Emily Larsen Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made several claims about wealth inequality and the economy in a 2020 presidential campaign announcement video released Tuesday. Here are five checks on his claims. Claim 1: “Three billionaires now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country.” The Daily Caller News Foundation found in November 2017…
Peter Hasson Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading the 2020 Democratic presidential field in the key primary state of New Hampshire, according to an Emerson College poll released Saturday. The Emerson poll has Sanders, an independent, receiving 27 percent of the vote and former Vice President Joe Biden trailing closely behind at 25 percent. Biden has yet to…
Evie Fordham At least 12 ISIS recruits went to the Middle East and returned to the U.S., according to The Washington Post. Nine of them were arrested and charged for terror-related crimes. Controversy is roiling over whether the Trump administration will allow the so-called “ISIS bride” Hoda Muthana back into the U.S. Secretary of State…
Julie Borowski on February 23, 2019 Actor Jussie Smollett is facing charges over allegedly submitting a false police report and staging a hate crime in what police say was an effort to boost his acting career, and libertarian commentator Julie Borowski is calling it a “disservice to real hate crime victims.” “Police are saying that the…
Molly Prince Presidential hopeful and Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar once ate her salad with a comb after a Senate aide accidentally dropped her fork, according to a New York Times report. A staffer prepared a salad for Klobuchar to eat during a flight to South Carolina in 2008, however, the aide dropped the senator’s…
Paul Ingrassia Florida Democrats are calling on Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to backtrack his comments after refusing to acknowledge opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate president. “There are serious questions about the recent election. There are many people who feel it was a fraudulent election,” Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, said Tuesday…
Chris White on February 21, 2019RepublishReprint Several major companies stopped buying advertisements on YouTube after their ads appeared on videos where pedophiles littered the comment sections, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The videos pedophiles targeted apparently did not violate the company’s rules, but the content became overrun with lewd remarks directed at the children,…
Molly Prince Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris refuted two of her potential 2020 presidential primary challengers on Wednesday when she stated that she does not agree with their acceptance of open borders. “No, I believe that we need border security,” Harris told “The Daily Show’s” Trevor Noah when asked how she felt about former Texas…
Grace Carr on February 20, 2019 Federal authorities arrested a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant after finding a trove of guns and ammunition stockpiled at his home in Maryland along with alleged plans to commit a large-scale terrorist attack targeting politicians and journalists. Federal authorities recovered 15 firearms, a number of which were rifles and long guns,…
Molly Prince “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in to police custody after he was charged on allegations related to disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, police said Thursday. “Press Briefing: Jussie Smollet is under arrest and in custody of detectives,” tweeted Anthony Guglielmi, chief communications officer for the Chicago Police Department. “At…