love Wedding Chapel on Sunday night, just hours after Barker performed at the

It seems that Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s Las Vegas wedding was about as authentic as most Kardashian posts on IG the Elvis Presley impersonator who married them. Reports circulated Tuesday that the reality star and Blink-182 drummer — who got

Shanna Moakler is sending her ex Travis Barker well-wishes following news of his last-minute wedding to Kourtney Kardashian over the weekend. Hours after the owner of the One Love Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas confirmed the pair tied the knot after the Grammy

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. CNN — Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married. Well, not exactly. Kardashian shared a series of snapshots of herself and Barker taken at a Las Vegas wedding chapel, following

A suspected tornado killed one person in Georgia, and strong winds were blamed for the other death in Texas. Parts of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee will be at greatest risk of severe weather Wednesday. More severe weather is expected on Thursday, forecasters

Residents of southern states worked Wednesday to clean up the damage left from more severe weather that left thousands without power and killed at least two people. Outage tracker PowerOutage.US reported more than 9,800 customers without power in Texas and

A tornado watch was in effect for portions of Alabama and the panhandle of Florida, along with most of southern Georgia. Over 55,000 homes and businesses were without power from eastern Texas to southern Mississippi. It's been a deadly start to the severe

At least two people were killed in severe storms that triggered strong winds and spawned numerous tornadoes across a large swath of the South on Tuesday, The first fatality linked to the storm system occurred in the early morning hours in Whitehouse, Texas

Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now,

Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) via Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) —

OMAHA, Neb. — Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can

Zoos hiding birds inside as avian flu spreads Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. (April 6)

(CNN) Russian President Vladimir Putin has not necessarily given up on trying to capture the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, even as Russia has shifted its focus in recent days to southern and eastern Ukraine, according to US and Western officials. Over the

Russia‘s push to capture Kyiv has failed and all of its troops have retreated from the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, marking a crushing defeat for the Kremlin and dealing a major blow to the country’s perceived status

NATO on Wednesday said it is bracing for a "major offensive" by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine just one week after Moscow said it would withdraw forces from around the capital. "We see that Russia is moving forces out of the north to re-enforce them,

All Russian troops have withdrawn from Kyiv and the surrounding area, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, capping a stunning defeat for the Russian military as it abandons its goal of capturing the Ukrainian capital and overthrowing Ukrainian President Volodymyr

After more than 30 years of searching, investigators have linked the Interstate 65 killings of three female motel clerks and the sexual assault of a fourth clerk to an Iowa man who died in 2013, the Indiana State Police announced Tuesday. State Police Sgt.

Indiana State Police, along with the FBI, announced Tuesday that a suspect has been identified through "investigative genealogy" in the more than 30-year-old cold case dubbed the I-65, or Days Inn murders, involving the brutal slayings of three women working

Indiana state police announced Tuesday that they used DNA evidence to link a dead suspect to a series of motel clerk slayings and attacks across two states between 1987 and 1990. Harry Edward Greenwell was named as the “I-65 killer” who murdered three women

Two workers shot Tuesday at Fraenkische industrial plant in Anderson County, South Carolina, by former employee who killed themselves, police said. CNN — Two people were injured in a workplace shooting in South Carolina Tuesday night before the suspect died

At least three people have been shot at an industrial plant in South Carolina Tuesday evening, officials said. Emergency services and multiple police deputies arrived at the scene of the FRÄNKISCHE facility around 11 p.m., following dispatch calls of an

A suspect shot and injured two workers at a South Carolina industrial plant before turning the gun on themselves on Tuesday night, a report said. The chaos unfolded at the Fraenkische plant in Anderson County at about 10:35 p.m. while about 30 employees were

(CNN) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that transgender women should not compete in female sports in comments he said he knew could be seen as "controversial." "I don't think that biological males should be competing in female sporting events. And

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said transgender women should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports, BBC News reports. "I don't think biological males should be competing in female sporting events. Maybe that's a controversial thing to say,

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson voiced support Wednesday for setting biological parameters on gender-segregated sports, as well as ensuring women-only spaces in bathrooms, changing rooms, prisons and more. Johnson received criticism from

