Fewer Americans say COVID-19 situation is improving: Gallup
Fewer Americans believe that the COVID-19 situation in the country is improving, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll, published on Wednesday, found that 41 percent of respondents said that the COVID-19 situation is getting better in the U.S., a percentage that is down 22 points from a similar poll published in April and May. Thirty percent of respondents said that the nation's COVID-19 situation is getting worse, while 29 percent of those surveyed said it is stayi
Read MoreTrump lawyer says FBI teams focused on three areas at Mar-a-Lago
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Read MoreTrump says he'll be questioned in New York investigation into finances
Former President Trump said he’ll be questioned on Wednesday in the New York attorney general’s investigation into his finances, confirming the deposition in a Truth Social media post. “In New York City tonight. Seeing racist N.Y.S. Attorney General tomorrow, for a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. history!” Trump wrote. “My great company, and myself, are being attacked from all sides. Banana Republic!” New York Attorney General Letitia
Read MoreAlex Jones’s well-deserved reckoning
The first round in Alex Jones’s well-deserved reckoning was recently completed in an Austin, Texas, courtroom. There is more to come, with much unhappiness in store for Jones. Thanks to a stunning blunder by his attorney, there may also be trouble for some of his Trump-adjacent friends. In the Texas trial, the conspiracy monger was hit for a total of over $45 million in compensatory and punitive damages in favor of Scarlet Lewis and Neil Heslin, the grieving parents of a Sandy Hook school shooting victim. Jones had repeatedly libeled them as “crisis actors” who only pretended to m
Read MoreArctic Commitment Act requires different commitments
Last week, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) tabled the Arctic Commitment Act, a bipartisan bill to improve U.S. Arctic security. The bill calls for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard to determine feasibility of establishing a “persistent, year-round presence” and conducting “year-round maritime operations” in the “vicinity of the Bering Sea and the Arctic Region.” This is a tall order that falls short. As Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, c
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