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Biden’s approval rating falls to 42% in NBC News poll

An NBC News poll shows President Biden's approval rating sliding underwater for the first time.

October 31, 2021

Kaepernick blasted for video comparing NFL combine to actual slavery

Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick drew outrage on the right by releasing a video comparing the NFL draft to slavery.

October 31, 2021

Not one, not two: Four anti-Biden ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ songs reach iTunes top 10

The number of songs called "Let's Go Brandon" rising to the top of the charts has doubled in a matter of days.

October 29, 2021

‘Perfect storm’: Pence lauds Loudoun County fight against wokeness

Former Vice President Mike Pence took his support for parental choice and educational freedom Thursday to Ground Zero, better known as Loudoun County.

October 28, 2021

Biden heads off to U.N. summit with climate agenda hanging in balance

The plan was for President Biden to mark America's triumphant return to global climate leadership at the United Nations summit next week with a green-energy deal in hand, raise his prestige on the world stage and maybe snag a photo with Greta Thunberg.

October 28, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans launch probe into White House, school board group ‘collusion’

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee started an investigation Wednesday into what they called "collusion" between the Biden administration and the National School Boards Association ahead of the Justice Department's decision to intervene in squabbles between parents and school officials.

October 27, 2021

‘Howdy’: Nick Sandmann reminds Brian Stelter why conservatives distrust media

Nicholas Sandmann took a break from his college studies Tuesday to tell CNN host Brian Stelter why Americans, and conservatives in particular, often don't believe what they see in the media.

October 26, 2021

‘True story’: Biden refuses to drop debunked Amtrak tale

Joe Biden isn't one to let the facts get in the way of a good story.

October 26, 2021

Same title, different songs: Anti-Biden ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ hits No. 1 and No. 2 on iTunes

The anti-Biden catchphrase "Let's Go Brandon" was apparently too big for just one hit record.

October 26, 2021

House Judiciary Republicans urge AG Garland to call off probe into school disputes

Attorney General Merrick Garland came under pressure Monday to call off his investigation into school board conflicts after the national group that had urged him to intervene apologized for raising the specter of domestic terrorism in its letter.

October 25, 2021

‘Glorious karma’: Braves bring World Series to Atlanta after MLB pulls All-Star Game

Major League Baseball yanked the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta over politics, but as every fan knows, the baseball gods have a sense of humor.

October 25, 2021

Twitter suspends GOP congressman for calling Biden health adviser Rachel Levine a man

Republican Reps. Jim Banks and Marjorie Taylor Greene were dinged by Twitter recently for saying that Rachel Levine, a transgender Biden administration official, was a man.

October 23, 2021

School boards group apologizes for letter linking protesting parents to domestic terrorism

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) issued an apology late Friday for urging federal authorities to target unruly school board meetings, a missive that spurred Attorney General Merrick Garland's much-decried decision to bring in the FBI.

October 23, 2021

Biden caught repeating debunked Amtrak tale in Scranton speech

President Biden was caught in an apparent fib Wednesday after he repeated a previously debunked yarn about an encounter with an Amtrak employee who died a year before the conversation allegedly took place.

October 21, 2021

State Department ripped for celebrating International Pronouns Day

The State Department made it a point Wednesday to recognize International Pronouns Day, much to the frustration of Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican.

October 20, 2021

U.N. scolds nations over fossil-fuel production as world wrestles with energy crisis

The world may be mired in an energy crunch, but the United Nations had a message Wednesday for major producers: Stop delivering so much coal, oil and natural gas.

October 20, 2021

Biden administration seeks to scrub Trump-era rule on faster dishwashers

Consumer advocates won a federal regulatory battle for more powerful household appliances in the waning days of the Trump administration, but their victory may be short-lived.

October 20, 2021

In-N-Out Burger defies San Francisco’s vaccine mandate: ‘We refuse to become vaccination police’

In-N-Out Burger has reopened after being shut down last week over its refusal to enforce San Francisco's vaccine mandate, telling the city that "[w]e refuse to become the vaccination police."

October 19, 2021

Rapper Loza Alexander’s anti-Biden anthem ‘Lets Go Brandon’ tops the charts

Just nine months into office, President Biden has inspired a chart-topping hit, although don't expect him to add it to his playlist.

October 19, 2021

Dennis Prager has COVID-19, says he deliberately sought infection to gain natural immunity

Conservative radio host Dennis Prager announced Monday that he is recovering from the novel coronavirus, saying that he deliberately sought to contract the virus to acquire natural immunity, instead of getting vaccinated.

October 18, 2021