Former Trump administration appointee Connie Conway has advanced to a June runoff in a California special election to fill a U.S. House seat left vacant after Republican Rep. Devin Nunes resigned to lead former President Donald Trump’s media company. The race

(CNN) Republican Connie Conway is leading the field in early returns in the race to replace former GOP Rep. Devin Nunes, but so far she is well below the majority she would need to win outright in this first round and avoid a June runoff. Conway is the best-known

Former state GOP legislative leader Connie Conway was leading in early returns Tuesday night in a special election to replace Rep. Devin Nunes, who resigned in January to head former President Trump’s fledgling social media company. Two Democrats were vying

Kim Kardashian is opening up like she never has before. The billionaire and mother of four was featured on an ABC special Wednesday evening in a true Hollywood-style expose into the roller-coaster life she lived as a confidant to Paris Hilton before finally

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson appear to have taken a big step in their relationship. New video footage shows the "Saturday Night Live" star spending time with North West, Kanye West and Kardashian's oldest child. This is the first time Davidson has been

Fans are seeing a whole new side of Pete Davidson since he began dating Kim Kardashian . In mid-March, the SKIMS mogul sent her followers into a frenzy when she made her romance with Davidson Instagram official, sharing two personal photos with the "Saturday

Delivering justice — collecting the evidence, securing an indictment, holding a fair trial — is hard, time-consuming and expensive. As such, few instances of war crimes lead to punishment. Though the I.C.C. can initiate prosecution on any act of genocide, crime

The House passed legislation Wednesday to probe claims of war crimes that Russia has committed in Ukraine. The bill, which passed on a 418-7 vote, would direct President Biden to report to Congress on government efforts “to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence

World leaders have vowed to hold President Vladimir V. Putin responsible for war crimes as evidence mounts that Russian forces killed civilians in Ukraine. The Kremlin has denied the allegations and says that recent images from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, which

31 countries plan a big release of emergency oil to ease gasoline prices at the pump Enlarge this image Johannes Eisele /AFP via Getty Images Johannes Eisele /AFP via Getty Images The International Energy Agency's 31 member nations plan to release 120 million

Allies of the United States are preparing to release 60 million barrels of oil in efforts to curb gas prices, The Wall Street Journal reported. The 31 nations in the International Energy Agency (IEA) — which include the U.S., Australia, most of Europe, Japan,

Blog Post White House announcements come and go, as new ones rise to the surface and as the news cycle moves on. Old news is, well, old, and how often is it as a matter of actual practice that the journalists look back to examine the degree to which confident

A transit police officer and two women were shot Wednesday in Philadelphia and the suspected gunman was dead following a standoff with authorities, police said. An officer with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) was shot near

Authorities say a gunman is dead and a police officer is seriously wounded after a shooting in suburban Minneapolis ROSEVILLE, Minn. -- A gunman has died and a police officer was seriously wounded after a shooting in suburban Minneapolis, authorities said

A Minnesota police officer was seriously wounded and a suspect has died after a shooting in suburban Minneapolis on Tuesday evening, authorities said. Officers responded to a call of shots fired around 7:30 p.m. in Roseville, located about 8 miles northeast

Russian far-right politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, known for provocative stunts and anti-Western tirades that kept him in the public eye for more than three decades, has died after a long and serious illness, the speaker of parliament said on Wednesday. Zhirinovsky,

A senior Russian lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to citizens' aggrievement and wounded pride has died at age 75 MOSCOW -- Russian nationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric

Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky, an ultranationalist firebrand politician who was a pillar of the Kremlin’s political system, has died. He was 75. The chairman of Russia’s lower house of Parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, told lawmakers on Wednesday that Mr. Zhirinovsky

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will deliver a major speech at the Reagan Library Wednesday night where she will urge Republicans to listen more, talk less and stop petty grievances. "My advice to the Republican Party is to get over yourself," Noem says in

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at restricting Critical Race Theory in the state’s K-12 public schools. Noem signed Executive Order 2022-02 which bans the teaching of “inherently divisive concepts.” The order

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday signed an executive order she said was aimed at banning the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 state schools. The order tasks the state Department of Education with checking educational materials for "divisive

