On Friday evening, the three evening newscasts were giddy over President Joe Biden’s choice of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the seat of the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Words like “historic” were thrown around to describe her nomination. Continuing on the media’s day-long drool fest over Jackson’s nomination, CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a suggestion by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Ukraine pledges its neutrality in exchange for unspecified security guarantees. Putin has agreed to send a delegation to Belarus to begin negotiations. But the announcement didn’t halt the Russian military juggernaut from moving forward. As my PJ Media colleague Cameron
Summary: President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting with his national security team. The president is spending the weekend resting at his family home in Delaware. Live stream links will activate as streams become available ALL TIMES EST 10:00 AM Virtual meeting with NSC staff White House Briefing Schedule Keep an Eye on the President
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/Reuters) During the phase of Russia’s troop buildup that began last fall, the White House presented evidence of Russia’s activities surrounding Ukraine to Qin Gang, China’s ambassador to the U.S., according to the New York
As the people of Ukraine continue to come under assault by invading Russian forces, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted that “something is off with” Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I wish I could share more,but for now I can say it’s pretty obvious to many that something is off with #Putin,” Rubio wrote. “He has always
A cheerful message from a Ukrainian soldier to Russian soldiers went viral as the invasion force came closer to attacking the capital city of Kyiv. The unidentified soldier smiles and laughs as he casually threatens the Russians invading his country on the order of President Vladimir Putin. “I’ll record this in Russian to make it
On Friday’s CNN Newsroom, White House correspondent John Harwood said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) opposition to President Biden’s nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on the grounds she is going to be a reliable liberal is not a substantive criticism. Host Bianna Golodryga asked Harwood to comment on how
The Biden White House on Friday asked Congress for $6.4 billion in aid for the Ukraine crisis after Russian military forces invaded the country. According to Reuters, $2.9 billion will go toward security and humanitarian aid and $3.5 billion would be for the Pentagon. The $6.4 billion in aid would be in addition to the
A Laker Airways McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 airliner in flight, May 30, 1979. (Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Who said it? Someone sitting in a room with a pencil and piece of paper is not going to be able to figure out the proper airline rate any better than allowing the consumers and producers in a competitive marketplace
President Joe Biden has nominated U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Who is Jackson? What is her judicial philosophy? And how should senators evaluate her nomination? Here’s what you need to know. Jackson’s rulings and previous comments offer clues as to why Biden nominated her to
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its mask guidance on Friday, allowing most people to ditch their face coverings so long as Covid-19 hospitalizations in their communities remain low. Under the new CDC guidance, people are advised to wear masks in public areas indoors, including schools, when there’s a lot of virus circulation
Three former Minneapolis police officers have been found guilty of depriving George Floyd of his civil rights by failing to give aid when he was pinned beneath a colleague’s knee. Tou Thao, 36, J. Alexander Kueng, 28, and Thomas Lane, 38, were convicted yesterday of denying Floyd’s constitutional right to medical care while in police
The journalists at NBC and ABC on Friday set up a no-win scenario for the Republican response to Joe Biden’s Supreme Court choice Ketanji Brown Jackson. According to ABC, she is a “pragmatist” and “consensus builder.” How could anyone oppose someone like that? (In reality, even The Washington Post admitted she’s deeply liberal.) NBC’s Chuck
President Joe Biden is facing sinking approval numbers fueled by inflation, the border crisis, the closing days of a pandemic, and yes, even a war brewing in Eastern Europe. However, the White House is behaving like a middle schooler in their magic trick phase with their latest distraction. As PJ Media’s Matt Margolis reported earlier,
A group of 10 bicameral Democrats urged President Joe Biden to tap further into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The Democrats, led by Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed, urged Biden to take the action to avert increased U.S. gasoline prices, according to the letter. Oil prices, which
