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American Drone Taken Down by Russian Fighter Jet Over Black Sea
The United States European Command said on Tuesday afternoon that a Russian jet had collided with an unmanned U.S. Air Force drone in international airspace over the Black Sea west of Crimea, a new twist in Russia's bloody war against Ukraine that has seen significant aid from the United States but no direct contact between American and Russian forces. According to EUCOM, "two Russian Su-27… → Read More
'Rapid Deterioration': Major Rating Service Downgrades U.S. Banking System
Following the biggest bank failure since the financial crisis of 2008, Moody's Investor Service has downgraded its rating of the U.S. banking system in the latest sign that President Biden's Monday morning attempt to assuage concerns went over like a lead balloon. > BREAKING‼️🇺🇸 Moody’s cuts outlook on entire U.S. banking system to negative, citing ‘rapidly deteriorating operating… → Read More
Zuckerberg Laying Off 10,000 Meta Employees
In its second round of cuts, Meta — parent company of Facebook and Instagram — announced Tuesday that 10,000 employees, roughly 13 percent of its workforce, would be sent packing and 5,000 openings were being eliminated as the tech giant seeks to slim down amid worsening economic conditions. > * Facebook Parent Meta to Lay Off 10,000 Employees --WSJ * Cuts to Come in Multiple Rounds in Coming… → Read More
Hot Inflation Report Puts Federal Reserve in a Bind
After accelerating at the beginning of 2023, consumer inflation continued rising in February according to the latest read of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released on Tuesday as the cost of shelter, food, and gasoline continued to increase. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, headline CPI increased 0.4 percent month-over-month and is up 6.0 percent year-over-year, meeting Wall Street… → Read More
Karine Jean-Pierre Doesn't Want You to Think Biden's Bank Bailout Is a Bailout
Aboard Air Force One en route to San Diego on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre scrambled to explain why the weekend failures of two banks — the two largest since the financial crisis of 2008 — was entirely dissimilar from what happened in 2008. Jean-Pierre's airborne gaggle also sought to dispel talk that the Biden administration's action in response to the bank failures —… → Read More
Jen Psaki Makes Embarrassing Admission About President Biden's Schedule
On Monday's installment of Morning Joe, former White House Press Secretary-turned-pundit Jen Psaki was called upon to share her thoughts on Biden's speech about two bank failures that shook stocks on Wall Street and sent ripples through global markets. But, instead of emphasizing the substance of Biden's remarks — the president insisted Americans "should feel confident" after the biggest bank… → Read More
Biden Says Americans 'Should Feel Confident' After Biggest Bank Failures Since 2008
Before heading to California, President Biden delivered remarks on the economy Monday morning after two banks failed since Friday — the biggest failures since the financial crisis of 2008. Seeking to reassure American workers and businesses, Biden declared that "Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe" and said small businesses can "breathe easier knowing they'll be able to… → Read More
Here's What the Freedom Caucus Wants to See Before They'll Raise the Debt Ceiling
The powerful conservative contingent of lawmakers known as the House Freedom Caucus formally weighed in on the simmering debt ceiling fight with a plan to "shrink Washington" and "grow America" on Friday morning. The group's plan states its members "will consider voting to raise the debt ceiling contingent upon the enactment of legislation" that includes sweeping cuts to bloated spending. >… → Read More
The Second Largest Bank Failure in U.S. History Has Many Worried
Another ghost of past economic woes appeared on Friday afternoon when assets held by Silicon Valley Bank were seized by California regulators and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) appointed their receiver in what is now the largest bank failure to take place since the financial crisis of 2008 — as well as the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. The largest was 2008's… → Read More
There's Been a Strange Twist in the Story of the Four Americans Who Were Kidnapped in Mexico
There's been a strange twist in the tragic story of four American citizens who were kidnapped after crossing into Mexico earlier this month by a cartel that killed two and wounded a third. Apparently, cartel leaders are trying to make some show of regret about the situation that drew new attention to the activities of cartels operating along — and in many cases running — the U.S.-Mexico border.… → Read More