(CNN) Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Gibbs said on Wednesday that he will not seek reelection and will instead retire as he expressed frustration with redistricting in his state. In a statement, Gibbs referenced what he described as "the circus redistricting has

Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, has announced that he is retiring at the end of his current term, the second Republican member of Congress to do so in two days. In a statement issued Wednesday, Gibbs said he is "confident in the future of our nation," while criticizing

Representative Bob Gibbs of Ohio announced on Wednesday that he would not seek re-election, just as early voting got underway in the state. Ohio’s redistricting process had forced Mr. Gibbs, who has served in Congress since 2011, into a Republican primary against

Rudy Gobert had 22 points and 21 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz clinched a playoff berth with a 121-115 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. Jordan Clarkson also finished with 22 points for Utah. Donovan Mitchell added 20 points, eight

Pascal Siakam had 31 points and 13 rebounds, Scottie Barnes added 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors clinched a playoff berth by beating the Atlanta Hawks 118-108 on Tuesday night. Chris Boucher scored 18 points, Gary Trent Jr. had 14, Fred

Kyrie Irving scored 42 points and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Houston Rockets 118-105 on Tuesday night to improve their position in the race for play-in seeding. Irving had 17 points in the fourth quarter. Kevin Durant added 18 points, Bruce Brown had 15

NEW YORK (AP) — Media critic Eric Boehlert, who created the Press Run website and wrote for Rolling Stone and Media Matters for America, was killed in a bicycle accident. He was 57. An avid bike rider, Boehlert was struck by a commuter train while riding near

Left-wing writer Eric Boehlert, 57, a former Media Matters pundit who clashed frequently with Breitbart News founder Andrew Breitbart, was killed tragically Monday in New Jersey when he was struck by a train while riding his bicycle. NorthJersey.com reported: A

Eric Boehlert, a veteran journalist who was a fierce critic of right-wing misinformation and hypocrisy in the news media, died on Monday in New Jersey. He was 57. Mr. Boehlert was struck by a New Jersey Transit train while riding his bicycle near the Watchung

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Senate Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) argued against voting on an amendment to the coronavirus spending bill on Title 42 by stating doing so would delay passage of the spending bill that he hopes “would

Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ latest attempt to move forward with $10 billion in new COVID-19-related spending Tuesday, insisting on the inclusion of an amendment that would keep the Title 42 health policy in place at the southern border. All 50 Republicans

Say goodbye to Kanye West. Advertisement On Wednesday, the organizers of this year’s event, which is scheduled for the weekends of April 15-17 and April 22-24, announced the last-minute change on the festival’s Instagram page. The Yeezy fashion icon was

Nine days before the return of Coachella, the festival has confirmed reports that Kanye West has dropped out as one of the event’s three headliners, and has been replaced by Swedish House Mafia with the Weeknd. No explanation was officially given about the

A Utah woman on a private boating trip at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona has died after a fall, becoming the fourth person to die within the park this year, officials said Tuesday. Margaret Osswald, 34, of Salt Lake City, suffered fatal injuries when

A woman from Utah died while hiking in the Grand Canyon Monday. Officials from the National Parks Service were called about an emergency situation with an unresponsive woman near the Ledges Camp along the Colorado River Monday night. After receiving the call,

The Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) group said Tuesday it had gotten 115 fetuses from a Washington, D.C., clinic's medical waste. The group asked the driver of the medical waste company if they could take one of the biohazard boxes being loaded into

An anti-abortion group claims it took 115 fetuses from a medical waste truck Enlarge this image toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP An anti-abortion group that is facing previous federal charges said it took 115 fetuses from a medical

Shanghai’s government announced on Wednesday limited “exceptions” to a policy separating children from their parents during Chinese coronavirus quarantines mandated by the state. “Guardians of children with special needs who are infected with Covid-19 [Chinese

Following a public uproar, Shanghai is allowing at least some parents to stay with children infected with COVID-19, making an exception to a policy of isolating anyone who tests positive. The announcement came as China’s largest city remained in lockdown

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The jurors who will determine whether Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz must spend the rest of his life in prison or face the death penalty will soon walk around the building where he killed 17 people four years ago, a judge ruled Tuesday Broward

A prospective juror for the sentencing of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz asked the judge to dismiss her from duty earlier this week, claiming she didn’t have enough time to fulfill her civic duty because she’s both married and has "a sugar daddy." The

