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Three members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, themselves veterans, have urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to investigate what they are calling troubling allegations that a neurologist at the Tomah VA Medical Center in Wisconsin may have failed over an 18-year period to provide hundreds of veterans with thorough and adequate compensation and pension (C&P) exams. Veterans’...

Commentary Many lament the collective decline of critical thought among young people, not just here in Australia but throughout the Western world. It seems to me that there are a variety of contributing factors to this very real crisis, not least of all social media, an agent which has significantly impaired the concentration of so many of our children, leaving...

For the first time in two years, high-priced California rentals have undergone a slight decline, while markets in the Midwest are experiencing an increase in monthly rentals. Realtor.com’s March rental report indicates 14 markets in California have seen year-over-year declines, including Riverside-San Bernardino at -5.3 percent, Sacramento at -2.1 percent, and San Francisco and Los Angeles both at -0.8 percent....

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said he will veto a proposed bill that would ban abortions after 12 weeks. According to House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger, House and Senate Republicans came to a consensus on legislation that would enact the legislation. Currently, state law prohibits abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy with the exceptions...

Government organizations and publicly owned services will not be required to make payments to access Twitter’s Application Programming Interface (API), the social media network said in a recent announcement. Twitter’s API access will allow public service firms to send automated alerts. “One of the most important use cases for the Twitter API has always been public utility. Verified gov or...

News Analysis A storm is brewing in the U.S. commercial real estate market, says Charles Munger, vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway. During an interview, the 99-year-old legendary investor told the Financial Times that U.S. banks have plenty of “bad loans” and will be vulnerable when the “bad times come” and commercial property prices crater. “It’s not nearly as bad as...

Commentary We’ve crossed the three-year mark of the worst years for freedom in our lifetimes. What do we see? Something I’ve expected since the entire fiasco of lockdowns began. I wrongly assumed it would begin immediately. It waited three years but it is finally here; a full-on revolt against all the forces that broke the world. The patterns are all...

Financial officers from 27 states issued a letter to President Joe Biden protesting a new policy from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that increases mortgage fees for some higher-credit borrowers while lowering them for more risky borrowers. This policy, which critics say will penalize people with good credit and encourage risky borrowing, went into effect on May 1. It...

Lawsuit targets groups that aid government censorship and interference in the dissemination of free speech online A lawsuit by America First Legal (AFL) alleges that certain entities colluded with the American government to enforce censorship of issues like the 2020 election and COVID-19 on social media platforms. According to a May 2 press release, the federal class action lawsuit was filed...

Title 42, is a Trump-era public health order that gives the government power to automatically expel illegal immigrants, and is set to expire on 11 May, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It will be possibly replaced by an order called Title 8, which offers more severe punishments for crossing into the United States, illegally. Rep. Henry Cuellar...

Economist sees path to housing affordability by 2025, except for Vancouver and Toronto News Analysis Housing supply is not keeping up with a rapidly growing population and the problem is worsening in 2023, with a downturn in home building underway due largely to higher interest rates. The government’s higher immigration targets and record-breaking year for processing immigration applications are putting...

Progressives won’t stop until they’ve infiltrated every part of American life. They’re relentless, insinuating their way into your home, your garage, your kitchen, your bedroom—and now even your doghouse. *Follow Over The Target on social media! 💪🇺🇸 Twitter | Truth Social | Gettr | Facebook In this eye-opening new episode of Over the Target, Lee Smith speaks with William Jacobson, Cornell...

Top investors at the annual Milken conference have warned of more economic pain to come after the collapse of First Republic Bank. Attendees at the conference said that the third seizure of a U.S. regional bank by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) since March is threatening to constrain credit and accelerate the path toward a severe economic slowdown. The...

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously May 2 to move forward with a special election on Aug. 15 to fill the District 4 seat being vacated by Nathan Fletcher. The board voted 4–0 to advance a resolution, which will be formally presented at the board’s May 23 meeting, to call for the special election. Fletcher, who...

“Right now the topic is: will there be war with China? How soon? Someday, there might be another set of questions. Can we win a war with China? If so, how?” says Michael Pillsbury, senior fellow for China strategy at The Heritage Foundation and a co-author of the new report: “Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China.”...

Follow the money, and you will see Hollywood elites bought by foreign interests to influence American politics. Ex-Fugees rapper Pras Michel has been found guilty of colluding with the Chinese regime to influence American politicians. Michel faced 11 counts over conspiracy to help Malaysian businessman Jho Taek Low and the Chinese regime gain access to U.S. officials. Michel distributed up...

Shop For Night Vision | See more... Only Obedience to God on Education Can Save U.S.: Alex Newman at First Landing 1607 Despite the covenant created between those first settlers in 1607 and God, Americans turned their backs on Him when they decided to allow godless government to educate their children in defiance of the Bible’s clear admonitions, explains Alex...

Commentary “The Phantom of the Opera” closed on April 16 after 13,981 performances on Broadway. With 35 years on the Great White Way, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s wildly popular musical has held the record for the longest-running show on Broadway since 2006. However, this was by no means an original story when it debuted in London’s West End in 1986. It...

A new survey found the majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and the problem is worse for millennials, with nearly three-quarters, or 73 percent, living paycheck to paycheck. Personal finance site PYMNTS and LendingClub, an online lender, released an April report, titled “New Reality Check: The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report,” to learn how the rising cost of living is impacting consumers’...

Commentary Beijing reported that the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew in this year’s first quarter by 4.5 percent over the first quarter of 2022. That is a vast improvement over the 2.9 percent growth reported for the fourth quarter of last year. Because Beijing rescinded its draconian zero-COVID policy last January, most forecasters expected an improvement, but this...