Gavin Newsom Forces Fast Food Franchises To Pay Their Workers $20 an Hour. His Luxury Restaurants Pay Their Workers Less.

Golden State governor’s Lake Tahoe cafe advertises job openings at $16 an hour (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) California’s fast food franchisees must hike their minimum wage to $20 an hour under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) hailed as “extraordinarily beneficial.” His own luxury restaurants, meanwhile, are paying their workers less. Active job listings for Newsom’s

Ex-ESPN Host Says Interview With Biden Was ‘Scripted,’ White House Likely Knew Questions

Former ESPN host Sage Steele this week said an interview she conducted with President Joe Biden in 2021 was “scripted,” with questions likely sent to the White House beforehand.  “That was an interesting experience in its own right because it was so structured,” Steele told Fox News this week. “And I was told, ‘You will

Biden Admin Again Cancels Plans To Refill Oil Reserve

The Biden administration on Tuesday again canceled plans to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after selling off nearly half of the U.S. oil reserve in 2022.  The Department of Energy said that in “keeping the taxpayer’s interest at the forefront” it would not go through with a planned purchase of roughly three million barrels of

Biden’s Health Department Allocates $422K To Treat Diabetes With Native American ‘Healing Circles’

The federal government awarded a Chicago health clinic nearly half a million dollars for a “healing circle diabetes program” that will treat the disease “through practice of communal songs, prayer, music, and dance,” grant records show. The Department of Health and Human Services allocated more than $422,000 in federal funds for the American Indian Health

Jacky Rosen Wants To Block Lobbyists From Working in Congress. She Has a Penchant for Hiring Them.

Senator Jacky Rosen says she wants to stop congressional staffers from becoming lobbyists, and vice versa. But her office is teeming with former lobbyists, and many of her former staffers have gone on to become lobbyists. As part of her “efforts to clean up Washington,” the Nevada Democrat in March signed on to the Close

Poll Shows Trump Leading Biden in 6 of 7 Swing States

A Wall Street Journal poll released on Tuesday shows Republican nominee Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden in 6 of the 7 anticipated swing states in the 2024 presidential election.  If an election including independent and third-party candidates were held today, Biden would win Wisconsin by 3 percentage points but lose to Trump in North

State Department Hosted Qatari Official Who Praised Hamas Terrorism

Qatari foreign ministry spox Majed Al-Ansari voiced support for armed struggle and massive rocket attacks on Israel in 2021 column Majed al-Ansari (L) with State Department’s Bill Russo (R) (Qatar News Agency/Twitter0 The State Department last month held high-level talks with a Qatari delegation that included an official who has praised Hamas terrorists and called