Month: January 2023

House Republicans Will Not Allow Rep. Ilhan Omar on Foreign Affairs Committee: Scalise

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said during press conference Tuesday that Republicans will remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee if Democrats appoint her. Omar has on several occasions come under fire for negative comments about Israel, which critics have described as “antisemitic.” Because of these past comments, Republicans have expressed…


Rep. George Santos Stepping Down From Committee Assignments

After facing weeks of allegations that he fabricated key details of his past and defrauded individuals, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has announced his decision to step down—at least temporarily—from his congressional committee assignments. Santos informed his Republican House colleagues of his decision to temporarily recuse himself from his committee assignments during a closed-door meeting today….


Rep. George Santos Stepping Down From Committee Assignments, For Now

After facing weeks of allegations that he fabricated key details of his past and defrauded individuals, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has announced his decision to step down—at least temporarily—from his congressional committee assignments. Santos informed his Republican House colleagues of his decision to temporarily recuse himself from his committee assignments during a closed-door meeting today….


Republicans’ New Federal Bill Takes Aim At Defunding Bad Election Practices

Republicans have introduced federal legislation that would block millions of dollars in election assistance money from being sent to states that allow unvetted voters and illegal immigrants to participate in elections. The bill also targets a list of other common practices blamed for compromising the credibility of elections in America—including lax drop box standards for…


MSNBC Anchor Hospitalized With Severe Myocarditis, Pericarditis

An MSNBC anchor revealed in a recent segment that she was hospitalized with heart inflammation in December, leading her to miss work for about a month. Yasmin Vossoughian said that the health scare started on Dec. 20 when she started to experience chest pains that “waxed and waned over a period of 10 days.” Those pains “continued…


Egg Prices Unlikely to Drop to Pre-2022 Levels

News Analysis If there’s a poster child for last year’s historic inflation, it ought to be an egg. The valuable source of nutrients has never been pricier. In December, a dozen eggs cost $4.25 on average, up from less than $1.80 a year prior, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The good news is,…


It Started Before the Outbreak: A BioNTech-‘Pfizer’ Vax Project Timeline

Commentary The bizarre Project Veritas “sting” videos that have gone ultra-viral on Twitter have undoubtedly confused the public even more. But the actual developer and owner of the so-called “Pfizer” COVID-19 vaccine is the German company BioNTech. The underlying mRNA technology belongs to BioNTech and—supposing this has been happening at all—if any company has been…


Police Chiefs Apologise for ‘Profoundly’ Failing Those Bereaved by the Hillsborough Disaster

Police bosses have apologised to the families of Hillsborough disaster victims, but campaigners are still seeking legal reform that would make public authorities more accountable after major tragedies. On Tuesday police chiefs responded to a 2017 report by the Rt. Rev. James Jones, former bishop of Liverpool, into the experiences of the Hillsborough families, saying…


Missing Teenager Adriana Davidson Found Dead Near Michigan High School

The body of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen alive near her high school on Jan. 27 was recovered by authorities in Michigan on Monday, according to local officials. The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Twitter that a K-9 unit located the body of Adriana Davidson near the athletic fields…


President Biden to Speaker McCarthy: Say You Won’t Default on US Debt

President Joe Biden wants to avoid a default on U.S. financial obligations while spending an estimated $421 billion more than projected revenues this year. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) wants to balance the nation’s budget and reduce federal spending. In advance of a February 1 meeting between the two, the White House released a memo…