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Thu, 03/23/2023 - 15:46Washington
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 20, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – The White House said Wednesday that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to install more than 100 miles of razor wire on federal land in the Rio Grande Canal as a way to…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 15:06Washington
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Photo by CHENEY ORR/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – The White House on Wednesday criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his decision to ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for grades 4 to 12 unless part of reproductive health education that students can opt out of or if required by existing state standards.
“It’s wrong. It’s…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 14:39National
Transgender female swimmer Lea Thomas. (Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) -- Lawmakers in Wyoming passed a bill to prohibit transexual "women" (biological males) from competing in female sports in the state's public schools, making Wyoming the 19th state to enact such legislation.
Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, allowed the bill to become law without his signature on March 17. In a decision…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 13:20
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
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“We’ve gained a lot of different problems” since Pres. Joe Biden took office, and his weak leadership has even made the world less safe, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says.
Democrats’ excessive government spending leads to inflation, which drives up interest rates, imperiling banks, McCarthy explained Wednesday in an…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 12:58Washington
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(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Diana DeGette (D.-Colo.) told TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, when he testified in the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday, that TikTok has to provide better information on terminating a pregnancy.
“I want to ask you what TikTok can do to make sure to monitor this content,” DeGette told Chew. “And I want to give you some examples of some of the…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 10:55Washington
People hold rainbow flags as they take part in the Gay Pride parade in Entebbe on August 8, 2015. (Photo by ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – The White House on Wednesday expressed “grave concerns” with a bill passed by the Ugandan Parliament that criminalizes homosexuality, calling it “one of the most extreme anti-LGBTQI+ laws in the world.”
As CNSNews.com previously…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 10:45National
Stanford Law School. (Screenshot)
(CNSNews.com) -- When federal Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan attempted to speak at a Federalist Society-sponsored event at Stanford Law School on Mar. 9, he was ambushed, mocked, and smeared by "woke" law school students and even the associate dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Some of the radical law students insulted him, yelling "You're scum!" and "We…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 10:45
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If Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg goes through with his plan to charge former President Donald Trump with a felony, it will apparently be the first time Bragg has elevated a misdemeanor charge to a felony, Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity noted Wednesday.
“If Trump is charged, it would be the first – and the only – case that Bragg has ramped up from a misdemeanor to a…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 10:14Washington
Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping toast each other following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Photo by PAVEL BYRKIN/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - As she often does, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to answer a question at Wednesday's press briefing, this one about Chinese President Xi telling Russian…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:42
A House committee has found that there was “no legitimate basis” for the Biden administration to use Justice Department resources to target supposed “threats” to school boards across the country.
“From the initial set of material produced in response to the subpoenas, it is apparent that the Biden administration misused federal law-enforcement and counterterrorism resources for political…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:35
In Part I of this series, I documented the dramatic decline in living standards ever since socialists took power in Venezuela.
In Part II, I compared Venezuela’s decline to the other Latin American nations, particularly the success story of Chile.
Initially, I planned on this being a two-part series. After all, what else needs to be said when a nation does so poorly that even other socialists…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:25
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WASHINGTON -- In the course of my life-long study of political science and related perfidies, I have noted that many political leaders of high achievement have an extraordinary aptitude for ambiguity, not to say dishonesty. The best example of this is President Franklin Roosevelt. He was not only a master of ambiguity, but he was also a sempiternal liar. Yet let us…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:15
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Every president wields a certain level of power. Irrespective of their party affiliation, their background, their training or their political ideologies, these elite individuals will always have bestowed upon them a unique ability -- and even understanding -- that with the office comes a level of power they can use to advance a good greater than themselves.
I'm not…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:11
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has more important things to do than trying to prosecute his political enemies, like former President Donald Trump, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told Bragg on Wednesday.
“If you lose most of your misdemeanor cases in court, maybe you should focus on fixing that instead of trying to indict a political opponent,” Jordan advised…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 07:38Washington
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks in Mexico City on March 18, 2023. (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador "continues to take arbitrary and punitive actions against U.S. businesses operating in Mexico," Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) told Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday at a hearing of a Senate…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 05:25Washington
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) sits on the Foreign Relations Committee and is a firm critic of gain-of-function research, which he believes may have sparked the global COVID pandemic. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - While some Americans complain about China's lack of transparency on the origins of COVID, the same criticism can be applied to the U.S. lack of…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 04:27International
A bank employee counts yuan banknotes in China’s Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – During their talks at the Kremlin this week, President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart that Russia supports using China’s yuan as a settlement currency for transactions between Russia and third countries, the latest move in a decade-long campaign by Moscow and Beijing to…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 04:15International
U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Paktika province in 2003. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – As Congress considers repealing a pair of Iraq war authorizations, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted down an attempt by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to abolish another authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) – the one put in place to respond to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 19:38Washington
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre looks on during the daily briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - The White House is warning that a proposal by the House Freedom Caucus will be a “five-alarm fire for hard-working Americans.”
The proposal would cut current…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 19:03Washington
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - NSC spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday that Russia’s decision to give awards of courage to two Russian pilots responsible for downing a U…