(Brendan McDermid/Reuters) The National Health Service Trust overseeing Britain’s transgender youth clinic — which has been plagued by controversies — is facing discrimination claims after a job candidate who maintains that sex is an immutable characteristic was turned away on that basis. Kate Grimes, a retired hospital CEO, responded to an advertisement for a chairman
The homelessness epidemic reached new heights in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic. But according to Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin, the city’s plan to address the growing problem is too costly and too slow. In fact, some housing units being constructed for homeless individuals are costing the city as much as $837,000 apiece, Galperin
As protests and pushback against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are picking up steam in a growing number of nations, the Daily Mail reported that images of Russian President Vladimir Putin looking like Adolf Hitler are popping up all over the place — and that even “Adolf Putin” graffiti has been scrawled on Russian buildings. ‘Adolf
Moments after President Biden officially nominated Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon, CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell swooned: “No matter what your politics, you couldn’t help but be moved by what just happened at the White House.” She even brought on Democratic Senator Cory Booker to further cheerlead for
The Conservative Political Action Committee featured an advertisement titled “Woka-Cola,” highlighting Coca-Cola’s impact on the United States’ obesity epidemic, during its Friday program. The ad is sponsored by the Consumers’ Research initiative, an educational nonprofit dedicated to consumer information. The group has a website called AlwaysWokaCola.com which is devoted to exposing Coca-Cola’s “woke hypocrisy” including the
Supreme Court Police officers guard a barrier between anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights protesters outside the court building, ahead of arguments in the Mississippi abortion rights case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) A new report from the pro-abortion research group the Guttmacher Institute indicates that more than half
“One small thing to be thankful for is that [Donald Trump] is not in the White House as the Ukraine crisis unfolds. He’d side with Russia,” tweeted Francis Fukuyama, author of “The End of History and the Last Man.” The headline on Eugene Robinson’s Washington Post opinion column reads, “With Biden standing firm, Putin must
In this article NKE FL A sign hangs above the entrance of a Foot Locker store on August 02, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Foot Locker shares tumbled in premarket trading Friday after the retailer said it expects revenue to drop in 2022 as it anticipates it will no longer be
A suspect has been arrested for allegedly stealing a crossbow by stuffing it down his trousers in Florida. Darren Durrant was shown on CCTV at the True Value Store on 2 February. The 46-year-old can be seen walking into the shop with a crutch – before taking a pair of cutting tools and removing the
Something caught my ear in the car, listening to a radio simulcast of the February 21 PBS NewsHour. Anchor Judy Woodruff drily reported that “Canadian police have arrested more than 190 protesters and issued 389 charges in connection with the so-called Freedom Convoy.” The “so-called Freedom Convoy.” It’s a journalistic term that can be employed as
The omicron variant of COVID-19 was bad. It was an advanced life form compared to the delta variant. It evaded antibodies created by vaccines and became one of the most contagious viruses in history. But it was far less deadly and caused far fewer serious illnesses than other variants. Now another variant is cropping up, and
Baltimore plans to spend $90.4 million of federal funds to buy hotels to replace existing homeless shelters and support other homelessness programs, The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday. The city has not yet announced which hotels it will buy, but it plans to replace 275 existing beds in several shelters with private rooms in city-owned hotels,
A professor and university students in a lecture hall (Clerkenwell/Reuters) It’s very rare for a college or university to hire a president or other high administrator who hasn’t been a lifelong academic. (The most notable exception at the present is Mitch Daniels at Purdue.) How does that affect the quality of personnel at the top?
A recent Fox News national poll of registered voters found that 58% believe that the nation is worse off now than a year prior, and 56% disapprove of President Biden’s job performance. Just 35% felt that the nation is better off now than a year back, while only 43% approve of Biden’s job performance. The
As Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated a full-fledged military invasion of Ukraine, BlazeTV host Mark Levin recalled how the United States, along with the U.K. and Russia, guaranteed Ukraine “national security” if it gave up its sizable nuclear arsenal, the third largest on earth in 1994. But in 2014, Putin gambled that then-President Barack Obama
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