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Teamsters president says AOC should ‘focus on her job’ in response to no endorsement
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien rebuked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) over her criticism for the Teamsters not endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, arguing she has her own problems to deal with. Ocasio-Cortez claimed that the Teamsters and O’Brien would call on the Democratic Party for help when they needed help “at the negotiating table.” O’Brien, however, argued […]
Lincoln, JFK assassination ‘relics’ head to auction
Relics linked to America’s most famous political assassinations are heading to auction next weekend, including “previously unknown and unseen” film footage of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy draped over her husband’s body as it sped away from his slaying at Dallas’s Dealey Plaza. The 8 mm film offered at Boston’s RR Auction on Saturday, Sept. […]
The costs of illegal immigration are sinking cities
Democrats like to avoid the topic of illegal immigration, flooding the debate with rosy ideals of “sanctuary” and acceptance. Their hope is that everyone loses sight of the real human costs that come with a massive surge in illegal immigration. The illegal immigration conversation has recently turned to Springfield, Ohio, a city of 59,000 people. […]
Hezbollah leader says pager attacks crossed red lines: ‘An act of war’
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel of “an act of war” after two days of deadly attacks linked to the group’s electronic hand-devices “The enemy transgressed all boundaries and redlines,” Nasrallah said in a widely anticipated speech Thursday evening local time about the attacks, which he described as “a major assault on Lebanon, its security […]
Hillary Clinton will not feel jealous if Harris wins White House: ‘Not anymore’
Former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed she would not be jealous at all of Vice President Kamala Harris should she win the 2024 election. Clinton made her comment on ABC’s The View, during which they discussed her run for president against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Co-host Sunny Hostin asked if […]
WATCH LIVE: White House press secretary holds press conference
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is holding a press conference at 2 p.m. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The conference is on the visit of United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the White House.
Senate taps brakes on rail safety bill ahead of Sherrod Brown election
Senators are all but certain to leave town next week without passing Sen. Sherrod Brown‘s (D-OH) signature rail safety bill, denying him a legislative victory before he faces Ohio voters on Nov. 5. For a brief moment, it seemed as if the bill, crafted in the wake of the East Palestine trail derailment last year, […]
Kamala Harris AI video creator sues California over Newsom deepfake law
The creator of a viral July post on X that used artificial intelligence to mock Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is suing to block a California law regulating political AI and deepfakes. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed AB 2839 into law in an attempt to keep AI-aided political disinformation out of the election. The law […]
Senate passes $3 billion VA spending patch, addressing urgent budget shortfall
The Senate passed an emergency bill Thursday to address a nearly $3 billion shortfall that the Department of Veterans Affairs is facing, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk. The bill, passed by voice vote, would allocate about $2.9 billion in additional funding for the VA. About $2.3 billion would go directly to the Veterans […]
WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks at Economic Club of Washington, DC
President Joe Biden will address the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., at 1:15 p.m. ET on the progress made in fighting inflation. Biden’s remarks come a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a point, signaling the Fed’s battle with inflation is nearing an end. The new federal funds rate is 4.75% […]
Sheriff posts two more videos identifying teenage suspects in school threats
A sheriff in Florida who released the mug shot and a “perp walk” video earlier this week of an 11-year-old accused of threatening to shoot up a school released two new videos of teenagers he says made similar threats. Sheriff Mike Chitwood of Volusia County released the two videos Wednesday night, the second in a […]
Now paging: Hezbollah terrorists
Israeli intelligence launched covert attacks this week against the terrorist organization Hezbollah, utilizing technological components to detonate hidden explosives in electronic communication devices being used by unsuspecting members of the group throughout Lebanon and Syria. On Tuesday, it was exploding pagers. On Wednesday, it was walkie-talkies. It was a brilliant and substantial blow to the […]
Daily on Energy: Solar could benefit from Fed rate cut, AI weather forecasting startup gets funding, and EPA retaliated against staff
SOLAR BOOM? As the Federal Reserve implemented a rate cut by more than half-percentage point on Wednesday, solar experts are now predicting the renewable energy industry will see a big boost. The details: The larger-than-expected rate cut will help lower the price for costly solar panel installation projects, which cost an average of around $30,000. […]
Biden says Fed rate cut is important but ‘doesn’t mean our work is done’
President Joe Biden said the Federal Reserve‘s rate cut is “important” but only the first step during a speech before the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. “It doesn’t mean our work is done,” Biden said. “Far from it.” The Fed cut interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday, the first time it had […]
There is no common ground with COVID-19 tyrants
Former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins wrote a piece this week for the Atlantic titled, “Why didn’t facing a common enemy bring us together?” The article is worth reading, but the real answer to the question posed by Collins is simple: Politicians and bureaucrats and their enablers in the press saw an opportunity to wield power […]
Secret Service sued for records on Trump assassination attempt
A legal group aligned with Donald Trump sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service on Thursday, arguing the agencies were not honoring records requests related to the July assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania. America First Legal, a nonprofit organization founded by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, said it […]
What to know about the looming port strikes
Dockworkers have threatened to strike on Oct. 1 in major ports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico, which could complicate trade and lead to a disruption in the flow of goods in North America. The International Longshoremen’s Association union has threatened to strike if it does not reach a new labor agreement by […]
Women’s sports group pushes Nevada to adopt ‘protected female category’ in school athletics
EXCLUSIVE — A top women’s sports advocacy group is pushing a Nevada county school district to adopt measures that would block transgender female athletes from participating in women’s sports by creating a category specifically for biological females. In a letter sent to the Washoe County schools, the Independent Council on Women’s Sports urged administrators to […]
Mortgage rates dip to lowest level since early 2023 after Fed rate cut
Mortgage rates declined to their lowest level since February 2023 after the Federal Reserve instituted a significant interest rate cut. In the past week, the standard 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.09%, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday, compared to 6.35% the week of Sept. 5 and a peak of 7.76% in November […]
Judge allows Hunter Biden to delay sentencing in gun case
A federal judge agreed to let Hunter Biden delay sentencing Thursday in his first criminal case by three weeks, rescheduling the hearing for Dec. 4. Biden was scheduled to face sentencing for a three-count felony conviction for illegally possessing a firearm while addicted to crack cocaine, but his attorney requested to delay the previous Nov. […]
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