Evie Fordham on August 23, 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made $430,379 in gross income from her writings in 2017 alone, according to a pile of tax returns dating back a decade that her campaign released Wednesday. Warren and her husband, Harvard Law School professor Bruce Mann, had an adjusted gross income of $913,000 in…
Molly Prince Two of the world’s largest banks were denied the opportunity to participate in a $600 million statewide infrastructure project because of their recently adopted anti-gun policies. The Louisiana Bond Commission voted Thursday to block Bank of America and Citibank from financing the state’s highway plan after the banks were originally set to take…
Chuck Ross A federal jury in Virginia found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty on eight counts of tax evasion and bank fraud. The jury returned the verdict on its fourth day of deliberation. Manafort faced 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud charges, but the jury told Judge T.S. Ellis III on…
Chris White The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is crafting a regulation dramatically curtailing the agency’s ability to retroactively veto water permission permits. EPA’s regulation mirrors a memo former agency administrator Scott Pruitt drafted before resigning his post in July. His memo directed the Office of Water to create a rule prohibiting the EPA from vetoing…
Will Racke A New York state lawmaker proposed a bill to make it a hate crime to call 911 on people of color without any valid suspicion that they are engaging in criminal activity. State Democratic Sen. Jesse Hamilton’s proposal would add to existing prohibitions on false 911 reports by designating racially motivated calls as…
Emily Larsen Vice President Mike Pence said that the U.S. has more military satellites than any other country. Verdict: True The U.S. has 166 military satellites, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Russia and China have the next largest constellations at 89 and 84 military satellites, respectively. Fact Check: Pence touted U.S. military…
Evie Fordham The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a generic version of EpiPen Thursday in response to the drug’s ballooning price as the agency continues to incentivize the pharmaceutical industry to make generics to reduce drug prices. American drug company Mylan manufactures the anti-allergic reaction product, which can cost up to $600 for a…
Molly Prince Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska slammed the state of Colorado on Wednesday for infringing upon the First Amendment in order to promulgate a political agenda. “You don’t get to choose which parts of the First Amendment you like,” Sasse said in a press release. “Using the state to put someone out of business…
Richard Pollock on August 13, 2018 Major AM Rashed Chowdhury was convicted in 1998 for murdering Bangladesh President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and nearly his entire family. Chowdhury has since found asylum in the United States. The Trump administration will likely deport Chowdhury, Bangladeshi sources tell The Daily Caller News Foundation. President Donald Trump appears likely to deport…
The following is an excerpt of our conversation with Kevin Nicholson in October, reprinted because Wisconsin’s primary is now just days away… The contours of Wisconsin’s Republican US Senate primary in 2018 seem pretty straightforward. Leah Vukmir is a state Senator, and has held elected office since 2002. In the estimation of most Wisconsin Republicans, she’s…