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The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s prohibiting churches and other houses of worship from holding indoor services did not discriminate against people of faith for practicing their beliefs and said preventing the spread of the coronavirus took precedent. “It is difficult to see how allowing more people to congregate indoors will do anything other than […]

President Joe Biden is expected to announce sweeping policies on Wednesday to address so-called manmade climate change, including putting millions of acres of federal land off-limits for domestic energy production and elevate environmental concerns to a national security issue. On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order to put a 60-day pause on new drilling leases on federal land but has indicated a […]

Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs at the American Petroleum Institute (API), said in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with host Matt Boyle that if President Joe Biden puts a permanent ban on oil and gas development on federal waters and land, it could cost 1 million American jobs. Boyle asked Macchiarola about the significance of Biden revoking the […]

A columnist at the Los Angeles Times is calling on President Joe Biden to seat a 1/6 Commission, much like the 9/11 Commission established after the terrorist attack on U.S. soil in September 2001, but this time to investigate what she calls “MAGA Terrorists.” Virginia Heffernan is referring to an attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 by hundreds of people, many of them wearing Donald […]

President-Elect Joe Biden’s promise to embrace transgender ideology will likely include supporting biological men who say their gender identity is female to compete in sports against biological women. Attorneys representing transgender athletes and women athletes expect Biden’s Department of Education to reverse course in two lawsuits in Idaho and Connecticut that the Trump administration had backed to protect women’s rights. The Associated Press (AP) reported on […]

The Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, a professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University, gave a sermon on Sunday at the National Cathedral, on the eve of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, slamming America for its false claim of exceptionalism, which he said is actually worship of white supremacy. Selected portions of the lengthy sermon, framed as […]

An 18-year-old male ballet dancer is turning centuries-old tradition on its head by donning en pointe shoes to dance in roles until now reserved for women. Ashton Edwards will be the first male dancer to study en pointe at the prestigious Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB). Edwards, who moved to Seattle from Flint, Michigan, said in a KIRO 7 News interview that his journey started a year […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Daniel Alan Baker, identified as an Antifa activist, on Friday for allegedly issuing a call to arms on Internet platforms against the Florida state Capitol. Baker, who described himself as a “hardcore leftist,”  took part in several anti-police protests around the country, including in Seattle’s CHOP/CHAZ zone. He surrendered peacefully when arrested by the FBI, which was assisted by […]

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is expanding its use of fines to punish players for not wearing masks. The association fined Brooklyn Nets’ point guard Kyrie Irving $50,000 after photos posted on social media showed him not wearing a mask at a family gathering. The NBA issued the fine on Friday “for violating its health and safety protocols” and said he could return to the team […]

The Pentagon is putting 20,000 National Guard on the streets of D.C. in the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol to support Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Capitol Police for the inauguration on Jan. 20 of President-elect Joe Biden. That is in addition to the more than 6,000 officers who are part of the U.S. Capitol Police and who are officers with the D.C. Metropolitan […]

In the aftermath of some Trump supporters breaching the Capitol last week, new security measures have been put in place, causing complaints from some lawmakers. House members are now required to go through metal detectors, according to an announcement from the acting sergeant-at-arms less than one week after the event. Five people died in the attack — one female President Donald Trump supporter, a Capitol Police […]

The search for suspects who allegedly took part in storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has led to the arrest of four men for alleged crimes related to the attack that included the deaths of a Trump supporter and a Capitol Police officer. The breach of the Capitol took place following a rally at the White House where President Donald Trump spoke to his supporters. On Friday […]

President-Elect Joe Biden has been rolling out his Cabinet picks ahead of his January 20 inauguration, and at least one community is displeased with the results. According to Politico’s 2021 Transition Playbook, there has been backlash from the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), which for the first time in more than two decades will not be represented among Biden’s top officials: APPI lawmakers and outside […]

A woman who was shot during protests at the Capitol on Wednesday has died, according to the D.C. Fire Department and EMS.  A witness said he was right behind the woman, who defied police orders to retreat from trying to enter the Capitol through a window. Just happened. Global News pic.twitter.com/W5qjgM43de — Sophia (@Sophiavista17) January 6, 2021 The man, who did identify himself, but his name […]

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) responded to the massive crowd of protesters on the Capitol grounds, where some have managed to get inside the building, calling it “mob demand.” Source link

The “Save America March” is taking place today at the Ellipsis at the White House—informally called “the President’s Lawn.” Gates opened at 7 a.m. and the event will begin at 9 a.m. A host of high-profile Trump supporters are expected to speak including Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Amy Kremer, Rudy Giuliani, Katrina Pierson, Boris Epshteyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Diamond […]

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) said some 50 House lawmakers joined President Donald Trump and chief of staff Mark Meadows on a Saturday conference call to discuss the challenge to some of the electoral votes in several states. Fox News spoke with Brooks, who only named Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as one of the other House members on the call: [Brooks] said the members on the call reflected only […]

