Former President Barack Obama surprised a group of veterans traveling to Washington, D.C., to visit the national memorials ahead of Veterans Day. Obama posted a video of the event on his X account Tuesday morning. In the video, Obama grabs the intercom microphone on the veterans’ plane and greets everyone on board, with many veterans […]
More than two years after police launched an unprecedented raid on a small Kansas newspaper, the county where the raids occurred will pay $3 million as part of a civil judgment. The money will go to three journalists and a former city council member. In August 2023, the Marion Police Department, with help from the […]
The Trump administration is planning to open federal waters off the coast of California to offshore oil drilling. The plan, reported by The Washington Post, is part of the administration’s push for increased oil and gas exploration, but it faces local opposition and a global oil market unfavorable to industry expansion. State waters stretch between […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is denying that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will soon leave the city of Chicago, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. This comes after several sources told Chicago Tribune reporters Monday that “Operation Midway Blitz” is ending quickly. We aren’t leaving Chicago. Since start of Operation Midway Blitz […]
Coverage of violence in Nigeria has exposed sharp partisan divides in media sourcing and framing. Outlets labeled by news bias monitors as having a left lean, such as CNN, The Associated Press and The Washington Post, cited or quoted the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) project, which reported only a few hundred […]
Calling David McMenomey’s vision for a youth sports facility in Idaho “ambitious” hardly does it justice. The Little League coach and father of two has no experience turning a $120 million dream into reality, but if he pulls it off, it could change the way communities experience youth sports. Why is the Kuna Sports Complex […]
One more dawn, one more day, one day more. The prolonged government shutdown, which Congress has been fighting over for the last 41 days, may end on Wednesday afternoon. The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill that will fund the government through Jan. 30. The Senate passed the measure Monday night […]
Many veterans can buy a home much sooner using a Veterans Affairs, or VA loan, because it often doesn’t require a down payment, unlike conventional mortgages. According to a new report from Realtor.com, a veteran using a 0% down VA loan could potentially buy a home 4.4 years earlier than someone saving for a conventional […]
In this Media Miss Minute, President Donald Trump is endorsing the idea of 50-year mortgage loans, but even some Republicans say it’s not a good idea. Plus, some top military leaders are voicing concerns over what they say is a political purge of leadership. Media Miss by the left: Republicans push back at Trump’s suggestion […]
A father is speaking out after alleging he, his wife and the couple’s 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent outside a Chicago-area Sam’s Club last week. The incident occurred on Saturday in the parking lot of the store in Cicero, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, according to Rafael Veraza, […]
