Johnson Appoints Republicans to Fill Vacancies on Powerful Intel Committee

Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) announced that they would be joining the panel.  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has filled two vacancies on the powerful House Intelligence Committee with Republican members who fall toward the right of their caucus. In separate statements posted to their websites, Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny

Johnson Appoints Reps. Perry, Jackson to Fill Vacancies on Powerful Intel Committee

Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) announced that they would be joining the panel.  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has filled two vacancies on the powerful House Intelligence Committee with Republican members who fall toward the right of their caucus. In separate statements posted to their websites, Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny

Columbia Law Review Board Buckles to Student Editors and Publishes Controversial Article

The Columbia Law Review’s board of directors buckled to a group of student editors Thursday, restoring the Law Review’s website and publishing a controversial article without so much as an editor’s note indicating it did not go through the journal’s standard editing process. The move comes after the board “temporarily suspended” the site Monday after

Division of Labor: Controversial Teachers’ Union Funded Labor Secretary’s Speech, Then the Doors Opened

Julie Su hobnobbed with American Federation of Teachers officials after controversial union funded her conference appearance. Evelyn DeJesus (R), executive vice president for American Federation of Teachers and Secretary of Labor Julie Su at the AFL-CIO 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference 2024. (LCLLA/Facebook) The American Federation of Teachers funded

Sen. Brown Urges Probe Into Chinese-Owned Solar Firms

Congressional Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to investigate alleged unfair trade practices by Chinese-owned companies in the solar industry. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, penned a June 4 letter to David Johnson, chairman of the International Trade Commission, and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, expressing support for the

50 Cent Says Black Men Are ‘Identifying With Trump’ Over Biden

The Queens-born rap mogul was also asked who he would support in the 2024 presidential election. Rapper Curtis Jackson, once one of hip-hop’s biggest names, believes black voters are more likely to identify with former President Donald Trump than President Joe Biden in the wake of his unprecedented conviction. The 48-year-old Grammy Award-winning artist, better

Judge Blocks Illinois Election Law That Repealed Slating, Deems It Unconstitutional

The judge found that the slating ban harmed prospective candidates by impermissibly burdening their right to have their names placed on the November ballot. An Illinois judge has blocked enforcement of a controversial election law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that barred political parties from appointing candidates to fill out general election ballots where