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‘Let’s Go, Brandon’ ad airs during Super Bowl in Pennsylvania

The anti-Biden slogan "Let's Go, Brandon" made its way to the Super Bowl, at least in Pennsylvania.

February 14, 2022

Republicans vow to ‘get to the truth’ after Durham reports Democrat-linked spying on Trump

Stunned Republicans demanded answers Sunday after an explosive court filing linked the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign to a purported surveillance operation aimed at digging up dirt on Donald Trump both before and after he won the presidential election.

February 13, 2022

Pelosi insists defunding the police is not Democratic Party’s position

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to distance Democrats from calls to "defund the police," insisting Sunday it is not the party's position even though rising progressive star Rep. Cori Bush refuses to drop it.

February 13, 2022

GOP Rep. Turner vows to ‘get to the truth’ after Durham reports Democrat-linked spying on Trump

Rep. Michael Turner, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that congressional Republicans would take action following the release of an explosive court filing on alleged Democrat-linked spying on the Trump Tower and the White House.

February 13, 2022

Most Democrats want candidate other than Biden as 2024 nominee, poll shows

Most Democratic voters want the party to nominate someone other than President Biden to head the ticket in the 2024 election, according to a poll released Sunday.

February 13, 2022

Jim Jordan: Durham filing shows ‘spying’ on Trump was ‘worse than we thought’

Rep. Jim Jordan said Sunday that special counsel John Durham's court filing proves that "President Trump was right" when he accused the Clinton campaign of spying on him.

February 13, 2022

New York Times faces pushback for calling Asian-Americans ‘overrepresented’ in figure skating

The New York Times triggered a social media backlash for a report stating that Asian-Americans are "vividly overrepresented" in figure skating.

February 12, 2022

Federal judge puts brakes on Biden’s climate-change order

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Biden administration's effort to adopt a social cost on carbon and other greenhouse gases, handing a win to 10 Republican attorneys general who accused the president of overstepping his authority.

February 11, 2022

Sen. Rand Paul encourages truckers to hold U.S. protest, clog up cities

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, wants to see truckers stage a Canadian-style protest in America, saying he hopes they "clog things up" with a demonstration against pandemic mandates.

February 11, 2022

ABC refusing to nationally air ad ripping school mandates on ‘The View,’ conservative groups say

Conservative groups on Thursday accused ABC of refusing to run an ad nationally criticizing school pandemic mandates on its popular left-tilting talk show "The View."

February 10, 2022

Beijing bust: Low ratings, bad food, quarantine woes plague Winter Games

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics have seen plenty of crashes already on both the snow and ice, but the most spectacular wipeout of all may be the games themselves.

February 10, 2022

NCAA gives green light to Thomas with no changes to transgender policy at Division I championships

The NCAA cleared the way Thursday for Lia Thomas to compete in Division I swimming championships, announcing that transgender athletes will not be required this year to meet the tighter eligibility standards set earlier this month by USA Swimming.

February 10, 2022

Stacey Abrams apologizes for going maskless at school after outcry

Stacey Abrams has apologized for going maskless while posing with masked children at a Georgia elementary school, as more photos surfaced of the unmasked Democrat.

February 9, 2022

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas fuels nationwide wave of Republican bills on women’s sports

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas may be setting records in the pool, but her standout collegiate season is also propelling Republican-sponsored bills to prevent male-born athletes from competing in female sports.

February 8, 2022

Republicans launch ad capitalizing on ‘hypocrisy’ of unmasked Stacey Abrams

The Republican Governors Association released Monday the first video ads blasting Stacey Abrams for going maskless at a Georgia elementary school, and they probably won't be the last.

February 7, 2022

‘Never Trump’ Jonah Goldberg picked up by CNN after resigning from Fox News

Never Trump conservative Jonah Goldberg has landed at CNN after leaving Fox News Channel last year in dramatic fashion, citing objections to a Tucker Carlson special on the Jan. 6 riot.

February 7, 2022

George Washington president reverses decision to investigate anti-China Olympic posters on campus

George Washington University has executed a 180 on investigating the origin of Olympic-themed posters on campus criticizing China, throwing its support behind the artwork after the president initially said he found them "offensive."

February 7, 2022

Stacey Abrams ripped for maskless photo with masked Georgia schoolchildren

The City Schools of Decatur remain under a mandatory mask mandate, but that didn't stop Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

February 6, 2022

GOP congressman accuses NBC of rejecting ad blasting Olympics corporate sponsors

Rep. Mike Waltz, Florida Republican, has accused NBC of refusing to air an ad criticizing corporate sponsors of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The 30-second ad features Mr. Waltz as well as NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, a prominent critic of Chinese human-rights abuses, calling out corporate support for what the congressman called the "genocide games."

February 6, 2022

16 Penn teammates back policy likely to exclude Lia Thomas from swimming championships

Not everyone at the University of Pennsylvania appears to be paddling in the same direction when it comes to transgender swimming standout Lia Thomas.

February 4, 2022