Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) was not the Grinch who stole President Joe Biden's Build Back Better legislation, says Hugh Hewitt in The Washington Post. Instead, he says, it was the Congressional Budget Office, which cast a skeptical eye on the Democrats accounting. Assists go to the consumer price index...
Biden Approval Rating at Historic Low in NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll
President Biden’s approval rating is at a historic low in a new poll, which coincides with a national surge in COVID-19 cases, rising consumer prices and struggles to advance his legislative agenda on Capitol Hill. The new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that Biden’s approval rating has sunk to 41 percent, a historic low for...
It’s Official: Texas Border Wall Construction Begins
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that construction of a state-owned border wall has begun in the Rio Grande Valley. “Texas has officially started building its own border wall,” Abbott tweeted. “Anyone attempting to enter Texas illegally by crossing these fences will be arrested for criminal trespassing,” said...
Senate Confirms Biden’s 40th Judge, Tying a Reagan-Era Record
The Senate confirmed President Biden’s 40th federal judicial nominee early on Saturday morning, the most judges confirmed in a president’s first year in the last 40 years. In a pre-dawn mad dash before leaving Washington for the holidays, lawmakers confirmed 10 district court judges, bringing the year-end total to 40 and...
Two Former CIA Directors Call on Biden to Threaten Iran Militarily
A hawkish gaggle of former U.S. national security officials, lawmakers, and diplomats has launched a public campaign to pressure the Biden administration into militarily threatening Iran. A statement from the group, headlined by former CIA chiefs Leon Panetta and retired Gen. David Petraeus as well as former Obama-era senior Pentagon...
The Most Conservative And Most Liberal Cities In America
America's most conservative cities are skewed toward being more liberal than one might expect, according to an analysis by The Economist. The analysis also shows that the most conservative cities are not as conservative as the most liberal cities are liberal. Read more from Forbes
Outgoing NIH Director Implores Fox News Viewers to Stay Focused on the Real ‘Enemy’
On his last day as director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins' frustration was evident. "I get upset because people point to anecdotes of somebody who got sick even though they had been vaccinated and say, 'There, you see, it doesn't work,' " Collins told Fox News Sunday guest host...
Google Memo Lays out Plan to Fire Employees Who Don’t Comply With Vaccine Mandate: Report
Unvaccinated employees at Google may soon have to use the search engine to find job openings. Leadership at the California tech behemoth circulated a memo that reportedly showed the steps that the company will take if an employee fails to get vaccinated in accordance with the company's rules, leading up to the individual's...
Young Americans Are Souring on Joe Biden
Without the threat of Donald Trump, the President Joe Biden's policies are coming under increasing scrutiny, polling suggests. According to an analysis of polling conducted with YouGov, an online survey firm, an average of 29% of American adults under the age of 30 approve of the job Biden is doing as...
Marginalized by Her Party, Cheney Takes Center Stage in Jan. 6 Inquiry
Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the onetime Republican leader ousted from her post and pushed to the sidelines by her own party for bluntly condemning former President Donald J. Trump’s false election claims, has re-emerged as a force on Capitol Hill — this time as one of the most active and...