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas while he waits to speak at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021. Washington CNN — Fifty-two percent of Americans say Supreme Court Justice

Progressive advocacy groups launched a new ad Wednesday attacking Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over his wife’s attendance of the pro-Trump rally on Jan. 6, 2021, calling for him to resign or be impeached. MoveOn.org, Demand Justice and Working Families

Tesla's Elon Musk on Wednesday topped the Forbes' World Billionaires List for the first time. Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos came in second. There are 2,668 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes' most recent annual compilation. Collectively, they are

The number of billionaires has fallen (but they're worth a collective $12.7 trillion) Enlarge this image toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Pool/Getty Images There are 2,668 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes' most recent annual tally of planet

Carrie Lam, Hong Kong chief executive, announced she would not seek reelection on Monday. John Lee, who oversaw the implementation of the National Security Law, is preparing to run for Lam’s position, having announced his resignation and intent to run for

HONG KONG — John Lee rose through the ranks of Hong Kong’s security services, earning a reputation as a hard-liner by crushing the city’s 2019 protest movement and curbing dissent as the city’s No. 2 official. Now, he is widely expected to be Beijing’s choice

A talk show host claims she was fired from a Washington radio station because she deigned to make light of an outfit worn by Vice President Kamala Harris during last month's State of the Union address. As reported by The Daily Mail, Amber Athey also works

Conservative radio host Amber Athey said the woke mob is "never satisfied" Tuesday on "Tucker Carlson Tonight," after she was fired from her job for a joke about Vice President Kamala Harris. Athey said she was fired for a tweet about Harris' outfit at the

10 SHARES 715 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail At work, white people are being told to check their privilege at the door. But a court ruling on Friday indicates there’s still hope for fair treatment in the corporate world, even if you’re not a

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com. At work, white people are being told to check their privilege at the door. But a court ruling on Friday indicates there's still hope for fair treatment

Liberal pundit Jon Stewart decried the American Dream as a "fallacy" for anyone who isn’t White, during his most recent "The Problem With Jon Stewart," talk show on Apple TV+. The former "Daily Show" has used his new streaming show to lecture about far-left

Comedian and former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart is facing increasing scrutiny following multiple instances of displaying "super-woke" views in conversations about race on his Apple TV+ show "The Problem with Jon Stewart." Critics honed in on two March

While many Americans are trying to move on with their lives after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials are debating the best way to use vaccines to stay ahead of the coronavirus. A panel of U.S. vaccine experts was meeting Wednesday to

WASHINGTON (AP) — While many Americans are trying to move on with their lives after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials are debating the best way to use vaccines to stay ahead of the coronavirus. A panel of U.S. vaccine experts was meeting

After nearly six years on the run, an Iowa man who slipped out of an ankle monitor and faked his own death has been arrested 1,700 miles from his grandmother’s home, where he had been awaiting trial on child sexual abuse imagery charges, the authorities said. The

A survivalist who allegedly faked his own death and fled his home state of Iowa to try to avoid child pornography charges about six years ago was captured by U.S. Marshals in eastern Washington this week. Jacob Greer, 28, will be returned to Iowa to face

The White House confirmed Wednesday that illegal immigrants are being provided with electronic devices, notably cell phones, in an effort for the Biden administration to "track" and "check in" with them as they await immigration court proceedings. Asked

The White House on Wednesday defended the idea of giving smartphones to illegal border crossers, to help them stay in touch with ICE officials. White House press secretary Jen Psaki appeared indignant after Fox News reporter Peter Doocy questioned her about

The Arizona Supreme Court rejected a bid from the state Republican Party to end early voting, dealing a blow to its latest efforts to tighten election security in the emerging battleground state . Chief Justice Robert Brutinel struck down the proposal on Tuesday,

The Arizona Supreme Court declined Tuesday to consider a request by the Arizona Republican Party to eliminate the early voting system used by 90% of the state's voters and require nearly all voters to cast ballots in person on Election Day. The court ruled

A 12-year-old Texas student ended up with third-degree burns in a science class experiment gone wrong that ended with the reacher’s resignation, says the school district. “A [Granbury Middle School] teacher has resigned and is no longer an employee of the

