In this article VSCO TSLA OXY DVN FANG HOOD The Tesla logo seen on a Supercharger rapid battery charging station for the electric vehicles company Tesla Motors. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Diamondback Energy — Shares of the exploration and production company slid about
A senior aide to Andrew Cuomo has resigned after a report found the New York governor sexually harassed 11 women. Melissa DeRosa, who was Mr Cuomo’s secretary, has been linked in the report to efforts to cover up the governor’s actions and retaliate against one of his accusers. In the 168-page report by the state
Run for cover! The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is warning that we only have a few years to save the planet — a nugget of fear porn the United Nations and the media have been peddling for decades. Liberal outlet The Guardian ran a climate propaganda story headlined “Major climate changes inevitable and
If you’re familiar with the comic series Y: The Last Man, you may have been excited to hear that after years of being in development hell, it will finally premiere later this month on FX on Hulu. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction comic
The bipartisan infrastructure legislation moving through Congress could end up on President Biden’s desk before we know it. The $1 trillion bill has reportedly cleared major hurdles in the Senate and will soon land before the House of Representatives. The president would almost certainly sign the bill, which has his support, and its bipartisan passage
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., July 2, 2020 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) So much for that “crisis” at the Supreme Court. Per FiveThirtyEight: Marquette University Law School is out with its annual poll on the U.S. Supreme Court, and Americans somewhat or strongly approve of the nation’s highest court 60 percent to 39 percent, making
Surveillance video captured an assailant viciously attacking and robbing a man in broad daylight in Seattle, Washington, last month as critics argue the city has nowhere near enough police presence to crack down on soaring crime. What happened? The victim, a 22-year-old freelance photographer, was allegedly vacationing in the city when he was beaten unconscious
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) on Monday urged state residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 but rejected calls for mask mandates in schools or additional coronavirus restrictions on businesses. “The new variant, the Delta there, it does pose a real threat. We know that it spreads more easily,” McMaster said at a press conference.
Is Earth facing a Day After Tomorrow-style climate disaster? CBS This Morning on Monday warned about a new United Nations climate report and linked it to the 2004 disaster film which saw a frozen New York City. The journalists called for radical change. Meteorologist and “climate specialist” Jeff Beradelli demanded, “In order to combat climate
Schools across America—both public and private—are embracing the left’s radical ideas at an alarming rate. These ideas have found their way into curriculum, sometimes subtly and other times overtly. Many parents have had enough. They’re taking action and speaking out—winning seats on school boards, demanding transparency from teachers, and insisting that their kids learn the
A federal judge Sunday night issued a temporary injunction halting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ ban on Covid vaccine passports for cruises. A lawsuit was filed by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings last month. US District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee, said DeSantis’ law prohibiting vaccine passports likely violates the First Amendment. The Washington Times reported:
Then–President Donald Trump departs the White House, January 12, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) After four years spent painting Trump as a unique threat to the nation, progressive pundits have begun moving on to new villains. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE D elivering into the political ether a line that had hitherto been reserved to satirists, MSNBC’s Dean Obeidallah
It was never just a mask, it has always been a way of thinking. “Mask” is just shorthand. I got dumped from my volunteer work at the Hawaiian Humane Society for choosing not to wear a mask outside while walking their dogs. Neither science, the CDC, nor the state requires a mask outdoors, and I’m
Editor’s note: The Daily Signal’s audience was none too impressed by the partisan House panel looking into the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. See for yourself in this dip into the mailbag at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Yes, I admit the rioters were despicable and should never have gotten that close to the
BARCELONA, SPAIN – AUGUST 08: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Alternate crop) Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona faces the media during a press conference at Nou Camp on August 08, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. Eric Alonso | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Lionel Messi has received a formal two-year contract offer from Paris Saint-Germain. The French club
It is the completeness of the destruction in this small town that hits you first. We’d seen the images and we’d spoken to some of the evacuees, but only by being here is it possible to absorb the enormity of it all. There is almost nothing left. Greenville, California: population 1,000; swept away in the
John Sexton at Hot Air aptly summarized the exposed modus operandi of Washington Post “Fact Checker” Glenn Kessler, and how he can be caught going after conservatives based on faulty assumptions. Kessler’s intended prey was Christopher Rufo, the prominent critic of “critical race theory.” But he had to fold his “fact check” when his suspicions of
Andrew Cuomo Doesn’t Know How Awful He Is Welcome to the first do-over podcast episode I’ve ever done. I explain it all at the top of the show. Let’s just say that I was not at my best when we recorded the first take. via GIPHY Since Kevin spends most of his time in New
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Bryce Deadmon of the United States celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 4×400 meter relay at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, August 7, 2021. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) The 2020 Olympic Games have now concluded — in August 2021. After being delayed an entire year, they were, in fact, ultimately held in Japan. The United States
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, is forecasting a tsunami of vaccine mandates once the Food and Drug Administration awards the COVID-19 vaccines official authorization. What did Fauci say? Speaking with the USA Today editorial board, Fauci said last week that Americans should expect a “flood” of vaccine mandates once the
A 29-year-old Chicago police officer is dead after being shot during a traffic stop. The police officer, Ella French, had just returned to the force following the birth of her child two months ago, according to the Daily Mail. Another cop involved in the deadly traffic stop is fighting for his life. French and her
Season two of Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q premiered on Sunday, August 8, and the new season found a way to make the show even worse than last season. It introduced a lesbian fiancée played by Rosie O’Donnell who bemoans the fact that women sometimes lose elections. In the episode, “Late to the Party,” the ex-wife of
The owner of Iowa’s shuttered Cricket Hollow Zoo lost their appeal last week after having their animals seized as part of a years long campaign against them by activist groups. Pamela and Thomas Sellner of Manchester lost their animals, and their life’s work, after years of attacks by the deceptively named People for the Ethical
An ATF officer fires a firearm used in crimes to collect casings for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network at a shooting range in Glendale, Calif., in 2017. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) It needs an administrator more interested in enforcing the law than in rewriting it. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he Senate should reject Joe Biden’s nomination
Twenty-two of the Texas Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C, to prevent a quorum in the state House have filed a lawsuit in federal court against Gov. Greg Abbott. The lawsuit, which two of the twenty-two Democrats are disputing they signed onto, is embarrassingly bad. The complaint does not include the usual section for “claims” or
The pandemic is not coming to an end soon — given that only a small proportion of the world population has been vaccinated against Covid-19, a well-known epidemiologist told CNBC. Dr. Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist who was part of the World Health Organization’s team that helped eradicate smallpox, said the delta variant is “maybe the
Harry Dunn’s alleged killer Anne Sacoolas could have been “distracted by her mobile phone” moments before the fatal road crash, his family’s lawyers have claimed. “Relevant data from her phone” has also disappeared and the 43-year-old has been “evasive” over whether she was using it at the time of the collision, according to court documents
At least eight GOP-controlled states have passed bans on donations to election offices in order to deter Big Tech influence. Last year, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to election offices during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, after Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, conservative groups want to prevent that from happening again.
There seems to be a new drumbeat to ramp up panic over the Delta variant, kids. Dr. Scott Gottlieb appeared on Sunday shows to push N95 masks for children. New CDC guidance calls for a 14-day quarantine if an elementary school child is exposed to COVID-19, which will cause significant learning disruptions. This advice is