Supreme Court Justice Thomas discharged after week-long hospital stay
The Supreme Court says Justice Clarence Thomas has finally been released from the hospital after a weeklong stay. After being treated for an infection at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., Justice Thomas, 73, was released Friday, March 25, the Associated Press reported. Clarence Thomas had been urgently hospitalized last Friday, March ...
Confirmation hearings begin for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee
On Monday, March 21, hearings begin that could confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. After four days of hearings beginning Monday, Jackson is expected to be confirmed quickly with only the support of the 50 members of the Democratic caucus, ...
US Senate unanimously approves making daylight saving time permanent
Every American could enjoy later sunrises and sunsets indefinitely after the U.S. Senate approved new daylight savings rules on March 15. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) convinced a majority of senators the nation would benefit from making daylight savings time permanent. If the House and Joe Biden also approve, the Sunshine Protection Act ...
US Representatives propose bipartisan bill to probe Beijing’s helping Moscow to dodge sanctions
Representatives from both parties in the US jointly introduced the Direct Investigations on China, Take Action to Oppose Russia (DICTATOR) Act of 2022 on March 7th. The act calls on the US federal government to investigate whether the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliates had helped Russia evade U.S. sanctions. If ...
Think tank map: Chinese vessels’ illegal surveys cover entire South China Sea
On Tuesday, March 2, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) published a report that shows the overlapping paths of Chinese survey vessels across the South China Sea for the past two years. AMTI is a Center for Strategic and International Studies Project, a Washington, D.C.–based think tank. The path also shows that ...
March for Life: 100,000 Americans express optimism that Roe v. Wade will fall this year
Approximately 100,000 pro-life Americans marched in Washington, DC, in the world's largest annual anti-abortion rally, and speakers expressed optimism that they will achieve the goal they have been fighting for, to overturn the legality of abortion in the United States. Under a polar cold, the crowd of demonstrators headed towards the ...
NARAL stops endorsing Sen. Sinema for refusing to back filibuster change on voting bill
NARAL Pro-Choice America has decided to pull their endorsement for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after the Democrat Arizona lawmaker refuse to support a change in Senate rules that would have allowed passage of Democratic voting bills. NARAL president Mini Timmaraju announced on Tuesday that the organization will change their "endorsement criteria," in which it will ...
White House clarifies Biden’s comments on what would happen to Russia if it invades Ukraine
President Joe Biden held a press conference one year into his presidency this Wednesday, Jan. 19, where he answered direct questions from journalists from various media outlets. While discussing a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Biden generated confusion with his remarks that had to be immediately clarified by the White ...
McCarthy vows to level things up with Democrats if Republicans win back House majority
House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made blunt statements about what Congress will look like if Republicans win a majority in the midterm elections next November. He said he would level the playing field with Democrats who, taking advantage of their majority, have punished some Republicans disproportionately. McCarthy's statements to Breitbart ...
George Lopez forced to leave NYE show after falling ill on stage
During a matinee performance on New Year's Day, comedian George Lopez became unwell and had to leave the stage. During his performance on Friday, Lopez, 60, began to struggle on stage at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort in Auburn, Washington, reports TMZ. According to witnesses, Lopez was reportedly performing for 30 to 45 ...
US speaks out for press freedom in Hong Kong after China arrests Stand News’ journalists
Several senior Republican Party leaders have protested since six current and former employees of Stand News, one of the last pro-democracy online newspapers in Hong Kong, were arrested by the CCP on Dec. 29, 2021. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Twitter on Wednesday that he is "very concerned about ...
‘A political witch hunt’: Alex Jones sues Jan. 6 committee for subpoenaing him to testify
On Monday, Dec. 20, controversial independent news anchor Alex Jones sued the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 incidents after he was subpoenaed to testify. The Infowars founder, who spoke to the crowd of Trump supporters that day, accuses Democrats of political persecution. The select committee made up of eight ...
Worried about inflation Joe Manchin says he won’t support Democrats’ budget
West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin confirmed to the media this Monday, December 20, that he will ultimately not vote for the $1.75 trillion budget that Democrats are trying to pass before the end of the year, citing his concern about the current inflation the country has and how this ...
Jan. 6 incidents: Adam Schiff modified evidence to frame Trump’s former Chief of Staff
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, known for leading the two impeachment attempts against Donald Trump, was caught modifying evidence in an attempt to frame Trump's former chief of staff and call for his arrest for failing to appear to testify before the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 incidents on Capitol ...
Feminists ingest abortion pills as a way to protest the Supreme Court debate on abortion
A group of radical feminists in defense of abortion stood in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 1, and, seeking to attract attention and provoke the conservative public, began ingesting abortion pills in front of the crowd that watched in amazement. The feminists belong to a well-known abortion group ...
China triggered as US invites Taiwan to democracy summit
Beijing became agitated upon learning that the Biden administration has invited Taiwan to attend its virtual democracy summit scheduled next month. The Summit for Democracy listed 110 world participants on Tuesday, Nov. 23, who would gather together on Dec. 9 and 10 to discuss authoritarian forces, corruption, and human rights issues. China ...
