Politics

Donald Trump endorsed Sean Parnell, who has since lost custody of his children due to allegations of spousal and child abuse, and now Parnell is “suspending” his Pennsylvania Senate campaign. Via: The New York Times: “There is nothing more important to me than my children, and while I plan to …

Employees of federal contractors will make at least $15 per hour under a final rule that the Labor Department announced Monday, providing a likely wage increase for over 300,000 workers, according to administration estimates. The wage floor will affect contracts that are executed or extended beginning on Jan. 30, 2022. …

Robert Malley, the State Department’s Iran envoy, said recently that while “it is in Iran’s hands to choose” which path to take, the United States and other allies need to be prepared for whichever choice Tehran makes. He noted that Mr. Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken “have …

Fox News is denying that they and Tucker Carlson paid for special exclusive access to Kyle Rittenhouse. Video: Fox News and Tucker Carlson deny paying for any special access to Kyle Rittenhouse or paying his legal fees. pic.twitter.com/Oi7C4xG8gT — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 21, 2021 CNN reported:  Fox News has said in …

During the SNL cold open, they noted that McCarthy’s epic speech managed to delay Build Back Better until it passed the next morning in two minutes. Video: SNL showed a bumbling McCarthy unable to flip a water bottle during his speech, and their Jeanine Pirro parody said, “And that brave …

The president’s recent tour of ports, bridges and auto plants — which was meant to promote the infrastructure legislation — was overshadowed in part by inflation anxieties. As he test drove an electric Hummer at a General Motors plant in Detroit this week, his message of a future of zero-emission …

MANAMA, Bahrain — The Biden administration is trying to convince its Arab allies that the United States, despite appearances to the contrary, is not fed up with the region and headed for the doors. It is a tough sell. At a meeting on Saturday in Bahrain that comes on the …

The same judge who banned MSNBC from the courthouse had no problem with allowing Fox News and Tucker Carlson into a secure area to film a Kyle Rittenhouse documentary. CNN reported: The judge banned MSNBC from the courthouse but allowed Tucker Carlson into a secure area to film a documentary …

Reps. Matt Gaetz, Madison Cawthorn, and Paul Gosar have all offered Kyle Rittenhouse internships in their offices. Here are the three: At least three House Republicans have already said they want Kyle Rittenhouse to be their intern pic.twitter.com/jMXuGj9Vdl — Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) November 19, 2021 The three House Republicans are …

Health officials in many of these countries, and now in the United States, see booster shots as a way of shoring up defenses against a tenacious enemy and gaining the upper hand in the pandemic. France, for example, has mandated booster shots for those over age 65 who wish to …