Politics

By Casey Harper (The Center Square) A slew of city-wide vaccine mandates announced in 2021 across parts of the U.S. made virtually no difference in stopping the spread of COVID-19, newly released research found. “These mandates imposed severe restrictions on the lives of many citizens and business owners,” the study, conducted …

Still, on Saturday, she prepared Ro, her largest and gentlest horse, for a surprise. In the days leading up to her 91st birthday, Ona Kitt had told her family that she had one thing on her bucket list — to ride a horse one more time — and Ms. Early, …

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asked why the security footage of the Capitol on 1/6 was only made available to Tucker Carlson and told America to smell the MAGA propaganda coming. Rep. Raskin tweeted: McCarthy giving 40,000 hrs of Jan. 6 tape to a pro-Putin journalist is an astounding ethical collapse. …

The foreperson of the special grand jury investigating Trump election meddling in Georgia said that multiple indictments were recommended to the Fulton County District Attorney, and there would be no surprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported: “It’s not a short list,” north Fulton resident Emily Kohrs said in a wide-ranging interview …

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the effort by relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to seize $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan central bank funds to pay off judgment debts owed by the Taliban, in part because he said doing so would mean effectively recognizing the …

By Alan Wooten (The Center Square) Ten points of enhancement or change are being recommended by the national transportation secretary nearly three weeks after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Pete Buttigieg, in a release early Tuesday morning, also issued five requests specifically for Norfolk Southern. His 10 action items …

Of course, Adam Kinzinger is releasing a new book. And of course, it’s called ‘Renegade.’ Kinzinger, the former Congressman-turned-CNN contributor, and perpetual attention whore, is set to release the book – whose full title is Renegade: My Life in Faith, the Military, and Defending America from Trump’s Attack on Democracy …

BELOIT, Wis. — It is a funny thing about American politics that for one night, the nation’s most important campaign of 2023 descended on Cheezhead Brewing, a tavern where about 50 Republicans gathered to discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Standing in front of a Green Bay Packers logo made …

Rachel Maddow put a spotlight on the Republicans from Tulsi Gabbard to Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ron DeSantis who criticized Biden’s historic trip to Ukraine. Video: Maddow said: This one tiny event, it was small. It was a weird assemblage of Americans. There were Proud Boys there. Some of the …

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is supposed to be the GOP’s hope to stop Trump in 2024, but he ventured to Staten Island, NY where he drew a crowd of dozens of white men. The high-end estimate of the crowd size for DeSantis is 100 people, but see for yourself: *dozens* …