By Savannah Pointer A powerful storm that has developed in the Rockies could bring snow to more than 20 states. Through midweek, the storm will bring a number of weather threats to the central and southern United States. According to AccuWeather analysts, the sizable system that intensified as it moved across the Rocky Mountains will leave a […]
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Here Are the GOP Lawmakers to Serve on COVID-19 Pandemic, Weaponization of Government Panels
By Mimi Nguyen Ly House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released a list of Republican lawmakers who will serve on two select subcommittees to investigate the coronavirus pandemic, and the weaponization of the federal government. McCarthy on Tuesday announced two lists of the GOP lawmakers’ names. “The government has a responsibility to serve the American people, not go after them. Unfortunately, throughout Democrats’ […]
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Trump Defends Pence After Discovery of Classified Documents at Indiana Home
By Frank Fang Former President Donald Trump defended former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday, after classified documents were found at Pence’s home in Indiana. “Mike Pence is an innocent man. He never did anything knowingly dishonest in his life. Leave him alone!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Jan. 24. Pence’s lawyer, Greg Jacob, told the National Archives […]
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Gasoline Prices Surge as Consumer Demand Rises in January
By Bryan Jung Rising U.S. consumer demand, combined with a rise in the price of crude oil, has led to an increase in gas prices at the pump. The national average price for a regular gallon of gas was at $3.46 on Jan. 24, according to data from the American Automobile Association (AAA). The auto association attributed much of the […]
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House Democrats Propose Eliminating Debt Ceiling; Yellen Shoots Down $1 Trillion Coin
By Andrew Moran Dozens of House Democrats believe it is time to eliminate the debt ceiling and instead allow unlimited borrowing so the government can spend whatever it needs. The federal government is entrenched in another battle over the debt ceiling after Washington hit its borrowing limit of about $31.4 trillion last week. As a […]
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Trump Calls Out DOJ’s Alleged ‘White Glove Treatment’ of Biden Over Classified Documents
By Samantha Flom Former President Donald Trump criticized what he described as “two standards of justice” in the United States on Jan. 19 pointing to the Justice Department’s disparate treatment of his handling of classified information and President Joe Biden’s. “We have two standards of justice in this country, one for people like you and me, and one […]
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House Oversight Launches Probe Into Border Crisis Under Biden Administration
By Mimi Nguyen Ly The Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Jan. 19 is investigating the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis amid record numbers of illegal aliens entering the United States from Mexico and continued fentanyl smuggling into the country. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the committee, issued a letter (pdf) to Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of the Department […]
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Hotel America Needs to End
By Betsy McCaughey Commentary My sister-in-law, a nurse on Cape Cod, wants to visit New York City and is struggling to find an affordable hotel. If she were a Venezuelan migrant who had just arrived in the Big Apple on a bus from the southern border, she’d have a shot at a room at the […]
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Biden Says Americans Would ‘Need Some F-15s’ to Fight Government
By Katabella Roberts President Joe Biden said on Monday that AR-15 rifles wouldn’t help Americans in an armed conflict with the federal government. Biden made the comments during the National Action Network’s (NAN) annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast in Washington, where he vowed to ban what he called “assault weapons,” referring to semiautomatic sporting rifles in the style of […]
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Wyoming Lawmakers Propose Bill to Phase Out EVs by 2035
By Bill Pan A group of six Republican lawmakers in Wyoming are proposing to phase out the sale of new electric vehicles in the state by 2035 to protect its oil and gas industries and preserve critical resources. In their bill, introduced to the state legislature on Friday, the Republicans said that oil and gas production has “long […]
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Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar Back on Committee Assignments After Being Stripped of Them in Previous Congress
By Mimi Nguyen Ly Two Republican House lawmakers landed committee assignments after having been stripped of them in the previous Democrat-controlled Congress on separate occasions in 2021. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) had both been stripped of their committee seats in 2021 over social media posts they had made. Their reinstatement to various committees […]
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Saudi Arabia Considers Global Trade in Non-Dollar Currencies
By Andrew Moran Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, is considering trading in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, a kingdom official revealed. Mohammed Al-Jadaan, a Saudi minister of finance, told Bloomberg TV in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday that officials are open to potentially utilizing other currencies as the energy juggernaut bolsters relations with its […]
