By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans teed up a vote this week on bipartisan legislation to gradually expand by 66 the number of federal judgeships across the country. Democrats, though, are having second thoughts now that President-elect Donald Trump has won a second term. The White House said Tuesday that if President Joe … Read more
Rhetoric aside, there may be a real vein that these pundits and politicians are tapping into. Deaths of despair, which are caused by drugs, alcohol, or suicide, are disproportionately experienced by men. Meanwhile, many of the traditional markers of manhood—earning enough money to raise a family, buy a home, or even rent an apartment—are becoming … Read more
Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton, who dealt with post-election blowback for his comment that biological males shouldn’t compete in women’s sports, is slamming the local media for trying to “inflame” his remarks. Originally Published: December 7, 2024 at 4:45 PM EST Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the … Read more
Experts agree that the incoming administration is likely to rescind the rule, given the first Trump administration’s “patients over paperwork” campaign. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: December 6, 2024 at 2:08 PM EST Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump said Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, was a “proven leader for common sense regulations.” “He believes in the promise of robust, innovative capital markets that are … Read more
One of my goals as I anticipate the New Year is to embrace more consistently the concepts of grace and gratitude. And given the results of this past election, it is harder—but perhaps more important than ever—to try to aspire to this objective. The election’s smoke has cleared. There is a definitive result. With the … Read more
Donald Trump’s remarkable return to the White House tops the list of major stories of 2024 but what about all those hyped non-stories that fell with a thud? Like Joe Biden promising not to pardon his son Hunter. Did anyone really believe the enfeebled Biden would send Hunter to jail? The self-righteous mainstream media and … Read more
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community. But he’s receiving fresh attention, from the public and from Congress, now that Trump has picked him to lead the FBI. … Read more
By GERALD IMRAY, Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Joe Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in three countries that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China’s global influence. Biden’s first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president — which he left to the very end — … Read more
By BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The NCAA’s yearslong efforts to get lawmakers to address myriad problems in college sports could finally pay off in the new, Republican-controlled Congress. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican who is set to take over as chair of the powerful Commerce Committee, said recently that … Read more
