Sophie Cunningham’s culture-war controversy is helping to make the WNBA must-watch TV. The post The WNBA Is Cashing In on Politics appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture The WNBA Is Cashing In on Politics Sophie Cunningham’s culture-war controversy is helping to make the WNBA must-watch TV. (Soobum Im/Getty Images) It’s been a big few weeks for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Sophie Cunningham, a tall, pretty blonde bench player for the Indiana Fever, has been at the center of what has become a series of attention-grabbing moments for a league that often struggles to earn them. Cunningham has found herself squarely in a culture-war dustup over well-trodden material: the conversation over transgenders and whether they should be included in women’s…Open
An ill-advised party alliance follows other blunders. The post Is Nigel Farage Losing His Political Touch? appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Is Nigel Farage Losing His Political Touch? An ill-advised party alliance follows other blunders. UK Special Coverage Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images Nigel Farage, leader of the hard-right Reform Party, has for many years been the bête noire of the British left, largely because of his support for Brexit and his opposition to mass immigration. He is routinely called a racist, a bigot, and a reactionary fantasist who would take Britain back to the Dark Ages. Milkshakes and other objects have been hurled at him by “antifascist” demonstrators. (One comedian famously said on the BBC she…Open
Earlier this year ICE arrested 600 immigrants over a two week period. Most migrants had no criminal records and, since then, West Virginia has decided to not hold ICE detainees in their jails. A look at West Virginia post Operation Country Roads.
Earlier this year ICE arrested 600 immigrants over a two week period. Most migrants had no criminal records and, since then, West Virginia has decided to not hold ICE detainees in their jails. A look at West Virginia post Operation Country Roads.Open
A 37-year-old Spokane man is facing formal arson charges after allegedly confessing to starting dozens of wildfires over a year-long period, culminating in a massive 3,200-acre blaze that has destroyed hundreds of structures so far.
DOGE's website reports $215 billion in total savings across all categories, including asset sales, workforce reductions and regulatory changes. That figure has not changed since Jan. 1. It is a fraction of the $2 trillion Elon Musk initially suggested.
The Small Business Administration leads all other executive agencies in uncovered fraud at $122.9 billion, and $22.6 billion recovered since January 2025.
Judge Todd Edelman of the Superior Court in Washington approved the Justice Department's request to drop the vandalism charge against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn in a two-page order.
The same credentials, charity record, plagiarism and life story that Cambridge, Simon & Schuster -- and years of fawning press coverage -- were all accepted without checking. It all fell apart the moment one outside academic actually looked into it. The institutions' first instinct was to defend the man and attack the people asking questions, caling them conservative “activists” and racists.