Policy and Politics

Greg Abbott signs bill banning vaccine passports for businesses

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law preventing businesses from mandating "vaccine passports."

America Last: U.S. Government Admits Prioritizing Illegal Aliens

The nation’s Department of Homeland Security will put the dignity of foreign migrants “foremost in our efforts,” agency chief Alejandro Mayor

Plaintiff says up to 20,000 'probably false ballots' cast in Georgia's Fulton County

The lead plaintiff in a case in which a judge approved an inspection of copies of mail-in ballots cast in the 2020 election in Georgia's Fult

Kamala Harris to Potential Migrants: ‘Do Not Come’

During a joint press conference with Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei, Vice President Kamala Harris had message for Central Americans

Supreme Court shuts down challenge to male-only draft registration

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case claiming that the federal government's male-only draft registration requirement discrimin

Facebook Will Maintain Trump Ban for at Least Two Years

Facebook announced Friday it would uphold its ban against former president Donald Trump — imposed shortly after the January 6 Capitol riot —

NY Taxpayers Foot Gov. Cuomo’s $2.5 Million Legal Defense Tab

It’s a legal nightmare for Gov. Andrew Cuomo – but not for his wallet.

Churches Shake Down California For $2 Million Over COVID-19 Shutdowns

California will reportedly pay $2 million in legal fees after two major cases challenged church shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and wo

Biden administration squeezing suburbs out of existence with zoning laws

A house with a white picket fence and a big backyard might have been a staple of the American dream once upon a time, but if the Biden admini

Emails show Fauci made urgent inquiry about gain-of-function research as pandemic began

U.S. infectious disease chief Anthony Fauci made an urgent inquiry about controversial gain-of-function research in February 2020 as the coro

The Texas Voting Lie

In Austin, Texas, where Republicans control the governor’s mansion and both chambers of the legislature, House Democrats’ walking out to prev

Supreme Court shuts down attempt to treat asylum-seekers' testimony as credible

The Supreme Court on Tuesday shut down an attempt to treat the testimony of asylum-seekers as credible, siding with the federal government ag

'I Learned the Ugly Truth': Minnesota BLM Founder Calls it Quits

In a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, the founding member of a Black Lives Matter organization in Minnesota announced he was quitting the g

Republican senators block legislation on creating Jan. 6 commission

Senate Republicans on Friday blocked Democrats' effort to create the independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. 

Alejandro Mayorkas: U.S. Taking ‘a Very Close Look’ at Vaccine Passports for International Travel

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the United States is taking a “very close look” at the idea of requiring vaccine passport

Biden’s ATF Director Refuses To Say If Hunter Biden Should Be Prosecuted For Illegal Gun Purchase

David Chipman, Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, refused to say during a Senate Judiciary

Inflation Nation: First Quarter Consumer Spending and Prices Hiked

U.S. prices jumped higher as consumers spent more on goods, housing, and imports in the first quarter compared with earlier estimates, data f

Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion

Amazon announced Wednesday that the company has reached a deal to buy MGM Holdings for $8.45 billion.

How media shifted on COVID lab leak theory after months of dismissing it

A hypothesis about the origins of COVID-19 has, in the space of a few weeks, gone from a seemingly debunked conspiracy theory to a plausible

Portland Rioters Smash Windows, Set Fires on Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death

Portland police declared a riot on Tuesday night amid a demonstration marking the anniversary of the death of George Floyd.