Kelvin Cochran served as a firefighter for over three decades. He was named “Fire Chief of the Year” in 2012, and former President Barack Obama appointed him the U.S. fire administrator, the highest fire service post in the nation. But Cochran faced a different kind of fire in 2015 when he was terminated as Atlanta’s
Donald Trump has been questioned under oath as part of a lawsuit where protesters allege they were violently attacked by his security guards. The former US president testified at Trump Tower in New York City for several hours on Monday, and video of his deposition will be played before a jury if the case goes
On Monday evening, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) showed just how much they were done covering possibly the biggest blunder of Joe Biden’s presidency so far: abandoning Americans in an Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban. And Fox News Channel correspondent Trey Yingst put it best when he declared “This story is not over”
Reportedly, OSHA sent the draft of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Because the agency is issuing the mandate for employers with more than 100 employees as an emergency temporary standard (ETS), there will not be a comment period. Once OMB finishes the review, it is published and goes
Summary: President Joe Biden will receive his daily briefing, then, in two separate meetings, he will talk with House progressives and a group of moderate Democrats to discuss his very unpopular and now-stalled agenda. 9:30 AM Receive Daily Briefing 2:00 PM Meet with the Treasury secretary and House progressives 4:30 PM Meet with the Treasury
(artisteer/Getty Images) At National Review, we all work every day to remain worthy of your readership and support, for which we will always be grateful. And every day, you give us new reasons to express gratitude. Just a few hours ago, my colleague Judson Berger asked for your support in reaching $100,000 for our fall 2021 webathon, to which
A mother of three was charged with first-degree murder after prosecutors say she shot and killed a man for refusing to kiss her. The alarming story unfolded about 9:45 p.m. Thursday evening in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Police said they found a 29-year-old man shot dead at The Preserve at Woodfield apartment
Washington State University is dropping head football coach Nick Rolovich and several assistant coaches who it says are not in compliance with Gov. Jay Inslee’s order requiring state workers to have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Rolovich and assistant football coaches Ricky Logo, John Richardson, Craig Stutzmann, and Mark Weber are said to not be
Gay male middle schoolers, communist rhetoric and advice to finish homework before you “summon the devil.” Welcome to season 2 of Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club, released on October 11. The Baby-Sitters Club, like so much in this era of cultural decline, takes a nostalgic, decades-old franchise and makes it irritatingly woke. This reboot’s only legacy
If the Democratic party of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden gets its way, America may soon look a lot like Justin Trudeau’s Canada. American conservatives, don’t say you weren’t warned. On September 16, amidst a closely contested Canadian federal election, former president Barack Obama tweeted his endorsement of Liberal Party of Canada leader
Thousands gathered in Sacramento to protest California’s school Covid vaccine mandate on Monday. Recall, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the nation’s first k-12 vaccine mandate for in-person learning. Advertisement – story continues below Fresh off of a rigged recall election, Newsom has gone into overdrive. The mandate will go into effect once the FDA gives full
Students walk at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C., September 20, 2018. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters) A federal judge ruled on Monday that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did not discriminate against white and Asian applicants in its admissions process, in response to a lawsuit by conservative legal group Students for
There has been an extraordinary amount of talk in policy circles recently about Taiwan and the U.S. commitment to Taiwan’s security—and for good reason. The Chinese are ratcheting up pressure on Taiwan to a degree unseen in at least 25—and perhaps 60—years. The good news is that the U.S. is not alone. It has friends
US President Joe Biden has paid tribute to former US secretary of state Colin Powell following his death, saying he “could drive his Corvette Stingray like nobody’s business”. The 84-year-old died following complications from COVID-19, his family said in a statement today. Figures from across the political spectrum have paid their tributes to the first
Washington — Several years ago, while perusing material for my favorite department of “The American Spectator,” the Current Wisdom, I came across an obvious lie perpetrated by Terry McAuliffe, this season’s Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia. It was a pretty bold lie, too, and he was quite proud of it as you will see.
