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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has stepped up for a newly minted Navy officer seeking a shot at an NFL career. As The Free Press recently reported, U.S. Naval Academy graduate Cameron Kinley, a star cornerback on Navy’s football team, got a contract as an undrafted…
Read More Rubio Tosses A Political Hail Mary For Navy Grad Who Seeks To Use Trump-Era Rule To Join The Bucs
Kendall Tietz White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki attributed the country’s rising crime to gun violence Monday ahead of President Joe Biden’s plans to speak about his “crime prevention strategy.” “I’m not going to get ahead of his comments or remarks later this week, but…
Read More Biden Feels Rise In Crime Is A Result Of Gun Violence, Psaki Says
Sebastian Hughes Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California called for the resignation of the World Health Organization director-general and requested declassification of any intelligence on the coronavirus’ origin Monday. In a letter proposing measures intended to hold China accountable for COVID-19, McCarthy said President Joe…
Read More McCarthy: WHO Chief Should Step Down, COVID-19 Origin Intelligence Must Be Declassified
Harry Wilmerding A transgender athlete competing at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics said that they wanted to win the event in order to burn an American flag on the podium, Fox News reported. “My goal is to win the Olympics so I can burn a US flag…
Read More Transgender Olympian Wants To Burn US Flag On The Podium
On Sunday, LA Times Legal Affairs Columnist, Harry Litman, appeared on MSNBC and claimed online that the Department of Justice is currently investigating Roger Stone for potential wrongdoing related to the Jan 6th U.S. Capitol riot. Litman tweeted on Sunday, “Just wouldn’t be a real scandal…
Read More “Guilt By Association” Roger Stone Responds To Alleged DOJ Investigation In Capitol Riot
Steven Hall Twenty-one House Republicans voted Tuesday against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to all police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots. The legislation for the medals received bipartisan support with a vote of 405-21. All votes against the legislation were from Republicans.…
Read More 21 House Republicans Vote Against Awarding Medals To All Police Who Were At January 6 Riot
Kendall Tietz The Biden administration announced plans Monday to allocate the remaining 55 million vaccine doses of the 80 million pledged worldwide by the end of June, the White House said in a press release. The U.S. will share 75% of the 80 million doses…
Read More US To Send Millions Of The Promised Vaccines Worldwide Before The End Of June
Kaylee Greenlee Nebraska State Patrol Troopers will help Texas law enforcement manage the border crisis, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Saturday. The Nebraska Republican said he is sending around 25 state troopers to Del Rio, Texas, to assist the state’s Department of Public Safety for a maximum of…
Read More Nebraska State Troopers Will Help Texas Law Enforcement Manage Border Crisis
Thomas Catenacci Republican Rep. Jim Jordan accused Microsoft of censoring conservative voices and said it cannot be exempt from future antitrust legislation in a letter to the company’s president. Jordan, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, cited various instances of Microsoft censoring conservative speech on…
Read More Rep Jim Jordan: Microsoft Censors Conservatives, Should Be Subject To Antitrust Laws
Steven Hall A volunteer for New York mayoral candidate Eric Adams was stabbed twice in the torso with an ice pick Sunday, a New York City Police Department spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “He’s out of surgery,” Adams said at a press conference,…
Read More NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams Campaign Volunteer Stabbed With Ice Pick In Bronx