Why Republican Lawmakers Say Biden's Budget Is 'Dead on Arrival'
After President Joe Biden released his woke and bloated budget on Thursday that showed he has no plans to back off Democrats' tax-and-spend agenda that spurred inflation and has failed to "build" America "back better," Republicans had a unified reaction: Biden's budget is dead on arrival in Congress. Townhall heard from dozens of lawmakers in the House and Senate as they digested the president's… → Read More
Here's How Elise Stefanik Turned the FBI Director Into a Stammering Mess
On Thursday morning, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) held a hearing featuring FBI Director Christopher Wray, among other representatives from the Biden administration, to learn about threats to U.S. National Security. But when it came time for Wray to answer questions from House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (D-NY), the FBI director suddenly found himself at a… → Read More
Congress Slams Biden's 'Unacceptable' Depletion of Strategic Petroleum Reserve
This week, the House Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on President Biden's aggressive draining of the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) that has reduced the emergency stockpile to its lowest level in more than 40 years. Subcommittee Chairman Pat Fallon (R-TX) explained in his opening statement that the "decisions that led to the… → Read More
These Senate Democrats Voted in Support of D.C.'s Soft-on-Crime Bill
After the city council in Washington, D.C., tried to withdraw its overhaul of criminal code in the nation's capital, the United States Senate moved ahead with its review anyway and approved a resolution to strike down the District of Columbia's new soft-on-crime policy Wednesday night. By an overwhelmingly bipartisan 81-14 vote, the Senate passed the resolution House Republicans guided through… → Read More
'Education Governor' Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Universal School Choice Into Law
After her bold overhaul of Arkansas' education system passed the state House (78-21) and Senate (26-8), Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed her Arkansas LEARNS education reform into law on Wednesday — fulfilling another key campaign promise she made while running in 2022. At the official bill signing ceremony, Sanders thanked her state's legislators for taking quick action on her education… → Read More
Marine Sniper: I Was Denied Permission to Take Out Kabul Airport Suicide Bomber
After many long months without oversight or accountability for President Joe Biden's disastrous and deadly withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the House of Representatives' Republican majority is finally doing what the preceding Democrat majority never did: hearing from those whose lives were forever changed on the front lines of the chaos in Afghanistan at the end of two decades of U.S.… → Read More
The Longest-Serving Biden Admin Spokesman Is Stepping Down
As Biden administration staffers continue to head for the exits as the president passes the halfway mark of his first term, there's another shakeup that's just been announced: the State Department's Ned Price is leaving his post as spokesman for the department to work directly for Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The New York Post noted that Price was the longest-serving federal agency… → Read More
China Threatens Biden That 'Conflict' Is Becoming Unavoidable
This week brought a new warning from the Chinese Communist Party that should raise alarms with the Biden administration that has mostly treated the genocidal regime with kid gloves — as demonstrated by the president's decision to allow a CCP spy balloon to drift across the continental U.S. for days. In a press conference, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang — who previously served as China's… → Read More
Biden's FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn Goes Down in Flames
Gigi Sohn — President Joe Biden's nominee for commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission — withdrew her name from consideration on Tuesday, the White House confirmed, after three successive unsuccessful nominating attempts by Biden. Sohn's decision ended some 16 months of attempts to secure enough support, and came just hours after U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that he… → Read More
US Officials Share New Intel About Who Blew Up Russia's Nord Stream Pipeline
After issuing repeated denials of any responsibility for undersea explosions that tore through the Nord Stream pipeline used to transport Russian gas to Europe, ever-anonymous "U.S. officials" now say that new intelligence suggests blame for the sabotage lies with an independent "pro-Ukrainian group," according to a report in The New York Times on Tuesday. The officials made it clear that "they… → Read More