It was inevitable that Colin Powell’s death would be politicized. In fact, you probably saw that several obituaries have already been written about him that tied his legacy to the Iraq war. But those weren’t the only examples of Powell’s death being politicized. I’m sure there are many, actually, but one, in particular, caught my
The University of Michigan reportedly paid Critical Race Theory (CRT) proponent Ibram X. Kendi $20,000 to speak at an hour-long virtual event last fall, Campus Reform reported. Kendi’s Nov. 11, 2020 “Discussion with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi” over Zoom was partially paid for by state funding and student fees, according to the event contract obtained
National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. (National Review) NR’s fall webathon is about to touch, and hopefully surpass, a milestone, but we need your help to get there. As of this writing, the tally shows somewhere north of $96,000. Can we get to five zeros, to a cool $100,000? We sure hope so. Many
Video captured the moment daredevil stuntman Jonathan Goodwin was crushed between two vehicles that subsequently burst into flames during an “America’s Got Talent: Extreme” stunt that went woefully wrong. The stunt took place Thursday at Atlanta Motor Speedway during rehearsal for the show. What are the details? According to a Monday TMZ report, a straitjacketed
Comedian Flame Monroe says that Dave Chappelle didn’t go too far when he made fun of transgender people in his latest Netflix special, “The Closer,” adding that “no topic is off-limits” for comedians. What’s a brief history on this? Chappelle received heavy criticism for the highly controversial special in which he made jokes about transgenderism.
In the Biden White House, reporters aren’t there to expose the president, but to clean up his rhetorical messes. Take Monday’s Morning Joe. Biden had put his foot in it by responding to a question by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that he thought the Department of Justice should prosecute people like Steve Bannon who refuse to
Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis in Rome at the end of the month to promote a globalist socialist tax on the people. Joe Biden and Pope Francis both endorse the COVID vaccines that were developed using aborted fetal tissue. The Biden regime is pushing a plan to FORCE foreign countries to tax their
(anyaberkut/Getty Images Plus) Arguments for making private online platforms legally liable for their users’ speech should be anathema to conservatives. On Saturday, Nate Hochman argued in these pages that, in order to “secure a wider sphere of political liberty,” the time has come for a “narrowing” or “repealing” of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications
With instability and political unrest roiling the world stage, it is more important than ever for America to have solid allies in the Middle East, a dangerous region historically rife with conflict and dysfunction. Americans know and understand almost innately that Israel’s values are a mirror of our own: Israel champions democracy and the rule
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has died following coronavirus complications, his family has said. A statement on his Facebook page posted by his family said the 84-year-old “passed away this morning due to complications from COVID-19”. “He was fully vaccinated,” they said. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and
Have a plate of crow, fear-mongers Dr. Anthony Fauci and Joy Reid. Your expectations of huge college football stadiums packed with thousands of fans serving as super-spreaders of COVID-19 have been disproven. College football has reached the mid-season point, and COVID-19 outbreaks are on the decline in many of the states with the largest stadiums.
Joe Biden’s recent decline in approval is hurting two key gubernatorial races, according to Democrat campaign consultant Douglas Schoen and his polling firm partner Carly Cooperman. A recent poll from Schoen-Cooperman Research found that Terry McAuliffe’s lead in Virginia is only 4 points. In New Jersey, Democrat incumbent Phil Murphy leads by nine points. “Though
Summary: President Joe Biden will receive his daily briefing on Monday. – That’s it. Tough day. 10:00 AM Attend short meeting where intelligence officials pretend to inform the president of important national security issues. White House Briefing Schedule 1:00 PM White House Press Secretary Spins the Terrible Crap the Administration is actually doing into something
(zimmytws/Getty Images) Not so long ago, the conventional wisdom in America was that college was worth it. Period. College grads earned way more than did people without such credentials, so it was a no-brainer. Enroll in college, borrow as much as needed, and later the rewards will roll in. Within the last decade or so,
Passengers stood by and watched as a suspect raped a female passenger on a Philadelphia-area train, according to reports, and did nothing to stop the heinous act. What are the details? According to a Sunday report from the New York Times, the alleged attack took place on Wednesday night when a male suspect approached a