Month: November 2019

Investigation findings expected soon; Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz and Rep. Andy Biggs weigh in. #Hannity #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company
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David Daleiden speaks at a news conference outside a court in Houston, Texas, in 2016. (Ruthy Munoz/Reuters) A San Fransisco district court on Friday found pro-life activists guilty in a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood after the activists surreptitiously filmed executives of the abortion group discussing the sale of fetal body parts. A ten person
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Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer speaks during the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 debate in Westerville, Ohio, October 15, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters ) Today’s Morning Jolt examines some of Michael Bloomberg’s appalling past comments and treatment of women employees in his workplaces, the sorts of things that were considered obnoxious, crass, and unacceptable long
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Deval Patrick, Democratic presidential candidate; Piotr I. Tchaikovsky, immortal composer (Brian Snyder / Reuters; Library of Congress) That’s kind of an odd pairing up there, right? Deval Patrick and Piotr I. Tchaikovsky? I’d better explain. I’ve done a podcast — a Q&A — with Alexandra DeSanctis, my colleague here at National Review. We cover the
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Warren is now the frontrunner among 2020 Democrats. Tucker Carlson sounds off. #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX News
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A Google logo is seen at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., November 1, 2018. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) Google manually tinkers with search results at the behest of outside influences, contrary to the mammoth company’s public statements that its algorithms operate free of any editorial input from its employees, according to a Wall Street
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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards speaks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 28, 2016. (Jonathan Bachman/Reuters) In mid October, Louisiana’s Democratic governor John Bel Edwards faced off in an open primary against two Republican candidates: U.S. congressman Ralph Abraham, who represents Louisiana’s fifth district, and businessman Eddie Rispone. Edwards pulled in 46.6 percent, while Rispone
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks in New York City, N.Y., U.S., September 24, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is being probed by federal authorities for allegations of campaign finance violations and failure to register as a foreign agent in his dealings with Ukraine, according to a report Friday.
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Louisville Metro Police block Highway 22 after the road collapsed in Louisville, Kentucky April 3, 2015. (John Sommers II /Reuters) Democratic 2020 candidate Joe Biden rolled out a $1.3 trillion plan to tackle infrastructure on Thursday, promising to pay for “every cent” of the proposal by increasing taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The former vice
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(File photo: Patrick Semansky/Pool/via Reuters) In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court will consider whether to grant a petition for certiorari filed by the Becket Fund in Morrissey-Berru v. Our Lady of Guadalupe, which concerns the proper scope of the “ministerial exception.” We filed an amicus brief supporting the petition on behalf of a group
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THE SQUEAK DESK IS FIXED. The topic of liberal nonsense in entertainment is one that we will obviously be revisiting. This episode deals specifically with two current streaming original hits: The Kominsky Method on Netflix and Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime Video. Both shows had very entertaining and promising first seasons. Both also decided to alienate every conservative viewer
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Mark Zaid tweeted calls for President Trump’s impeachment in 2017. #TheFive #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX News Edge. A
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Rep. Alcee Hastings speaks at a Congressional Black Caucus “Town Meeting” in Miami Gardens, Fla., in 2011. (Joe Skipper/Reuters) Representative Alcee Hastings (D., Fla.) is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over his relationship with a top staffer, according to a Thursday press release from the Committee. “The Committee is aware of public allegations
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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin concedes the gubernatorial election, Kentucky, U.S., November 14, 2019. (Bryan Woolston/Reuters) Incumbent Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin on Thursday conceded defeat in the state’s gubernatorial race to Democratic challenger Andy Beshear. Bevin announced his concession at a press conference amid a recanvass of the state’s votes. “We’re going to have a change
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What do Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri—that is, the late leader of ISIS, and the late and current leaders of al-Qaeda—have in common? That they’re among the world’s most notorious Islamic terrorists? Yes, but there’s something else, something more subtle, that binds them: they all began their careers as members of
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Burisma Holdings lobbied for the Obama administration to drop the probe investigating corruption allegations; John Solomon provides insight. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting
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ICE agents during an enforcement operation in March 2018. (File photo: Keith Gardner/ICE) By refusing to honor ICE detainers, sheriffs in Mecklenburg and Buncombe Counties have put their constituents, documented and undocumented alike, in danger. For many immigration activists, 2018 was the year of the Section 287(g) bogeyman. That’s Section 287(g) of the Immigration and
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Special envoy to the United Nations for climate change Michael Bloomberg attends a news conference during the One Planet Summit at the Seine Musicale center in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France, December 12, 2017. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg allegedly told a female employee,”kill it!” when she told him she was pregnant, according to
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Senator Lindsey Graham (R, S.C.) in 2018 (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Hours after challenging Turkish President Recep Erdogan over the treatment of Syrian Kurds, Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) blocked a resolution that would have formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Graham argued that the Senate should not “sugarcoat history or try to rewrite it,” and said that
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When ESPN first reported that the NFL had put together a workout-tryout session for Colin Kaepernick, the circumstances seemed odd indeed. The league had settled its lawsuit over alleged collusion over Kaepernick’s continued unemployment over the winter, and any new involvement in his employment status called into questions what the league’s motives might be. Making
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants “Medicare for All,” as does Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., her self-described “Democratic socialist” rival. Unlike Sanders, however, Warren claims she can finance her plan by raising taxes only on the super rich. The middle class, Warren insists, will see their health care costs go down and their taxes will not
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