President Donald Trump has made strengthening the military a priority in his administration, including in 2017 reserving military service to men and women based on their biological sex and not their gender identity. On the campaign trail Joe Biden promised if he were elected president he would return to the military policy of the Barack Obama administration that allowed men and women to serve in the […]

Officials in the District of Columbia are characterizing a pro-Trump rally planned for January 6 as backed by extremists, but organizers say the event will feature well-respected conservative activists and elected lawmakers from across the country. According to the rally’s website, it will feature a wide range of conservatives, including Tea Party Patriot’s Jenny Beth Martin; president of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, Ed Martin; founder and president […]

While D.C. officials are busy locking down the city for fear of the spread of the coronavirus, data from the Metropolitan Police Department show that homicides in the city are at the highest number since 2004. On New Year’s Eve, the data showed that 198 people had been killed in 2020, the highest number in 16 years. The number killed is up 19 percent from 2019 […]

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in favor of President Donald Trump’s order barring entry to legal immigrants until they fund their own health insurance and avoid becoming a “public charge’ for taxpayers. The San Francisco Chronicle put the number of migrants who would not be admissible at an estimated 375,000 every year — or about one million every 2.5 years. The Chronicle claimed […]

President Donald Trump’s legacy will go beyond his accomplishments as the 45th Commander-in-Chief who bettered the lives of Americans. The milestones he made in U.S. space exploration will no doubt last light-years after he leaves office. Here are some examples of what Trump has done to advance the U.S. presence in space: • In December, Vice President Mike Pence, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida […]

Marc T. Little, a pastor and executive director of the CURE America Action Inc., a political action committee, penned a commentary in the Washington Times on Wednesday encouraging Christian voters in the Senate runoff election on Jan. 5 in Georgia to cast their ballot according to their faith and not based on the false idea of black victimhood.  Little wrote that Christians believe God will “spare […]

The huge ball made of Waterford crystal that drops at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve will still fall toward Times Square, but for the first time since 1907, no one will be there in person to witness it because of the coronavirus restrictions in New York City. The New York City Patch website reported on the revised celebration: Organizers announced in September that […]

Franklin Graham, evangelical pastor and son of Billy Graham, posted on Facebook Monday that Christians have a responsibility to save “the soul of our nation” by voting for Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, the Republicans facing Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in a January 5 runoff election. “Christians who believe the Bible and live in Georgia—the soul of our nation is at stake. I […]

It took time to comb through the almost 6,000 page legislation Congress approved to fund the government and provide relief for Americans from the coronavirus lockdown, but in the end those who believe climate change is an existential threat are happy about what lawmakers stuffed into the bill. USA Today reported that environmental activists “are touting the $2.3 trillion bill as a potential game-changer thanks to […]

January 1 is just days away, but some are still debating whether 2021 is just another year in the decade that began in 2020 or if the New Year is the start of a new decade. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, which has been advising American farmers and others about the weather and how it influences our lives since 1818, the year 2021 is the start […]

The same people who backed and took part in protests in cities across the United States in the name of racial justice are now pressuring President-elect Joe Biden to reward them for their votes with positions in his administration. “There was a mandate,” Gladys Limón, executive director of California Environmental Justice Alliance, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “This is a litmus test.” Biden’s first pick, for example, […]

Two Democrat California lawmakers are pressing Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom to provide free health care to migrants who are in the United States illegally at a price tag of $2.6 million annual to taxpayers in the state. This hand-out would be accomplished by making illegal migrants — like their citizen counterparts — eligible up to age 26 to qualify for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program for […]

President Elect Joe Biden has picked Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Barack Obama and president of the leftist environmental group National Resources Defense Council, to become his climate czar. The position does not require Senate confirmation, but would have significant impact across the federal government as McCarthy is expected to guide climate policy at Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and even […]

A National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report on fall enrollment in U.S. colleges reveals that the higher education sector lost 400,000 students this fall because of the coronavirus — twice the rate in 2019. Inside Higher Ed detailed the report: Community college enrollment saw the sharpest declines, and freshman enrollment is down 13.1 percent, about steady with the previous report. Community college enrollment is down 10.1 percent, up […]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), at the last minute on Friday, blocked a Democrat-backed bill that would have created a pipeline for Hong Kong citizens to come to the U.S. under Temporary Protection Status or asylum, which virtually would allow for a massive transfer of migrants into the country. The bill, the Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act, Cruz said, would allow Democrats “to advance their […]

Breitbart News’s AWR Hawkins was awarded “Gun Rights Defender of the Year” by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). The award came in conjunction with the 2020 Gun Rights Policy Conference, a Second Amendment Foundation-sponsored event that brings together pro-gun authors, broadcasters, journalists, legislators, and enthusiasts annually. The policy conference was held in September of this year, but was conducted […]