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California judge sides with church by allowing indoor services in ‘historic win’

A California court rejected Friday efforts by Los Angeles County to require a popular megachurch to comply with pandemic orders, allowing the church to hold indoor services with singing and without attendance limits pending a resolution of the case.

August 14, 2020

James O’Keefe says FBI fixed background-check goof that prevented him from buying a gun

It looks like Project Veritas President James O'Keefe will be allowed to buy a firearm after all.

August 14, 2020

Denver councilwoman seeks to replace police department with largely unarmed ‘peace force’

A Denver city councilwoman has proposed replacing the police department with a largely unarmed "peace force," an agency that would seek to prevent crime by taking a "holistic, anti-racist, public health-oriented approach."

August 14, 2020

Churches fight coronavirus restrictions by alleging states favor protesters

After watching protesters gather for months in defiance of state pandemic orders, Pastor John MacArthur decided that maybe all he needed to reopen his non-denominational megachurch in Los Angeles was a bit of rebranding.

August 13, 2020

Pro-life groups denounce Biden-Harris as ‘most pro-abortion ticket in history’

Pro-life groups wasted no time Wednesday in condemning the Biden-Harris tandem, denouncing it as "the most pro-abortion ticket in history," as advocates on both sides of the issue girded for a hard-fought 2020 battle.

August 12, 2020

New York Times mocked for calling Kamala Harris ‘pragmatic moderate’

The New York Times drew hoots on the right by describing Democratic veep pick Kamala Harris as a "pragmatic moderate," even though her Senate voting record says otherwise.

August 11, 2020

Polls: Voter concern over climate change sinking as coronavirus steals thunder

Even as Democrats place climate change at the forefront of their election strategy, polls show the novel coronavirus pandemic is taking the wind out of the climate issue's sails.

August 11, 2020

Carmen Best announces retirement hours after city cuts police budget

Seattle's first Black female police chief, in a stunning turn of events, announced her retirement Tuesday, hours after the City Council, which has no Black members, cut her budget and salary in the name of Black Lives Matter.

August 11, 2020

Conservative street mural rejections amid ‘Black Lives Matter’ approvals spur free-speech lawsuits

Scott LoBaido has a message for the New York City officials who told him to remove the bright blue line he painted on Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island: See you in court.

August 10, 2020

Mark Cuban takes jab at Fox after Tucker Carlson posts bigger ratings than NBA

After the Daily Caller's David Hookstead tweaked the NBA for drawing fewer viewers than Fox host Tucker Carlson's primetime show, calling it a "ratings massacre," Mr. Cuban responded Saturday that the NBA outperformed Fox where it counts.

August 9, 2020

Paul Vallone, Democrat NYC council member: Hydroxychloroquine ‘saved my life’

A Democratic New York City council member has credited hydroxychloroquine with saving his life after he contracted the novel coronavirus in March.

August 9, 2020

Hillary Clinton roasts New York Times columnist over blooper on 2016 candidacy

It's only been four years since Hillary Clinton ran for president, but New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd apparently forgot, declaring in a Saturday column that it had been 36 years since "a man and a woman ran together on a Democratic Party ticket."

August 8, 2020

Montgomery County rescinds order blocking private schools from reopening as governor wins showdown

Montgomery County rescinded Friday its order closing for non-public schools for in-person learning, ending the weeklong back-and-forth with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan that had thrown private and independent schools into limbo.

August 7, 2020

James O’Keefe sues FBI for listing him as felon on background-check list

James O'Keefe was offered a ballot a few years ago in Detroit under the name Marshall Mathers, but it turns out the Project Veritas president cannot legally purchase a firearm.

August 7, 2020

Conservative Catholics call on Biden to break ‘deafening silence’ on anti-Catholic vandalism, arson

Conservative Catholics called Thursday on former Vice President Joseph R. Biden to break his "deafening silence" on the recent targeting of religious statues and churches, accusing the Catholic Democrat of ignoring the leftist vandalism and arson.

August 7, 2020

Parents fight teachers to reopen schools

Some parents are fighting back as teachers unions push to keep classrooms closed, arguing that the school reopenings are being hijacked by an agenda that appears to be more about political gamesmanship than the science behind the coronavirus.

August 6, 2020

Black Americans want police to have same or bigger presence in their neighborhoods: Gallup

Black Lives Matter wants to defund the police, but most Black Americans like their law-enforcement presence the way it is.

August 5, 2020

Court rules Dakota Access Pipeline won’t have to be drained

A federal court ruled Wednesday that the Dakota Access Pipeline won't have to be drained of oil, as a lower court had ordered, but the three-year-old pipeline may still have to undertake an environmental review to stay in operation.

August 5, 2020

Pence declares ‘life is winning’ after becoming first veep to visit pro-life pregnancy clinic

He was the first sitting vice president to speak at the March for Life, and Mike Pence marked another milestone Wednesday by becoming the first to visit a pro-life pregnancy clinic as he joined the Susan B. Anthony List to kick off a multi-state tour called "Life Wins!"

August 5, 2020

Keystone XL puts Biden on hot seat by striking deal with four labor unions

Keystone XL has struck a deal with four leading unions to build the Alberta-to-Nebraska oil pipeline, creating a potential headache for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, who has vowed to kill the project even as he woos the labor vote.

August 5, 2020