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Flagpoles on a New York highway were restored after hundreds of veterans and other community residents complained about their removal prior to a statewide American Legion conference. The three flags originally flew along I-490 near Rochester, New York. Workers removed them July 13 because of “rigging and lighting issues,” according to a News10 NBC report. Veterans and…
A left-leaning advocacy group that plans to spend millions opposing Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court has obscured funding sources through an opaque organizational structure. Conservative advocacy groups dramatically outpaced liberal efforts on judicial confirmations in recent years, dominating the fundraising and communications space around Supreme Court nominations. But some Democratic operatives have formed…
Following up on the economic growth spurred by their first tax reform package, President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to see another round. “We are going to start a meeting on tax reduction, and we are going to be putting in a bill,” Trump said Tuesday in the Cabinet Room of the White House,…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “it should have been obvious” what he meant during a press conference in Helsinki, asserting he believes the conclusion of U.S. intelligence officials that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. But the president again stressed that his campaign didn’t collude with Russians. During his joint press conference Monday with…
Conservative lawmakers say President Donald Trump’s strong actions, rather than his ill-chosen words, should speak to his foreign policy strategy for Russia. “All of the comments this president has made, the press harps on that one comment, and like my other colleagues have said, it’s what he’s done,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said Tuesday of…
Noncitizens can vote in San Francisco’s Board of Education elections after the city’s Department of Elections ruled Monday to do away with citizenship requirements. Noncitizens seeking to vote in San Francisco’s Board of Education elections must be at least 18 years old and residents of the city, CBS SF Bay Area reported Monday. They must also…
Canada’s Hudson Bay Co. has pulled Ivanka Trump’s fashion line from its website and says it plans to slowly phase out its sale of her clothing, shoes, and other merchandise from its stores. Hudson Bay, which owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord and Taylor in the U.S., is Canada’s largest department store chain, and abruptly…
After an open letter from Yale Law School students and faculty condemned the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, supporters of Kavanaugh from Yale Law published a letter Thursday praising President Donald Trump’s decision. “We write as students, alumni, and faculty proud of our alma mater,” the letter reads. “We join Yale Law…
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is worried his party is alienating moderate voters by moving too far to the left. “If we as a Democratic Party are going to move from a minority at every level that is dedicated to resistance, to a majority that is capable of governing, we have got to move from grievance…
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Monday to allow special counsel Robert Mueller’s team to come to Russia to observe questioning of 12 Russian intelligence officials Mueller indicted for allegedly interfering in the election—with a condition. “I think that the United States has been foolish. I think that we’ve all been foolish. We should have had…
The overhaul of the tax code by congressional Republicans didn’t produce just crumbs for the business of a popular cookie maker based in Florida. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has meant hiring, raises, investment in new equipment, and expanded operations, he says. “It has had a direct impact on us,” Joseph Semprevivo, founder, CEO,…
Ireland is considering letting transgender persons receive hormone therapy without undergoing any kind of psychiatric evaluation by a medical professional, as is currently required under Irish law. Ireland’s Minister for Health Simon Harris will meet with transgender activists in August and September to determine if it might be appropriate to abandon the current regulations around…
Former female colleagues and employees of federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh are defending him against an attack by a liberal feminist group calling for an investigation of whether he knew about the bad behavior of a former boss. In the early 1990s, Kavanaugh—now President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Anthony…
President Donald Trump, at a joint news conference Friday with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Britain, previewed his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Hours later in Washington, the Justice Department announced the indictment of 12 Russians on charges of attempting to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But Deputy Attorney General…
Left-wing financier George Soros figures prominently in a campaign by progressives to repeal the Trump tax cuts, according to a review of the campaign’s allied organizations and their tax records by The Daily Signal. The campaign, called “Not One Penny,” first came together almost a year ago with what The Washington Post reported was “a…
Several interns working on Capitol Hill are accusing an Uber driver of denying them service Tuesday because some happened to be wearing the well known “Make America Great Again” hats. “I’m a black male in America that supports and voted for Donald Trump,” 20-year-old intern Matthew Handy of Kentucky told Fox News. “We’re supposed to be a…
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday deleted a video clip from Twitter and YouTube that falsely informed viewers that a proposed Federal Communications Commission rule would force them to pay hundreds of dollars to complain to the FCC. “The FCC is considering a plan that would require U.S. citizens to pay $225 to make a…
Marine veteran and double amputee Johnny Joey Jones ripped comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen on “Fox & Friends” Friday for disguising himself as a military veteran to dupe former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. “How degrading can you be to the men and women that served this country?” Jones said. Jones said he had…
The government has spent nearly $3 million studying people who drink and become aggressive at nightclubs since 2014, and found, among other things, that heavy drinking is linked to aggressive behavior. The National Institutes of Health has provided $2,897,322 to the Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation for a series of studies on “group-based intervention for alcohol,…
A recent study discovered that conservatives are overall happier and find a greater purpose in life than liberals, according to PsyPost. Researchers found that people who identified as conservatives were happier, more satisfied, and have a greater purpose in life, according to a study published by Social Psychological and Personality Science on June 15. Study author David…