David McCormick’s origin story goes something like this: He grew up in rural Pennsylvania‚ southwest of Scranton. He baled hay‚ trimmed Christmas trees and otherwise worked on his family’s farm. And from those humble beginnings‚ he rose to achieve the American dream. “I spent most of my life in Pennsylvania‚ growing up in Bloomsburg on my family’s farm‚” Mr. McCormick‚ now a Republican candidate for Senate‚ told Pittsburgh Quarterly in 2022. “I’ve truly lived the American dream‚” he wrote...

On a Caribbean island just 220 miles from the shore of the U.S. Virgin Islands‚ a black-clad Chinese security guard swept an arm at more than a thousand acres of woodland and a glittering‚ aqua-green marine reserve beyond. &;quot;It's like a small country‚&;quot; he said in Chinese. This natural paradise on the island of Antigua‚ where officials will study the thoughts of Xi Jinping‚ is about to be razed for a Chinese-run special economic zone. According to documents reviewed by Newsweek it will have...

New numbers show surging numbers of Chinese nationals at the southern border‚ with law enforcement sources on the ground sounding the alarm at their deliberate infiltration of small-town America. In particular‚ there’s concern over successful efforts to launch illicit drug manufacturing operations in America’s heartland. New numbers from Homeland Security Republicans show more than 24‚000 Chinese nationals have been encountered at the southwest border so far in 2024. In just six months‚...

The Biden administration took steps on Friday to limit both oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska‚ angering state officials who said the restrictions will cost jobs and make the U.S. reliant on foreign resources‚ but pleasing environmentalists. The measures are aligned with President Joe Biden's efforts to rein in oil and gas activities on public lands and conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters to combat climate change. The Interior Department finalized a regulation to block oil and...

On Friday‚ the Biden administration released its new Title IX regulations‚ and its strictures engendered anger and outrage for those defending traditional values. The document‚ which runs over 1‚500 pages‚ states that the Department of Education “disagrees with the contention that including sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of §106.10 harms women. Recognizing these bases of sex discrimination under Title IX in no way lessens the force of Title IX’s protections against...

One Democratic House representative has filed legislation that would block convicted felons from being protected by the Secret Service — which would affect former President Donald Trump if he is convicted in his trial. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduced legislation on Friday that stated Secret Service protection would “terminate for any person upon sentencing following conviction for a Federal or State offense that is punishable for a term of imprisonment of at least one year.” The...

House Democrats bragged on Friday after helping pass Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) rule‚ opposed by hardline conservatives‚ that unlocks votes on foreign aid bills. The majority of those who voted for Johnson’s rule‚ which allows votes on $60.84 billion in Ukraine aid‚ $26.38 billion in Israel‚ and $8.12 billion in Indo-Pacific aid‚ were Democrats‚ with 165 voting in favor of it‚ along with 151 Republicans. As Republicans had just a one-seat majority‚ Johnson needed substantial Democrat...

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