Philip Caldwell
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Virginia School Board Member Calls Iwo Jima 'Evil' and 'Unfortunate'
A member of the Fairfax County, Va., school board raised eyebrows during a Thursday board meeting when she said Iwo Jima, a major U.S. military victory against the Japanese in World War II, was "evil" and should not have happened. → Read More
Supermarket Chain Pulls Bottled Water Manufactured Near East Palestine
One of the country's largest supermarket chains is pulling from its shelves bottled water manufactured at a plant outside East Palestine, Ohio, out of "an abundance of caution" in the wake of a train derailment and chemical spill in the town. → Read More
FACT CHECK: No, Glenn Youngkin Did Not Empower Police To Seize Women's Menstrual Histories
Claim: Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin (R.) cleared the path for an "extreme" bill "allowing police to seek menstrual histories." → Read More
Biden Admin Releases 'High-Value' Al Qaeda Terrorist From Gitmo
The Biden administration on Thursday released from Guantánamo Bay a former courier for the al Qaeda terrorist group, two decades after he was arrested for his participation in terrorist plots including a deadly Indonesia bombing. → Read More
Congress Boots Anti-Semitic Democrat Ilhan Omar From Foreign Affairs Committee
The House narrowly voted Wednesday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee over her anti-Semitic comments. → Read More
Betting Site Posts Odds for Location of Next Classified Biden Docs Discovery
After the White House admitted this week that classified documents were kept at President Joe Biden's Washington, D.C., offices and at his home in Wilmington, Del., one sportsbook is offering bettors a chance to place wagers on where Biden's next document trove will be discovered. → Read More
Germany Arrests Iranians Suspected of Plotting Chemical Attack
German police on Sunday arrested two Iranian brothers after receiving a tip from U.S. intelligence that the men could be plotting a chemical attack. → Read More
McCarthy Makes Headway, Flipping 14 Votes on 12th Ballot
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) on Friday delivered on his vow to make progress in his bid to become House speaker, flipping 14 Republican holdouts to his side during the 12th ballot vote of the week. → Read More
McCarthy Vows Progress Ahead of 12th Speaker Vote
As the House of Representatives entered a fourth day without electing a speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), who has failed to achieve a majority vote on 11 ballots so far, told reporters on Friday he expects to make progress toward convincing Republican holdouts to elect him speaker. → Read More
Silver Lining: Bahamas Jail Housing Crypto Fraudster SBF Is a Rat-Infested Hellhole
Sam Bankman-Fried, the Democratic megadonor charged with what the Department of Justice called "one of the biggest financial frauds in American history," is being held in a Bahamas prison that's notorious for pest infestations, unsanitary conditions, and violence. → Read More
Report: The Democrats' Senate Campaign Arm Needs a New Boss. No One Wants the Job.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will need to find a new chair after Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.) said he won't return to the job. But ahead of a difficult Senate map for Democrats in 2024, few of the party's stars are lining up to take the helm, according to a HuffPost report. → Read More
Report: Pentagon Worries Russian Released in Prisoner Swap May Return to Arms Trafficking
Pentagon officials are concerned that Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer whom the Biden administration freed from U.S. custody Thursday in a prisoner swap, may return to his illicit trade, according to a Politico report. → Read More
Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Skyrocket in New York
Anti-Semitic hate crimes surged 125 percent last month in New York City from the year before, according to data released Monday by the NYPD. → Read More
Danger Zone: US and Israeli Fighter Pilots To Simulate Strike on Iran's Nukes
The U.S. and Israeli Air Forces will hold military drills this week simulating strikes on Iran's nuclear capabilities, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces. → Read More
Report: China and Iran Use Private Detectives To Target Dissidents in America
China and Iran are hiring private detectives in America to unwittingly surveil the regimes' dissidents, according to a New York Times report. → Read More
Virginia Ranked Top State for Business in First Year Since Republicans Took Power
Virginia is the top state in the country for business less than a year after Republican governor Glenn Youngkin replaced former Democratic governor Ralph Northam, according to rankings calculated by business magazine Site Selection. → Read More
'All of Us Knew': Biden Ally Says Democrats Knew Inflation Was Coming After Spending Bill
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D., S.C.) on Thursday said congressional Democrats knew when they signed off on President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar legislative plans that the laws would lead to increased inflation. → Read More
Pentagon To Pay Service Members' Travel Costs for Abortions
The Pentagon will pay for the travel costs of service members who obtain abortions, according to a memo from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin obtained by Politico. → Read More
California Drops $1.7 Million on Single Public Toilet
California Democrats secured $1.7 million in state funding for a single public toilet in a San Francisco park, and they're now scrapping an event celebrating the investment following backlash over the exorbitant price tag. → Read More
Stroke Victim John Fetterman Still Needs Closed Captions To Understand Questions
Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman struggled to participate in a recent interview with New York magazine, requiring closed captioning technology to understand his interviewer. → Read More