An odd silence has surrounded a delay to fill several open seats on the board of the Smithsonian, even as a fierce battle to control the institution ensues.
Roger Worthington is helping to lead a $50 billion lawsuit against oil producers. This week he’ll face powerful critics in Congress.
The Times reported that Israel had planned to reinstall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader after the war.
The president now wants Gulf nations to invest in the U.S. in exchange for safe passage. Shipping industry experts worry other nations will follow that lead.
ROCKFORD, IL — Local man Curt Jennings said he was carefully holding off on forming any opinions about a new movie until political commentators informed him whether it is woke or epically based.
‘My security detail sent me home with a bulletproof vest
Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett recounted the threats against her life after the leak of the Dobbs decision during a Tuesday hearing. The Supreme CourtOpen
‘governor that’s in their corner’
A leading Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate claimed hospitals are “cowardly” to not provide sex changes to minors with public funds. Socialist State Assemblywoman Francesca Hong reiterated her support for sex change drugs and surgeries for minors during a “Community Conversations” livestream hosted with Brix Cider on Sunday, Breitbart News reported . She vowed to immediately veto any legislation she considered an attack on the “trans community.” “This attack on our trans kids, especially, you know, to see what’s happening with health care — gender-affirming care that is health care — coming down from our hospitals. It’s cowardly what’s happening, and it’s important that elected officials and folks with…Open
New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday morning putting a ban on the state’s construction of any new large data centers. The order, which will block construction on these centers for up to one year, makes New York the first state to impose a data center moratorium. Hochul claims the pause is to give lawmakers time to create framework to protect the environment, —Open
‘It is clear this was a targeted attack’
Officials in the United Kingdom said on July 14 that former British politician Ann Widdecombe was murdered in a “targeted attack” last week. Counterterror police also said authorities continued to investigate the incident into the former member of Parliament’s death, the Associated Press (AP) reported . The 78-year-old former Conservative Party cabinet minister and Reform UK spokeswoman was found dead in her Devon home on July 9 with a bloody head wound. Officials suspect she was attacked and killed the day prior. “It is clear that this was a targeted attack,” National Counter Terrorism Policing head Laurence Taylor told the press, according to the AP. “We are still working to understand the extent of any planning or…Open
‘Everyone is welcome’
Self-proclaimed “governor for all” Democrat Iowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand held a town hall where his staffer turned away a Republican trying to enter. A video taken at a town hall that appears to have occurred last week shows one of Sand’s staffers turning away a videographer because she worked for Adam Steen, a former Republican candidate for governor. In the video, the staffer—who also appears in a Sand campaign ad—tells the videographer that it is their policy not to allow anyone who works for opposing candidates into the town hall. Notably, Sand has tried to position himself as a political moderate, running on a platform centered around his signature slogan “better and truer, not redder or bluer,” and presenting…Open