Andrew Kerr Former FEC Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky called for an investigation into alleged campaign finance violations by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her top aide. “There seems to be enough evidence here to justify opening a criminal investigation,” von Spakovsky wrote in a Fox News op-ed Sunday. Ocasio-Cortez and her top aide…
Grace Carr on March 11, 2019 An app developer launched a program designed to tell customers which restaurants and business are safe for Trump supporters following a slew of attacks on persons who support President Donald Trump. The app provides “reviews of local restaurant and businesses from a conservative perspective, helping insure you’re safe when you…
Chuck Ross Democrats and the media will face a “reckoning” if special counsel Robert Mueller finds no evidence of collusion involving the Trump campaign, ABC News’ Terry Moran argued in a panel discussion Sunday. “How big a deal is it if they don’t find collusion for the president?” ABC “This Week” host Martha Raddatz asked…
Neetu Chandak A University of Kansas professor was suspended from teaching a class after reportedly telling a student to “learn English” Tuesday. Engineering professor Gary Minden said the incident recently occurred in the beginning of class when a student was using a translator on a cell phone, The Associated Press reported Friday. “Other students, from my perspective, took offense to…
Chris White Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday that the Silicon Valley company will begin completely reorienting its platform over the next several years, moving toward encryption and privacy. The move would shift the company’s focus from a social network to a platform in which people communicate with smaller groups and their content disappears after…
Kevin Daley Christian baker Jack Phillips and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC) have resolved a legal dispute that set Phillips’ religious beliefs against the state’s public accommodations law. The deal, announced Tuesday afternoon, provides that the Commission will close an ongoing anti-discrimination probe of Phillips’s Masterpiece Cakeshop if Phillips withdraws a federal lawsuit alleging…
Whitney Tipton on March 5, 2019RepublishReprint Once considered shady, the business of pot is now a billion-dollar industry, generating a skilled workforce demand big enough to make college curriculum developers take notice. With retail sales estimated at $11.8 billion in 2018, forecasters project that recreational marijuana will employ almost 500,000 people by 2022. More than a dozen college and universities now offer coursework relevant…
A same-sex couple in Indiana is demanding that lawmakers in the state pass new legislation after they were turned away by a Christian tax prepper. For the past four years, Baily Brazzel has filed her taxes with Nancy Fivecoate, the owner of Carter Tax Service. But to her disappointment, Brazzel says, she was turned away…
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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…