GOP senators say Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) saw the writing on the wall in choosing this term to be his final as Senate Republican leader‚ arguing it’s increasingly obvious that the party is drifting away from him and embracing former President Trump as its likely presidential nominee. “I think it’s a reflection of Mitch’s understanding of the room. I think it’s a reflection of both his personal situation as he described eloquently in his speech and his reading of the political...

An Israeli Defense Forces officer acknowledged at a Feb. 18 Chabad of Madison speech that Israeli soldiers have killed babies‚ but immediately added it was unintentional and "horrible." AllSides highlights content from Gigafact‚ a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View this fact brief on Wisconsin Watch.

Measured by how many bills he successfully ushered into law‚ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)‚ who announced Wednesday that he will step down as Republicans’ Senate leader in November‚ was extraordinarily ineffective. He famously failed to deliver on the GOP’s years-long promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017‚ and more recently clashed with hardline House Republicans who refuse to pass bipartisan legislation supported by McConnell. During...

The shocking death of U.S. Air Force member Aaron Bushnell‚ who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. on Sunday‚ has been labeled a "tragic event" by the Pentagon as authorities continue to investigate the incident. Bushnell‚ 25‚ filmed himself as he stood outside the embassy‚ screaming "Free Palestine" repeatedly before nearby responders extinguished the flames. At a press conference on Monday‚ Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder...

Genesse Ivonne Moreno entered a Houston megachurch on Super Bowl Sunday and began firing an AR-style rifle at worshippers‚ police said. Investigators were still piecing together details from the violent scene — celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church — when social media claims focused on the shooter’s gender. "The Lakewood Church shooter was transgender‚" the popular Libs of TikTok X account posted Feb. 12. "He went by the name ‘Genesse’ and previously...

The mainstream media have time and time again shown an inability to objectively cover immigration and gender ideology. As such‚ the fact that many news outlets have dropped the ball in covering the recent deaths of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict and Georgia nursing student Laken Riley come as little surprise. In coverage of Benedict’s death‚ the media quickly adopted the narrative that the 16-year-old died after an attack at her school that was motivated by anti-LGBT hate. But the existing...

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