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Maryland National Guard Says It’s In Dire Financial Straits After Congress Has Yet To Reimburse Funds Used To Protect The Capitol
Andrew Kerr
The Maryland National Guard may be forced to stop paying its troops and cease maintaining its equipment in the coming days if Congres [...]
Thune: Demonizing And Defunding Police Has Consequences
By Sen. John Thune
American communities are less safe today than they were a year ago. Crime rates have surged since “defund the police” became a [...]
Amid Vaxxing Debate, A Defense Of The Skeptics
A few days ago a tweet was making the rounds showing that Mississippi and Alabama had the lowest rates of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the nation.
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Pentagon Contractor Paid To Tackle ‘Extremism’, Claims Searching For ‘The Truth About’ BLM Implies White Supremacist Behavior
Kendall Tietz
The Pentagon is working with a contractor to reportedly look into web searches such as “George Floyd deserved to die,” “Jews will no [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis Says What’s Happening At Texas Border Is “Appalling”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited the southern Texas border over the weekend and wasn't impressed by what he saw.
"What I saw happening at our [...]
Biden Taps Critic Of Big Tech Jonathan Kanter To Head DOJ Antitrust Division
Ailan Evans
President Joe Biden announced his intent Tuesday to nominate Jonathan Kanter, an antitrust lawyer and advocate, to head antitrust [...]
‘I Won’t Be Eating Anymore Cherry Garcia For Awhile’ De Blasio Calls Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott A ‘Mistake’
Jennie Taer
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling products in parts of Israel “a mistake.”The ice [...]
‘War On Small Business’ Top Advocacy Groups Rip Democrats’ Proposal To Strip Tax Deduction
Thomas Catenacci
Leading small business advocacy groups condemned Senate Democrats’ proposal to eliminate a key tax deduction as part of a tax ref [...]
Video Shows Woman Lighting Orthodox Church On Fire Days Before It Burned To The Ground
Mary Margaret Olohan
Video footage shows a woman attempting to light a Canadian church on fire days before the church burned to the ground.Se [...]
Olympian Who Ran Away And Didn’t Want To Go Back To His Own Country, Found In Japan
Harry Wilmerding
A Ugandan athlete who went missing Friday was found by Japanese police on Tuesday, officials said.
Julius Ssekitoleko, 20, [...]