The border showdown between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the White House continues to intensify‚ with Abbott claiming he has a plan to "secure our border" in the event President Joe Biden decides to take control of the Texas National Guard. The standoff escalated last week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal border agents could remove razor wire installed by Abbott‚ sparking defiance from the governor and other Republicans and...

U.S. President Joe Biden wore a hard hat backwards during a photo op with union construction workers in Superior‚ Wisconsin. Rating: True Editor's Note: We received a ton of comments in a very short time challenging our assumption that wearing a hard hat "backwards" means wearing it with the bill facing to the rear‚ and "forwards" means wearing it bill to the front. On the basis of that assumption‚ we originally rated the claim that Biden was wearing a hard hat backwards as false.

Monday marked the five-year anniversary of the Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax. I say that with some hesitation‚ because I know that there’s not a single living person who ever wants to hear the name Jussie Smollett ever again. Every detail of that story has been covered‚ and every joke you can possibly make about it has already been made. But if there’s a silver lining in that whole episode‚ it’s that everyone on the planet received a crash course in how easy it is to lie about “hate crimes...

Wheaton College is often called the "Harvard of Christian Schools" due to its academic rigor being relatively comparable to the Ivy League titan. Its graduates of note range from Billy Graham to Dan Coates‚ former Director of National Intelligence and U.S. senator.  But recently‚ the school in the leafy suburb west of Chicago has begun to mimic Harvard’s wokeness. Banning biblical words‚ teaching critical race theory‚ and psychologizing gender identity issues may not seem...

Private payroll growth declined sharply in January‚ a possible sign that the U.S. labor market is heading for a slowdown this year‚ ADP reported Wednesday. Companies added 107‚000 workers in the first month of 2024‚ off from the downwardly revised 158‚000 in December and below the Dow Jones estimate for 150‚000‚ according to the payrolls processing firm. Only one sector — information services (-9‚000) — reported a decline‚ but hiring was slow across virtually all sectors. Leisure and...

After a confusing few months of surveys suggesting that Americans are unhappy with the economy despite positive signs like low unemployment and rising real wages‚ the vibes are now improving. Preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s survey of consumer sentiments found that in January‚ Americans’ regard for the economy reached its highest level in two and a half years. Even low-income Americans are seeing some of the best labor market conditions...

The little bird is recovering well and is expected to return to the wild in a few weeks. Source: A penguin wandered onto a New Zealand airport runway. A rescue ensued. (Gift link) Cute.

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