A Texas middle school teacher was fired Tuesday for using a high-pitched noise that one student described as “torture” as punishment, media reports said. The teacher, who worked at Leland Edge Middle School in Nevada, Texas, played a “dog whistle” sound during

Just days after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said Lebron James has done things that are "beneath him" and that he should "be embarrassed by" other things he’s done, Abdul-Jabbar issued an apology and clarified his earlier comments about the Lakers’ star. Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has apologized for saying that LeBron James should be “embarrassed” over some of his actions on and off the court. On Tuesday, Abdul-Jabbar spoke to reporters before bestowing the NBA Social Justice Award bearing his name on Lakers forward

A Ukrainian zoo will put down thousands of its animals after volunteers were forced to flee Russian shelling. The Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv says its largest animals – including bears and lions – are set to be destroyed as there’s no way of getting them to

A zoo in Kharkiv, Ukraine, is scrambling to evacuate the remainder of its animals after its infrastructure was severely damaged by Russian shelling. Feldman Ecopark “is no more,” founder Alexander Feldman said in a statement on Tuesday after the zoo was “subjected

Former President Donald Trump ripped into Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, saying the federal government and states should ban private financing of election operations, thus making it illegal to pour millions of dollars into election offices. In

PALM BEACH, Florida — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that states and the federal government should ban private financing of election operations, and make it illegal for people like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to funnel hundreds

For decades, Blaise Compaoré, the president of Burkina Faso, preferred to avoid the subject of Thomas Sankara, his predecessor and one-time friend who was brutally killed in 1987 by soldiers who gunned him down outside his office. On Wednesday, a military

A military tribunal in Burkina Faso convicted in absentia a former president, Blaise Compaoré, and sentenced him on Wednesday to life imprisonment for his role in the assassination of his predecessor in 1987. Mr. Compaoré, who lives in exile in Ivory Coast

The United States, United Kingdom and Australia announced Tuesday they will work together via the recently created security alliance known as AUKUS to develop hypersonic missiles. The move comes amid growing concern by the U.S. and allies about China’s growing

Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. say they will develop hypersonic missiles Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP WASHINGTON — The United States, United Kingdom and Australia announced Tuesday they will work together via the recently

(CNN) Voters in Milwaukee have elected Cavalier Johnson as the city's next mayor, CNN projects. Johnson, a Democrat who currently serves as the city's acting mayor, is the first African American elected to the post. "This city, for the first time in our 176-year

The Wisconsin Democratic Party put $100,000 into Johnson’s campaign while Donovan got $1,250 from the Republican Party of Milwaukee County and $2,500 from a political action committee for Rebecca Kleefisch, the former Republican lieutenant governor who is running

A statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse stand near the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on Jan. 9, 2019. John Raoux via Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mickey Mouse will soon be able to hug again. For

Mickey Mouse will soon be able to hug again. For nearly two years, costumed characters at U.S. Disney parks have kept their distance from visitors because of the pandemic. They haven’t been able to give hugs, sign autographs or interact up close with fans. That

The highest elected office in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, has flipped red for the first time. On Tuesday night, Republican state Rep. Samantha Kerkman was elected Kenosha County executive, defeating Democrat Rebecca Matoska-Mentink by a margin of approximately

The county of Kenosha, Wisconsin, elected a Republican executive on Tuesday after decades of electing Democrats. “Samantha Kerkman defeated Rebecca Matoska-Mentink in Tuesday’s Spring Election to become the next Kenosha County executive,” announced Kenosha

A sheriff’s official says an Indiana couple missing for about a week has been found in a remote mountain area of southern Nevada, but the husband was dead and the wife was taken to a hospital RENO, Nev. -- An Indiana couple missing for about a week has been

An elderly Indiana man who went missing 10 days ago in the Nevada desert has been found dead and his wife is recovering in the hospital after their RV got stuck in the mud, relatives said. Ronnie Barker, 72, and his 69-year-old wife, Beverly, were found by

One attorney for the family of a teenager who died after falling off of the Orlando FreeFall on March 24 is calling the incident "the worst tragedy captured on video that I've ever seen" other than the death of George Floyd. Tyre Sampson died after falling

