The United States Capitol building is surrounded by 10-foot-high fencing as Congress certifies the results of the 2024 election. The fencing and added security are a response to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot when supporters of President-elect Donald Trump broke into the building and halted the joint session of Congress for nine hours. WASHINGTON, DC…
LOADINGERROR LOADING Vice President Kamala Harris doesn’t seem to want the nation repeating history, particularly the insurrection that plagued the certification of the 2020 election. (Watch the video below.) So in a social media address to the nation Monday, hours before she is to preside over the certification of Donald Trump’s victory over her, she…
In 2013, being a transgender teenager often meant navigating a world of isolation, fear and closed doors. According to the Williams Institute, an estimated 300,000 youth ages 13-17 identify as transgender in the United States, yet a decade ago, medical care was scarce, support groups were rare and many families struggled alone in the darkness.…
As President-elect Trump moves ever closer to becoming the 47th president of the United States, one of his campaign promises is starting to fester with the media and the political establishment. That promise is to pardon those caught up in the January 6 political show trials. Advertisement Resistance is coming from the media, law enforcement,…
A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close, The Associated Press reported. This post was originally published on here
Even before the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria in early December 2024, the pillars of Iran’s decades-long national security strategy, and the underpinnings of its ideological-driven policy to reorder the Middle East, had begun to crumble. By the time the Syrian rebel offensive began, the leaderships of Hamas and Hezbollah –…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded Monday without violence or mayhem, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the Capitol. Lawmakers convened under heavy security and a snowstorm to meet the date required by…
Which surveillance technologies are California police using? Are they buying access to your location data? If so, how much are they paying? These are basic questions the Electronic Frontier Foundation is trying to answer in a new lawsuit called Pen-Link v. County of San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office. EFF filed a motion in California Superior Court…
Depending on your partisan political affiliation, today is either the anniversary of an honest to goodness insurrection against the United States government, or fake news designed to entrap over 1,500 patriots now hoping for a Trump pardon to alter the facts of history. It wasn’t always like this, and it’s easy to forget now that…
A screenshot shared on Instagram purports to show a tweet from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stating that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be banned in the U.S. beginning on January 20, 2025. Verdict: False The claim is false and originally stems from @RFKJrHealthSec, an X account that has been suspended. Fact Check: Kennedy, Jr. said…