Junior US troops are paid worse than McDonald’s workers, says House GOP military veteran
The GOP lawmaker who spearheaded a House effort to pass the largest military pay raise in history is tearing into the Biden administration for opposing it. Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a retired Navy pilot, pushed for a 19.5% pay raise to be included in this year’s Read More
Rule of law on ballot in NYC suburbs as cop, veteran trade barbs over border crisis, policing
Former NYPD Inspector Alison Esposito slammed her congressional opponent at an event for GOP women candidates, claiming his move from the military to Congress led to a change in his tact toward public service. In response, Rep. Patrick Ryan, D-N.Y., an Iraq War veteran, highlighted a recent trip to the southern border and bipartisan support Read More
DOJ won’t prosecute AG Garland for contempt for refusal to turn over audio from Biden, Hur interview
The Justice Department will not prosecute U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland over contempt, according to a letter sent from the agency to House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday. The House voted Wednesday to hold Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Biden‘s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The Read More
Texas students’ STAAR scores decline in math and science
The latest results in the two key subjects are a setback after two years of modest progress toward recovering from the pandemic.
Advocates welcome passage of bill to tackle environmental racism in Canada
Advocates say Canada’s first environmental justice law will help chart scale of problem, address negative health impact. Environmental and social justice advocates in Canada have welcomed a new bill that pledges to develop a national strategy to prevent and address the effects of environmental racism. In a statement on Friday, the Canadian Coalition for Environmental Read More
Pope calls for ban on ‘lethal autonomous weapons’ at G7
Pope Francis spoke about the moral quandaries surrounding artificial intelligence in warfare, saying ‘no machine should ever choose to take the life of a human being’. Pope Francis called for a ban on “lethal autonomous weapons” in an address to the G7 leaders’ summit in Italy on the perils of artificial intelligence (AI). On Friday, Read More
US ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China’s COVID efforts: Report
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus, an investigation by the Reuters news agency has found. Through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos, the military’s Read More
Supreme Court overturns federal bump stock ban, siding with Austin gun dealer
Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works, sued over the ban. The U.S. Supreme Court sided with him in a 6-3 decision Friday.
House Democratic leader declares Justice Alito ‘an insurrectionist sympathizer’ amid flag fracas
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declared Bush-appointed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito an “insurrectionist sympathizer” while also condmening Justice Clarence Thomas in comments to Fox News on Friday. Jeffries’ barb comes as Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann, continue to be under fire for previously flying the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which features a pine Read More
Lawmakers push Biden admin to pay more attention to northern border threats
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are moving to bolster security along the northern border as the U.S.-Canada line becomes more of a concern for illegal immigration hawks. Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., is leading a new bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct a yearly threat assessment of the northern border. Read More