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Conservative conference cancels book sales after bookseller balks at ‘Green Fraud’

The Steamboat Institute canceled its book sales at last weekend's annual Freedom Conference after a bookseller refused to offer a title critical of the Green New Deal.

August 30, 2021

Slain Marine’s mom tells Biden voters: ‘You just killed my son’

A grief-stricken Colorado mother whose son was killed last week in Kabul pinned the blame squarely on President Biden and those who voted him into office, declaring "you just killed my son."

August 30, 2021

Lockdowns show enemies ‘how to bring the United States to its knees,’ Atlas says

The U.S. pandemic response has provided international bad actors with a blueprint on how to "bring the United States to its knees," according to a former member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

August 28, 2021

Rep. Lauren Boebert: Slain Wyoming Marine’s ‘blood is on Joe Biden’s hands’

Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, lashed out Friday at President Biden after she spoke to a Colorado mother whose son was among the Marines killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, saying that "his blood is on Joe Biden's hands."

August 27, 2021

Democratic ex-Senate leader Gloria Romero endorses Larry Elder in California recall

Former California Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero has endorsed Republican recall candidate Larry Elder, making her the highest-profile Democrat to break ranks as Gov. Gavin Newsom's political fate hangs in the balance.

August 27, 2021

Biden seeks to regain footing with administration underwater on Afghanistan

President Biden expressed optimism Sunday about the Afghanistan evacuation as his administration struggled to regain its footing after the chaotic military exit, his confident take coming in stark contrast to falling poll numbers and escalating concerns about his competence and credibility.

August 22, 2021

Blinken contradicts Biden’s assertion that al Qaeda is ‘gone’ from Afghanistan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged Sunday that al Qaeda still has a presence in Afghanistan as administration officials struggled to defend President Biden's insistence that the terrorist group is "gone."

August 22, 2021

Biden administration tangles with Florida, Texas over anti-mandate orders

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy offered support Sunday for mask mandates and vaccine requirements at schools as the Biden administration feuds with red states opposed to the novel coronavirus directives.

August 22, 2021

Republicans pressure Biden to flex military might in evacuating Americans

Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa Republican, called Sunday for "flexing our military muscles" to bring Americans home from Afghanistan as pressure built for the Biden administration to get tougher on evacuating the thousands left stranded.

August 22, 2021

Sullivan says U.S. taking threat of ISIS attack in Kabul ‘absolutely, deadly serious’

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the Biden administration is taking the threat of an ISIS attack in Afghanistan "absolutely, deadly seriously" as crowds swarm the Kabul airport in hopes of being evacuated.

August 22, 2021

‘I’m not oppressed’: Black Colorado Springs parent fights critical race theory

Derrick Wilburn may be the descendant of slaves on both sides of his family, but he wants school boards pushing critical race theory to know something: He's not oppressed.

August 22, 2021

Twitter suspends DeSantis press secretary amid feud with Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's press secretary was suspended Friday from Twitter amid a feud between the governor's office and the Associated Press over a story about a novel coronavirus antibody treatment.

August 20, 2021

Republican recall frontrunner Larry Elder called ‘Black face of white supremacy’

California recall candidate Larry Elder may be Black, but as far as some progressives are concerned, he's also the "face of white supremacy."

August 20, 2021

Bennet ripped for praising Biden’s Afghanistan exit as ‘right decision’ days before Taliban takeover

Sen. Michael Bennet praised President Biden a few days before the Taliban took Kabul for making the "right decision" on pulling U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, a comment now coming back to haunt the Colorado Democrat.

August 20, 2021

‘It’s everybody’s fault but Joe Biden’s’: Conservatives buck left’s GOP-Taliban narrative

Progressives for days likened Republicans to the Taliban to deflect criticism of President Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Conservatives have begun to push back.

August 20, 2021

California recall candidate Larry Elder denies ex-fiancee’s claim that he brandished a gun at her

California recall candidate Larry Elder denied Thursday his ex-fiancee's allegations that he brandished a firearm at her, calling the claims "salacious" and accusing his political foes of "coming at me with every dirty trick."

August 19, 2021

Trump would beat Biden in 2020 election do-over, new poll shows

U.S. voters may be experiencing buyer's remorse when it comes to President Biden, according to a newly released poll.

August 19, 2021

‘Outrageous optics’: Biden takes heat for giving Afghanistan interview to ex-Clinton aide

President Biden took questions Wednesday on the Afghanistan crisis not from White House reporters, but from former Clinton administration aide and current ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, prompting a wave of criticism on the right.

August 18, 2021

‘Windfall’: Gov. Newsom sells Marin County mansion for $5.9 million

There's never a bad time to sell a house at twice what you paid for it -- unless maybe you're the governor of California facing a recall election in a few weeks.

August 18, 2021

Texas Supreme Court rules AWOL Democrats may be arrested

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that House Democrats may be arrested and brought to the chamber to restore quorum as the runaway state lawmakers continue to steer clear of the state capitol in Austin.

August 18, 2021