It’s official: TikTok is no longer available in the US. Congress passed a bill in April requiring the app to divest from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban on Jan. 19. TikTok didn’t even wait until today. Hours before Saturday turned to Sunday, the app denied US users access to videos…
Just how will the Beijing leadership adjust to Trump 2.0? Less than three months after taking office, the Biden administration raised the curtain on what would be the perpetual failure to gain a diplomatic upper hand over China. Over the last four years, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan were…
By Charlton Allen Chief Justice John Roberts’ 2024 Year-End Report offers a sobering analysis of the judiciary’s role in an increasingly polarized Republic. At its core, Roberts warns of a growing threat: the erosion of judicial authority by political actors, lower courts, and state governments. While many media outlets, such as ABC News, gloss over…
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He’s baaack … Donald Trump returns, rested and ready to take no prisoners. As the president-elect prepares for his second inauguration on Monday, separated by four years from the end of his first term, Republicans are kicking up their heels in joy while Democrats gird their loins for the return of the greatest show on…
President Joe Biden went on a spending binge in the homestretch of his term as the US government borrowed more than $700 billion in the first three months of fiscal year 2025. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan budget watchdog, assessed the latest federal deficit figures and concluded that Uncle Sam spent more than…
Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) the “law of the land” on Friday, January 17. Congress first passed the amendment back in the 70s, but it failed to be ratified by the required 38 states until decades after the deadline had passed. When Virginia became the 38th state to ratify in 2020, however,…
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When Joe Biden gave his inaugural address back in January 2021, a clear message of “unity” was the theme. As America witnessed during the following four years, it was a promise that the president failed to enact. Now that Donald Trump is preparing to return to the White House, the so-called anti-Trump resistance is rallying…
Trump’s US Treasury nominee champions tariffs and tax cuts. Billionaire financier Scott Bessent sat in front of the powerful Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, January 16, for his confirmation hearing. After weeks of speculation and debate, President-elect Donald Trump selected the hedge fund manager to lead the Treasury Department for the next four years, receiving…
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Illegal immigration policies ramp up as new Congress and administration take control. The new Congress, just days into its term, is keeping true to the promise of cracking down on illegal immigration. On Thursday, Jan. 16, the House passed legislation that mandates migrants convicted of sex crimes or domestic violence – or those who admit…
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Foreign money, much of it dark, dominates the Swamp. And the big money think tanks are prime examples of this, according to a new report. A January paper issued by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft spells out details of a dirty secret uber-connected establishment organizations – such as the Atlantic Council, Aspen Institute, and…
His inability to grasp reality leaves him with a tattered legacy. Function in disaster, finish in style. It’s one of the mottoes of the Madeira School, a prestigious school for girls in Virginia. But as the Oval Office door prepares to hit Joe Biden on his way out of the White House, it summarizes all…
The Democratic Party was poised, once again, to make history. Not only was there a woman – again — at the top of the ticket, but one with a range of color. What a coup it would have been. But the glass ceiling remains intact, which does not describe the confused and chaotic mental state…
