A motorcade carrying former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s remains travels on Jan. 4 from the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center through his hometown of Plains and then to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he will lie in repose for mourners to pay their respects until Jan. 7. Before arriving at the Carter Presi…
Journalists are finally admitting the ‘right-wing conspiracy’ was true As Joe Biden nears the end of his failed term as president, a handful of mainstream journalists are finally starting to admit what most Americans already knew: The people (mostly journalists and other Democratic partisans) who kept insisting Biden was fit to serve another four years
Recipients include musician Bono, actor Michael J. Fox, basketball star ‘Magic’ Johnson, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. President Joe Biden announced 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Jan. 4, with a list that includes famous actors, musicians, athletes, scientists, entrepreneurs, and political leaders. The nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential
The Beltway consensus is that Americans will look back fondly on 2024. Other than the major war or two, the Biden years were a welcome interlude in Washington from the chaos and tumult of Donald Trump’s hyperactive tweeting. As the mandarins look back wistfully, the hoi polloi may recall a different set of events. There
Earlier in the day, Vance attended the swearing-in of senators at the U.S. Capitol. Vice President-elect JD Vance underwent a planned surgery after attending the kickoff to the new Congress, according to his spokesperson on Friday. Vance was admitted to George Washington Hospital in the afternoon. “The Vice President-elect is having long-planned, minor sinus surgery
Thursdays remain the busiest air travel days of the entire year. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Jan. 3 that 2024 was America’s second-busiest year in history for flights. The previous record was set before the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement that was also published through Medium, the FAA said its preliminary data showed
The package also formally disbands the Diversity and Inclusion Office and restores gendered language to the House rules. A rules package that will make it harder to remove the House speaker was passed in the chamber along party lines on Jan. 3. The 215–209 vote happened hours after Republicans handed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) the