The family’s legal team on Tuesday visited the site of the tragedy, where they were allowed to inspect the FreeFall ride alongside other safety experts. They spent hours analyzing the operating equipment, combing through operations and maintenance manuals,

Athletes from Russia and Belarus previously accepted to compete in this year's Boston Marathon who are currently residing in either country will no longer be allowed to participate, the Boston Marathon Association announced Wednesday. The exclusion from

Athletes from Russia and Belarus have been banned from competing in the Boston Marathon, which takes place later this month. The Boston Athletic Association declared the ban in a press release on Wednesday, citing the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the assistance

CNN — The leader of the West Virginia chapter of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty on Wednesday to illegally entering the US Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021. Jeffrey Finley, 29, faces up to one year in prison. The plea could be a significant step in one of

Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. Though he wasn’t at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, prosecutors say Tarrio

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday said images of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha are “deeply disturbing” but that no blame should be apportioned until all facts are known. Emerging evidence of what appeared to be widespread civilian massacres

China says the reports and images of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha are “deeply disturbing" but that no one should be blamed until all facts are know BEIJING -- China on Wednesday said images of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha

An 83-year-old Catholic nun from New Orleans working as a missionary in Burkina Faso has been abducted, according to the Archdiocese of New Orleans. A group of "unidentified armed men" kidnaped Sr. Suellen Tennyson of the Marianites of Holy Cross congregation

An American nun was abducted from a parish in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, where she has been stationed as a missionary since 2014, according to the archdiocese of New Orleans. The 83-year-old Sister Suellen Tennyson was abducted overnight on Monday and taken to an

New York (CNN Business) Russia is in imminent danger of default after the United States cut off the country's ability to pay its debt using frozen dollars sitting in American banks. Western countries sanctioned about half of Russia's foreign reserves — roughly

NEW YORK (AP) — Russia said Wednesday that it made a debt payment in rubles this week, a move that may not be accepted by Russia’s foreign debtholders and could put the country on a path to an historic default. The Ministry of Finance said in a statement that

Surveillance video captured the moment a would-be thief smashed the window of a truck in New Orleans, only to set off a flash-bang rigged by a fed-up motorist who was tired of burglars breaking into his vehicle. Watch Below: Wild video: NOPD urges residents

A man in the New Orleans area, where truck break-ins have surged exponentially in the last year, took matters into his own hands by installing a flash bang inside the vehicle to punish criminals. He had a chance to see his creation at work Friday night,

Leading economists and financial institutions said they are not confident in the Federal Reserve Bank’s ability to tame inflation without bringing the economy into a recession. Deutsche Bank warned Tuesday that the Fed’s interest rate hike could cause a “mild”

One of the world’s largest investment banks is warning that the Federal Reserve System’s efforts to lower inflation will likely trigger a recession throughout the U.S. in 2023. Deutsche Bank released a report Wednesday forecasting that the Federal Reserve’s

A Portland State University student shot dead near campus was a talented musician and activist who was “one of the good people,” one of her devastated professors said. Amara Marluke, a 19-year-old aspiring singer, music producer and rising student leader,

A 19-year-old Portland State University student was gunned down near the campus early Monday – and a former football player at the school has been charged in her murder, reports said. Amara Marluke, a singer who was studying music at the university, was fatally

LUBMIN, Germany — Past a nudist beach and a sleepy marina, a gigantic mesh of metallic pipes rises from the pine forest behind the tiny village of Lubmin on Germany’s Baltic coast. If few people have heard of Lubmin, from Berlin to Washington almost everyone

LUBMIN, Germany — Past a nudist beach and a sleepy marina, a gigantic mesh of metallic pipes rises from the pine forest behind the tiny village of Lubmin on Germany’s Baltic coast. If few people have heard of Lubmin, from Berlin to Washington almost everyone

Ukrainian government and military officials in the southern port city of Mariupol say Russian forces have brought in mobile crematoriums to erase evidence of war crimes that are "much, much worse" than the reported atrocities in the liberated northern areas

The Mariupol City Council on Wednesday accused Russian forces of relying on a mobile crematorium to cover up their alleged war crimes in the southeast port city of Ukraine. Mariupol, which has been partially occupied for weeks, has been the target of one

Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley denied rumors Wednesday that top golfer Phil Mickelson was disinvited from this year’s Masters tournament. Many have speculated that the 51-year-old, three-time Masters winner was blocked from playing this year because

Phil Mickelson will not be competing in the 2022 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, part of an extended leave following controversial comments he made in recent months. But the three-time Masters champion is not skipping the tournament this week because

Opening day for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox was delayed on Wednesday. Inclement weather in the northeast pushed the teams’ first game of the season to Friday afternoon at 1:05 ET, the organization announced. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE

The New York metro area will see cool temperatures and rainy weather for the rest of the week, including for MLB Opening Day. Wednesday and Thursday will bring rain throughout the day, with highs in the low 50s. The Yankees will open at home in the Bronx

Dramatic audio captured the tense moments the pilots of an Air France flight from New York to Paris struggled to main control of the plane while approaching the airport. The Boeing 777 was cleared to land on Runway 26L at Charles de Gaulle Airport on Monday

The pilots of Air France Flight 11 successfully landed their New York-to-Paris flight after a technical failure resulted in a scare in the cockpit and forced the crew to take emergency action, a spokesperson said. After the Boeing 777 descended to 1,200

Rep. Nancy Mace says her impressive fundraising haul the past three months is a "testament to me just getting out there and working hard like I always have." The first-term Republican representative in South Carolina’s swingy First Congressional District

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot this year, but he might as well be. The vast majority of Republicans seem to be running to be as pro-Trump as they can, with just a few — like Rep. Liz Cheney in Wyoming — standing

Wild body camera footage caught the moment a Florida sheriff’s deputy tased a woman – who had allegedly ingested four grams of methamphetamine earlier in the day – inside a Walmart after authorities say she threatened customers with a brick and knife. The

Shocking video shows the moment a Florida deputy tased an allegedly meth-addled woman who threatened customers and staff with a knife inside a Walmart. Marion County Deputy Christopher Witte is heard in the bodycam video ordering the woman multiple times to

If confirmed by the Senate, President Biden's nominee to be the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard would be the first woman to hold the position and the first woman to lead a U.S. military service branch. The nominee, Adm. Linda Fagan, currently serves as

(CNN) President Joe Biden has nominated Adm. Linda Fagan to serve as the next commandant of the US Coast Guard. If confirmed, Fagan would be the first woman to lead a US armed service and to lead the Coast Guard. Fagan currently serves as the No 2. in the

First United Church of Oak Park has been “fasting from whiteness” during the season of Lent by abstaining from all music associated with white people. In a post on its website, the congregation said it will replace “music or liturgy written or composed by

A church in suburban Chicago said it is “fasting from whiteness” during Lent, the 40-day period preceding Easter – by abstaining from performing hymns composed or written by white musicians. First United Church of Oak Park announced on its website that it

J.D. Vance, a New York Times best-selling author, is tied for first place in the Ohio GOP Senate primary race, a new poll shows. The Protect Ohio Values PAC poll, released on Wednesday, finds that Vance has gained four points since February — running at 18

FIRST ON FOX – In a new campaign ad, Ohio GOP Senate candidate Mike Gibbons accuses primary opponent and former state Treasurer Josh Mandel of being soft on China, circling back to the issue at the root of a combustible feud between the two. "He's been exposed.

Kelsey Grammer, the versatile stage and voice actor who starred on television for two decades as Dr. Frasier Crane, will host an upcoming Fox Nation series on historic U.S. battles. “Kelsey Grammer’s Historic Battles for America,” which debuts May 1, will

Award-winning actor, producer and director Kelsey Grammer will be at the helm of a new American History series on Fox Nation debuting on May 1. In his hosting duties for "Kelsey Grammer’s Historic Battles for America," the well-known "Cheers" and "Frasier"

The motion, submitted by Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Hilda Solis, called for the suspension of travel to those two states “for the conduct of county business, that is what we pay for, with taxpayer money” — unless it’s determined that “failure to authorize

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (BOS) on Tuesday approved a motion suspending official travel to Florida and Texas over the southern states' legislation regarding parental rights and transgender minors. Critics have depicted recent orders from