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Oscars ceremony hits all-time low in television ratings

If you missed Brad Pitt's jab at the Senate impeachment trial or Joaquin Phoenix's anti-milk missive Sunday at the Oscars, you weren't alone.

February 10, 2020

Mike Bloomberg advances green agenda with privately paid state climate lawyers

Other Democratic presidential primary contenders may push the Green New Deal, but Michael R. Bloomberg is advancing his climate-change agenda behind the scenes with the help of one Democratic state attorney general at a time.

February 9, 2020

Virginia Democrats advance bill to join National Popular Vote compact

A Virginia House committee passed Friday a National Popular Vote bill, bringing the measure back from the dead as the state legislature's newly elected Democratic majority sought to join the compact that would render the Electoral College moot.

February 7, 2020

Pete Buttigieg refuses to condemn late-term abortion

Pete Buttigieg had a chance Thursday to come out against late-term abortion, but he didn't take it.

February 6, 2020

Project Veritas: Warren staffer irked by focus on ‘identity politics,’ says ‘this is why we lose’

It's not easy being a straight male working on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign in Iowa, judging from the latest Project Veritas undercover sting.

February 3, 2020

Beyonce, Jay-Z sit during national anthem at Super Bowl

Music superstars Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce remained seated Sunday during the singing of the national anthem at Super Bowl LIV.

February 2, 2020

Super Bowl viewers urged to watch abortion-survivors video nixed by FOX

Pro-life advocates on Sunday urged NFL fans to skip the commercials during Super Bowl LIV and watch instead an online ad featuring abortion survivors that failed to make the FOX Corporation's cut for the big game.

February 2, 2020

Anschutz-owned Colorado Springs Gazette hires right-tilting columnist dumped by Denver Post

A right-tilting Denver Post columnist fired over what he said was his insistence that "there are only two sexes" has a new gig working for a newspaper owned by conservative Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz.

February 1, 2020

‘We attract truly radical people’: Project Veritas unearths more extreme Sanders staffers

Project Veritas this week released the third video in its #Expose2020 series featuring hidden-camera footage of two South Carolina field organizers--paid staff, not volunteers--expressing support for upending the U.S. government and overthrowing capitalism.

February 1, 2020

Republicans pressure Klobuchar to stop House Democrats from blocking Minnesota mine

House Republicans placed Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar in an awkward position by calling on her to help them fight Democrats seeking to scuttle a Minnesota mining project expected to bring as many as 2,000 jobs to her state.

January 31, 2020

WATCH the pro-life Super Bowl ad that FOX won’t air

This year's Super Bowl should have no shortage of controversial ads, including spots featuring President Trump, Michael R. Bloomberg and drag queens, but there was one commercial that pro-lifers say was too hot for the network to handle.

January 30, 2020

Super Bowl ad for Faces of Choice abortion survivors misses Fox cut

This year's Super Bowl should have no shortage of controversial ads, including spots featuring President Trump, Michael R. Bloomberg and drag queens, but there was one commercial that pro-lifers say was too hot for the network to handle.

January 29, 2020

Kathy Castor, House climate chair, slammed for urging Google to squelch ‘climate misinformation’

The chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis was accused Wednesday of censorship after calling on Google to take action against YouTube videos that promote "climate denial and climate misinformation."

January 29, 2020

Felicia Sonmez, Washington Post reporter, reinstated after Kobe Bryant tweet suspension

The Washington Post walked back Tuesday its suspension of a reporter over her tweets following the death of Kobe Bryant, concluding that she was not in "clear and direct" violation of the company's policies.

January 28, 2020

Washington Post hit with backlash for suspending reporter over Kobe Bryant tweet

The Washington Post was hit with a First Amendment backlash Tuesday for suspending a reporter who tweeted an article about the 2003 sexual-assault allegation against Kobe Bryant after he was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash.

January 28, 2020

Project Veritas unearths more radical Bernie Sanders staffers

Project Veritas released Tuesday the third video in its #Expose2020 series featuring hidden-camera footage of two South Carolina field organizers--paid staff, not volunteers--expressing support for upending the U.S. government and overthrowing capitalism.

January 28, 2020

James Younger case ignites sex-change debate in South Dakota, state legislatures

The uproar surrounding James Younger, the 7-year-old Texan caught in a parental dispute over whether he should be raised as a girl or a boy, has spilled over into state legislative sessions across the U.S., fueling bills that aim to prevent doctors from using drugs or operations to change the sex of minors.

January 27, 2020

Trump impeachment coverage craters network ratings

The three major broadcast networks took a ratings hit with their Trump impeachment coverage, drawing fewer viewers than they would have with their regular line-up of soap operas.

January 26, 2020

Driver killed in crash with Covington Catholic bus after March for Life

A bus carrying students from Covington Catholic High School home to Kentucky after the March for Life in Washington, D.C., was involved in a crash Saturday that left one person dead and several injured.

January 25, 2020

Union official claims eavesdropping lawsuit intended to ‘stop Project Veritas’

Project Veritas went on the offensive Friday in its ongoing legal battle with the American Federation of Teachers with a video showing a top official saying that the union's lawsuit was intended "to stop Project Veritas from doing the kind of work that it does."

January 24, 2020