A federal court in Virginia last week held a hearing on a wedding photographer’s lawsuit challenging a state law that he says requires him to participate in same-sex weddings against his personal Christian beliefs. Lawyers representing photographer Bob Updegrove asked the court Friday to stop enforcing the law while his lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General
Maybe it’s because of all the lying?Trust in traditional media has declined to an all-time low in the United States following the 2020 presidential election. Via Axios The trust sank to new lows after the 2020 presidential election.FOX News took the greatest hit. Its viewership is reportedly down approximately 20% compared to pre-November levels. Americans
President Donald Trump talks about imposing fresh sanctions on Iran as Vice President Mike Pence looks on in the Oval Office, June 24, 2019. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Donald Trump abused the pardon power on his way out the door. This is not the first time Trump has handed out improper pardons, and he is not the
About 50 miles northeast of Houston is headquartered a land development company called Colony Ridge. According to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, Colony Ridge has about 22,000 residents, and evidence suggests it serves as a sort of landing ground for people who have entered the country illegally. Colony Ridge is owned by the Harris family,
Belk department store John Greim | LightRocket | Getty Images KKR, Blackstone and other major lenders to Belk are in talks with the North Carolina-based department store chain to keep it out of bankruptcy, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company, its lenders and the private-equity firm Sycamore Partners are inching closer toward
President Joe Biden starts his first full day in office pledging to unify the country and heal divisions after four turbulent years. America’s new leader, the country’s 46th president, is a seasoned political operator but the challenges he faces are legion. Taming the pandemic, dealing with the economic carnage it has reaped and calming a
On an Inauguration Day edition of the NewsBusters Podcast, executive editor Tim Graham shares how the morning TV and the morning Washington Post were already boosting Joe Biden and feeling the weight of his task, the poor guy. The Post had not one special celebration section, but two for the day, one for Biden and
While many inaugural addresses have gone down in history for their inspirational rhetoric and bold vision, most inaugural speeches have been snoozers. Biden’s attempt at greatness yesterday did not disappoint anyone expecting a boring, pedestrian address. All the headlines today are glowing tributes to Biden’s call for “unity.” But as Kevin Williamson of NRO points
Joe Biden delivered a rousing speech following his inauguration with a theme of healing the bitter divide in our nation and coming together in the wake of Donald Trump’s “destructive” presidency. He then turned around and immediately demanded that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel resign nearly a year ahead of the end
President Joe Biden had been in the White House for just a few hours when he began putting America last with the stroke of a pen. Biden signed a total of 17 executive orders that appeared to be solely focused on undoing the America First policies enacted under former President Donald Trump. Open Borders Biden
President Joe Biden swears in presidential appointees in a virtual ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House, January 20, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) According to reports, President Joe Biden shortly will issue an executive order reversing the Mexico City policy, which currently prevents U.S. aid money from funding groups that perform or promote
Model and entertainer Courtney Stodden says that her ex-husband, actor Doug Hutchison, courted other teenagers before — and after — their nearly 10-year marriage. The two were legally married in 2011 when Stodden was 16 years old, with her parents’ permission, and Hutchison was 51, and divorced in 2020. Stodden was Hutchison’s third wife. A
Conservative journalist Jason Whitlock said Wednesday that he likens Black Lives Matter to the Ku Klux Klan — and that BLM and Antifa are the “enforcement arm of the Democratic Party.” What are the details? Whitlock made his statements during an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, who had just noted that Democrats apparently have
Forget the coronavirus. A new pandemic has broken out, one targeting the liberal media: the Chills Virus! Yesterday, New York Times editor Lauren Wolfe tweeted: “Biden landing at Joint Base Andrews now. I have chills.” Poor John Berman of CNN was afflicted with the same virus this morning. On New Day, commenting on Youth Poet
In 1980, singer Neil Diamond recorded a song that celebrated American immigration, first in the early 1900s and then more recently. The song included this chorus: “On the boats and on the planes “They’re coming to America “Never looking back again “They’re coming to America.” The song makes no distinction between the legal and orderly
Democrats and the media have decided that you, an American citizen with free speech rights, may not question the outcome of the 2020 election. They live by a different set of rules, however. We had a years long investigation that cost millions of dollars to satisfy the Democrats’ false belief that Trump was elected with
In normal circumstances, word that the party that controls Congress will not be able to pass the president’s top priority for at least six weeks, and when “a half-dozen senior Democrats” declare “no clear agenda has been presented to them by President Joe Biden,” it would be seen as a supremely ominous indicator that the new
President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive for his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images) If presidential inaugurations are all about symbolism, what to make of this one? There was no grace present as Trump slunk off early
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by United Airlines takes off from Los Angeles International Airport. Getty Images United Airlines on Wednesday posted a fourth-quarter loss and warned sales would continue to suffer in the early part of 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic drags on. Here’s how United performed in the quarter, compared with what Wall
Joe Biden spent his inaugural address preaching unity in a country riven with division. But on his first day in office he went solo to sign 15 executive orders and two directives. It was all aimed at undoing Trump’s work swiftly- from re-joining the Paris Climate accord, to a national mask mandate, to reversing the
When President Trump took office four years ago and took a pen and a phone to President Obama’s signature policy accomplishments, the liberal media looked on in horror as they decried Trump for dismantling his legacy. But now, they looked on with glee as President Biden set out to “unravel the last four years,” as
On Wednesday, former President George W. Bush — very much an opponent of former President Donald Trump — reportedly identified “the savior” who may have been ultimately responsible for Trump’s defeat: House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.). “George Bush said to me today, he said, ‘You know, you’re the savior because if you had not
The Texas Democrat Party is calling on twenty-two Texas Republicans to resign from public office or be removed. Texas Democratic Party Chair, Gilberto Hinojosa, said in an interview that the party’s Executive Committee met and agreed to call for the resignations on Monday. The Republicans are accused of trying to overthrow the will of the
President Joe Biden will watch a virtual Presidential Inauguration Prayer Service then receive his daily briefing. Later, the president will deliver remarks on the COVID-19 response and sign more executive orders before receiving a briefing from the COVID-19 team. President Biden’s Itinerary for 1/21/21 – note: this page will be updated during the day if
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) arrives before the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Pool) The funny thing about poetry is that few people read it, but when it comes to the big occasions of
South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat, told reporters Wednesday that former President George W. Bush hailed him as a “savior” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, claiming that Bush said Biden was the only Democrat in the primary who could have beaten President Donald Trump. But a Bush spokesman has
Antifa rioters attacked the headquarters of the Democratic Party in Portland, Oregon, and left anti-Joe Biden messages on the day of his inauguration in Washington, D.C. About a hundred protesters dressed in black marched in a demonstration against police on Wednesday before vandalizing the Democratic office. Inauguration Day in Portland. A group of about 100
Joe Biden says he’ll “advance racial equity” by making “bold investments” in “Affordable Housing,” aiding “businesses owned by Black and Brown people,” establishing an “Equity Commission,” etc. Gosh, that’ll do it. Others demand reparations for slavery, more social programs and defunding the police. Yet, economist Thomas Sowell says, “I haven’t been able to find a
As President Joe Biden took office Jan. 20 with calls for unity, his allies in the mainstream media are beating the drum for squashing political dissent, large or small, and keeping it from being heard by the American people. It’s amazing how “Resist”—once the proud motto of progressive activists—has instantly been turned on its head
Not satisfied with merely forcing Trump out of office with a coup, the far left radicals of antifa took to the streets of Seattle to do, what else, riot and light fires. They demand “total abolition” according to one chant: “No cops, no prisons, total abolition!” Antifa march through Seattle tonight for an Inauguration Day