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A political appointee will become the No. 2 lawyer at the Environmental Protection Agency, in a change announced Thursday aimed at ensuring that someone committed to President Donald Trump’s agenda is in charge. This change puts the EPA in line with several other federal departments and agencies. The move comes as news reports indicate parts…
An FBI inquiry into a California woman’s allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would be highly unusual, but wouldn’t necessarily delay a Senate vote on confirmation, legal experts said. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor of clinical psychology at Palo Alto University in California, alleges that Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her when the two…
Democrats are floating the idea of reinstating budgetary earmarks as a way to build support for funding the government on time, but some of their Republican counterparts are skeptical. “I don’t know who’s going to be in the majority next year,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said on C-SPAN’s…
After the Senate passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 on a near-unanimous vote of 99-1 on Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., described the measure as “a big additional step to help combat this nationwide epidemic.” The Senate has just passed the landmark Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. This legislation…
Mississippi state police won’t be able to purchase any Nike apparel or products after an announcement from the commissioner of public safety. “As commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, I will not support vendors who do not support law enforcement and our military,” Commissioner Marshall Fisher said in a statement, USA Today reported Sunday….
This article has been corrected to remove Lisa Molina Heaps’ quote”absolutely fishy,” as referring to the allegation. Heaps was referring to timing, not the allegation itself. A friend who graduated high school the same year as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says she could not picture him in the situation described by the woman who accuses…
Teenage use of electronic cigarettes has reached “an epidemic proportion,” the Food and Drug Administration says, and makers of the devices have less than two months to show comprehensive plans to reduce teen vaping, or face sweeping fines and regulations. The FDA’s order Sept. 12 is part of the government’s largest-ever coordinated compliance effort targeting…
Democrats, including at least one former aide to Hillary Clinton, express outrage that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak Friday at the Values Voter Summit, a 12-year-old annual event focused on traditional family values. But Politico, in a story about the flap published Tuesday, ignores speeches Clinton gave to politically charged groups while she was…
A federal judge has struck down a law banning handgun ads at gun shops as “unconstitutional on its face” and “highly paternalistic.” California officials had argued that they intended the ban to prevent advertisements from prompting state residents with “impulsive personality traits” to buy more guns, and thereby reduce the risk of “handgun suicide and…
The late-breaking allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in some ways mirrors the explosive claims preceding Justice Clarence Thomas’ confirmation in 1991, legal experts say. At the same time, the two matters are strikingly different. “Democrats are hoping to return to a time of leveling attacks at the nominee, not for discussion of their…
Top spokesmen for the American Bar Association, the leading lawyers group, cited Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s character and integrity in the organization’s decision to give him the top rating of well qualified. The ABA’s high rating for Kavanaugh came days before the surfacing of an allegation by a California woman, Christine Blasey Ford, that…
KYIV, Ukraine—For the past four and a half years, Ukraine’s military has prioritized rebuilding land warfare units to meet the immediate needs of the ongoing war in the country’s embattled, eastern Donbas region. This year, however, Ukraine has stepped up efforts to rebuild its air force and navy, too. This emphasis reflects a national security…
A peer and friend who knew Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a high school student is vouching for his character amid accusations from a woman that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teens. “I certainly have some strong feelings about the timing of this, but that is not going to do anybody any…
Chris Stirewalt is the politics editor for Fox News Channel and author of the new book "Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists." He also writes the daily Fox News Halftime Report and co-hosts a popular podcast with Dana Perino, “Perino and Stirewalt: I'll Tell You What." An edited transcript is…
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh issued his second absolute denial of an accusation of sexual misconduct while he was in high school, and said he is willing to take questions from senators on the allegation. “This is a completely false allegation. I have never done anything like what the accuser describes—to her or to anyone,”…
Michael Ramirez, editorial cartoonist for The Daily Signal, adds a presidential honor this week to his two Pulitzer Prizes and other awards. Ramirez is one of three winners of the Advancing American Democracy Award presented by the Indianapolis-based Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, which is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the 23rd president, who served…
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lamented the Supreme Court confirmation process for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, saying last week she wishes she could “wave a magic wand” and have the process “go back to the way it was.” Speaking at the George Washington University Law School on Sept. 12, Ginsburg called the hearings a “highly…
The White House is advocating that a woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault should “be heard.” “This woman should not be insulted and she should not be ignored,” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told Fox News on Monday. Christine Blasey Ford, now a research psychologist in Northern California, has accused Kavanaugh…
Use of terms such as “safe space” and “white privilege” is increasingly common on college campuses, but when the University of Maryland at College Park announced creation of a weekly “safe space for white students” called White Awake, the negative response quickly prompted the school to change the name. Campus Reform reported the renaming Friday,…
The founder of the movement that showcases stories of why people are walking away from leftist ideology and the Democratic Party is bringing a march and rally to Washington next month to send a message he hopes the mainstream media won’t be able to ignore. It’s a milestone for what he calls the #WalkAway Campaign….