The following article, Is Bad Ol’ CO2 Warming The Earth? Not Even Close!, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Is carbon dioxide really a greenhouse gas? Earlier this year, the Democrat Senate Budget Committee’s chairman invited Gus Schumacher, Olympic cross-country skier, to testify as an expert witness on climate change concerning “the impact of global warming on the $1.1 trillion outdoor recreation industry.” Mr. Schumacher stated that carbon dioxide is “a huge part of our … Continue reading Is Bad Ol’ CO2 Warming The Earth? Not Even Close! ...

CNN — The United States has been rocked by an extraordinary number of tornadoes and devastating storms this year that have already left a staggering price tag. Now heading into what forecasters say will be an extreme summer – from punishing heat waves to severe weather and hurricanes – the nation’s disaster relief agency is expected to run out of money before it’s even over.

Moderna said on Monday its combination vaccine to protect against both Covid and influenza generated a stronger immune response in adults aged 50 and over when compared to separate shots against the viruses in a late-stage trial. In the study, the combination using messenger RNA technology generated greater antibodies than currently marketed traditional flu vaccines and Moderna’s Spikevax mRNA Covid shot, the company said. The vaccine, called mRNA-1083,...

Activist hedge fund Elliott Management has amassed a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest Airlines and plans to push for leadership changes at the airline that has lagged big rivals. Elliott is seeking to replace Southwest CEO Bob Jordan and Chairman Gary Kelly with outside candidates, the activist said in a letter and presentation Monday. Elliott believes Southwest has fallen from a “best-in-class” airline to one of the biggest laggards, according to the...

A dragged-out series of slashing job cuts at the Wall Street Journal paired with the new leader’s intense focus on growing online readership and charges of eroding editorial standards have led to mounting concerns among current and former newsroom staffers about the direction of one of the nation’s preeminent news organizations. Eleven current and former newsroom veterans, who spoke to National Review on a condition of anonymity, said that Emma Tucker, the Journal’s...

An internal Border Patrol memo, obtained by Fox News, instructs agents in the San Diego sector to release single adults from all but six countries in the Eastern Hemisphere and classify them as "hard" or "very hard" to remove. The memo was sent out after President Biden's executive order banning asylum for most illegal immigrants took effect last week.

For more than a decade, America’s campaign watchdog agency was a portrait of dysfunction. Divided equally between three Republicans and three Democrats, the Federal Election Commission deadlocked so often it became a political punchline as investigations languished, enforcement slowed and updated guidelines for the internet era stalled. Now, the commission has suddenly come unstuck. In a series of recent decisions that are remaking the landscape of money in American politics, an ascendant...

The federal government’s relationship with sanctuary cities has become so strained that some jurisdictions automatically reject emails from ICE.gov addresses, the agency’s acting director told The Washington Times. The problem, Patrick J. Lechleitner said, is that sanctuaries refuse to cooperate not only with his deportation division but also with criminal investigators. Homeland Security Investigations pursues sex traffickers, child pornographers and gangs, in addition to migrant smugglers...