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Chuck Grassley prods Joe Biden to condemn protest violence in Oregon, Washington

Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, took a jab at President Biden's silence on violent protests Wednesday that included attacks on police and federal buildings in Portland and Seattle.

January 22, 2021

Joe Biden gender-identity order accused of ‘erasing women,’ threatening girls’ sports

President Biden opened a Pandora's box with his executive order on gender identity and sexual orientation, pushing the hotly contested issue of transgender participation in women's athletics from the sidelines to the spotlight.

January 21, 2021

Democrats accused of ignoring latest leftist protest violence: ‘Where’s the outrage?’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made no public comment so far on the Inauguration Day protest violence by leftists in Portland and Seattle, but the same cannot be said of civil-rights lawyer Leo Terrell.

January 21, 2021

Leftists in Portland protest Biden inauguration; vandalize Oregon Dem headquarters

Far-left protesters rioted in several Western U.S. cities just hours after President Biden's inauguration, railing against the new president while burning flags, smashing windows and tagging buildings with Antifa symbols and anti-Biden slogans.

January 21, 2021

Joe Biden signs climate orders rejoining Paris accord, canceling Keystone XL

Even climate guru Al Gore was impressed with how President Biden wasted no time Wednesday in delivering sweeping executive orders on global warming.

January 20, 2021

China bids ‘good riddance’ to 28 Trump officials with bans on entry, business

China's communist leadership took one final parting shot at the outgoing Trump administration, slapping sanctions Wednesday on 28 former U.S. officials, banning them from entering or doing business in the country moments after they left office based on "a series of crazy U.S. moves on China-related issues."

January 20, 2021

Washington accused of inflating coronavirus deaths after counting woman who died of fall

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has dismissed those accusing the state of overreporting its novel coronavirus deaths, but it would be tough to shrug off the case of Helen Sertz.

January 20, 2021

Joe Biden pressed not to cancel Keystone XL pipeline by Canadian tribes

Canadian tribes invested in the Keystone XL are pushing back against President-elect Joseph R. Biden's reported plans to cancel the enormous pipeline project in what could present a delicate political balancing act for the incoming administration.

January 19, 2021

Court incinerates Trump’s Affordable Clean Energy rule in pre-inaugural gift to Biden

A federal appeals court torched Tuesday the administration's bid to repeal and replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, delivering a blow to President Trump's deregulatory and pro-business agenda on his last full day of office.

January 19, 2021

Stanford shutdown study shows ‘no clear significant’ benefit to lockdowns

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and other lockdown critics have been accused for months of ignoring the science on the novel coronavirus, but a recently released study by Stanford University researchers is providing an empirical boost to those who want to shut down the shutdowns.

January 18, 2021

Joe Biden plans to pull Keystone XL pipeline permit on first day: Report

President-elect Joseph R. Biden has indicated that he plans to cancel a Keystone XL pipeline permit on his first day in office, according to the CBC, fueling alarm about losses of U.S. and Canadian jobs and billions in economic activity.

January 18, 2021

Chuck Todd blasts Republicans for not appearing on his show

The news host took a swipe Sunday at "mainstream" Republican officials, accusing them of "near-silence for the past four years" on the Sunday talk shows.

January 17, 2021

Big Tech declares war: ‘Woke capitalism instead of freedom’

It started with President Trump getting kicked off Twitter, but the rush to banish him from the public square over the U.S. Capitol riot is threatening to engulf vast swaths of the right as conservatives gird themselves for what they describe as a political purge.

January 17, 2021

‘It will destroy the party’: Rand Paul warns of GOP exodus if Senate Republicans vote to convict

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, warned Friday that Senate Republicans will "destroy the party" if they vote to convict President Trump.

January 16, 2021

Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, in Project Veritas video warns of actions ‘much bigger’ than Trump ban

Silicon Valley, beware: Project Veritas has infiltrated the top echelons of Big Tech. The guerilla investigative outfit released Thursday a stunning undercover video of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey talking about how the platform plans to concentrate on more than President Trump's account, which was shuttered on Jan. 8, two days after the U.S. Capitol riots.

January 14, 2021

Trump impeachment, Democrats’ incitement claim undercut by evidence of planned attack on Capitol

The Democratic impeachment claim that President Trump spurred the attack on the U.S. Capitol by whipping his supporters into a violent mob is coming under scrutiny as evidence mounts that the siege was not spontaneous but planned well in advance.

January 14, 2021

Wildlife groups sue to stop Trump admin.’s gray wolf delisting in its tracks

Environmental groups filed two lawsuits Thursday to halt the Trump administration's decision last year removing federal protections for the gray wolf, arguing that the apex predator has yet to finish its comeback story.

January 14, 2021

‘Progressive purge’ decried by Republicans for blacklisting of non-woke speech, figures

It started with President Trump getting kicked off Twitter, but the rush to banish him from the public square over the U.S. Capitol riot is threatening to engulf vast swaths of the right as conservatives gird themselves for what they describe as a political purge.

January 13, 2021

Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan gov., takes heat for extending indoor-dining ban

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday extended the state's coronavirus ban on indoor dining until at least Feb. 1, frustrating Republicans and small-business advocates who accused her of crushing the state's restaurant industry.

January 13, 2021

Texas AG Ken Paxton declares ‘victory for election integrity’ after voter-fraud arrest

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday that a woman caught on undercover video last year touting her ballot-chasing operation has been arrested on multiple felony counts related to election fraud.

January 13, 2021