Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks during a campaign event in Detroit, Mich., March 9, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer revealed Tuesday that she talked to former vice president Joe Biden this week about possibly being his running mate. “I’ve had a conversation with some folks,” Whitmer said in an interview on the Today

A woman holds a prescription of hydroxychloroquine, Seattle, Wash., March 31, 2020. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) The short answer: Most of the studies done to this point are severely limited, and there are better ones still in progress. Ideally we’d all hope for good results but not turn this life-or-death question into a ridiculous political argument, but

President Donald Trump leads a press briefing on the administration response to the coronavirus at the White House in Washington, D.C, March 9, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) President Trump has awarded a major contract to a Virginia company to manufacture Covid treatments in the U.S. The $354 million four-year contract was awarded to Virginia-based Phlow Corp.

Former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick departs after briefing House and Senate Intelligence committees at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., October 2, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Andy McCarthy writes: Senator Mitt Romney (R., Utah), the Trump nemesis and (voila!) current media darling, leads the pack railing about how Trump’s serial dismissal of IGs “chills

President Donald Trump listens with Vice President Mike Pence as Attorney General William Barr addresses the coronavirus task force daily briefing at the White House, March 23, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Attorney General Barr is right in his commitment to purge the Justice Department and the FBI of their recent political proclivities. Attorney General Barr’s remarks

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds his daily briefing at New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., May 7, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The media’s golden boy made three breathtakingly bad moves in March that in retrospect amounted to catastrophe. Bill de Blasio made terrible decisions as mayor of New York City. But as more reporting

Tracey Pucci helps her son Foxton Harding, 12, with a school assignment for Northshore Middle School, which moved to online-only schooling for two weeks due to coronavirus concerns, at their home in Bothell, Wash., March 11, 2020. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) Parents are asked to take on almost all the personal costs of homeschooling while getting none

A new study from three researchers at Brigham Young University makes some interesting claims. Basically, a lot of immigration research looks to see if wages go down in places where immigrants show up, but with the data we have it’s hard to tell what happens to people who leave the area entirely. These researchers were

Today brings the PBS debut of the must-see documentary, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words. Thomas walks us through his extraordinary life, which began in Georgia in crushing poverty, explains the rage he felt at Catholic school when Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered and his resultant turn to radical black nationalism in college,

Healthcare workers wheel the bodies of deceased people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the Brooklyn, N.Y., April 2, 2020. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters) Depends on whether a person dies of the virus or with it. States should count and publish both numbers. Deborah Birx, the physician advising the White House’s coronavirus task force, gave voice

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (left) and Florida Senator Rick Scott (Brendan McDermid, Rahel Patrasso/Reuters) The Cuomo–Scott cage match replicates the American debate in miniature. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W ith the debate over additional epidemic aid to the states simmering, Florida senator Rick Scott and New York governor Andrew Cuomo are taking a special interest

Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey 1954—In Brown v. Board of Education, a unanimous Supreme Court abandons available originalist justifications for its ruling that state-segregated schools violate the Equal Protection Clause—justifications that would have been far weightier, and commanded far more public respect, than its own makeshift reliance on contemporaneous psychological research of dubious relevance. Contrary to conventional understanding, the

Typically, the race for President of the United States of America is a serious affair, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some ridiculous contenders over the years. It’s not unheard of for a professional comic to throw their hat into the race, and seeing as the office was won by an actor and a

Effective bureaucracy can serve to ensure an administrative process runs smoothly. From schools to local councils, institutions need rules and regulations to maintain some degree of societal order. But problems often arise when those enforcing the rules become tangled in a web of their own red tape. SEE ALSO: 10 Screwups That Changed The Course

Conspiracy theories seem to have become a cultural staple. From aliens, to doppelgängers, to faked deaths, to lost twins, and even secret cults, there is more or less a conspiracy theory for everything. And although it may seem a bit strange, no one is above being included in a conspiracy theory… or believing in one.

Child marriage a violation of human rights and many of the children have no say in the matter. Child marriage has a host of negative consequences: increased mortality rates for both the mother and the child, mental health issues, sexually transmitted disease, and pregnancy complications. Despite laws against child marriage, millions of children are married

The British Royal Family is probably the most famous and far reaching Royal Family in the World, with the Queen of England being the official Head of State in 16 countries around the world. In addition to the Commonwealth, the British Royal Family is beloved internationally as symbols of class, elegance and humility, which they

An attendee uses a Nintendo Switch game console at the Paris Games Week trade fair in Paris, France, October 29, 2019. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters) Who’s up for chucking Molotov cocktails at capitalist pigs? NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I can never resist a video game with a political angle to it, even if its politics are repulsive. That’s

For the past two months, the people of Iran have been fighting and dying in their streets to end the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. See Also: 10 Surprising Facts About Iranian Culture Outside of Iran, though, there’s been little press on just how violent things have become. By some estimates, 1,500 people have been

Michael Flynn at the White House in 2017. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Was his call with Kislyak recorded by a different agency than the FBI? Despite Wednesday’s blockbuster news about the dozens of Obama-administration officials who “unmasked” then-incoming Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn, there remains a gaping hole in the story: Where is the record showing

From big business to America First, Donald J. Trump is known for many things. Only time will tell whether his lasting legacy is a wall or a crater, but in terms of people alive today, everybody knows what Trump is all about. Of course, one of his most-notable attributes is his love of conspiracy theories.

Jerry Nadler heads into the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill, February 5, 2020 (Tom Brenner/Reuters) House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) said Friday that the panel will hold hearings to probe the Justice Department’s decision to drop its case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. “We’re looking into all of this,”

In the US, voting makes it possible for ordinary citizens to decide who will lead and represent them in their government. As such, it’s one of the most protected and assaulted rights in the nation. Many times, people with political and economic agendas have suppressed others’ right to vote. Although the problem appeared to have

(Jason Reed/Reuters) The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC, on whether an employee declaring transgender status was fired unlawfully on the basis of “sex,” is expected to be released soon. Sadly the plaintiff died, age 59, from kidney failure on Tuesday. In October, the court heard oral arguments from the ACLU that

The internet has brought us some amazing things. It’s practically impossible to live without it! Social media helps us to be in touch with loved ones, and streaming platforms are a delight. However, If you spend at least an hour of your day on the internet, you know that cancel culture is here. Even more

A sign announcing the closure of the Koret Playground at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., as California continues its “stay at home order,” March 23, 2020. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) For better or worse, the people will ultimately decide how to strike the balance of public safety and convenience. Shocked by the large numbers of

Presidential candidates have done a lot of stupid things. Back in 1988, then-contender and current Democratic Party front-runner Joe Biden plagiarized someone else’s stump speech nearly verbatim, leading directly to his demise. In 1992, George H.W. Bush checked his watch during a nationally televised debate as if he had somewhere more pressing to be. And

Scientists work in a lab testing coronavirus samples at New York City’s health department during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, April 23, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) A Colorado county coroner says that state officials overruled him in classifying a man who had died from alcohol poisoning as a death due to coronavirus. The 35-year-old

Sometimes the cruel hands of fate also have a sick sense of humor, with destinies twisted in ways that seem particularly wicked. Like a concert pianist crushed by a plummeting Baby Grand, irony can add a layer of macabre mockery to scenarios that would otherwise be simply unfortunate. Other times, defeat or even death seem

Students exit a bus at Venice High School in Los Angeles, Calif., December 2015. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters) Rather than for patching a one-year hole in the budget. When Congress passed the CARES Act to respond to COVID-19, it tucked into the legislation $3 billion for governors to use on education as they see fit. This money