Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest-ruling monarch, ruled the U.K. for more than seven decades, and now the Commonwealth has its first king in generations. Former Prince Charles, the queen’s eldest child, will now be known as King Charles III. A king is now on the throne at Buckingham Palace for the first time since…

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, said he’s willing to shut down the government for the sake of the climate, and he’s not alone. He, along with 59 members of the House Progressive Caucus, are expressing deep concern about permitting provisions for oil and gas leases that are set to be included in an upcoming government spending…

Historic flooding in and around the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area is wreaking havoc. Some residents are living through an an extreme weather event thought to happen only once every thousand years. For months, extreme drought conditions have gripped North Texas. Some parts recorded 67 straight days with no precipitation. Grass fires, a common sight during…

Tuesday is primary day in New York for congressional and state Senate races. But the Democratic primary for New York’s 12th Congressional District is receiving outsized attention because it is pitting two of the most powerful Democrats in Congress up against each other.  Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney have both been in Congress for 30…

Prior to the 2016 election of Donald Trump, most Americans would have thought a second civil war an implausible scenario. Then January 6 happened, and, more recently, controversial Supreme Court and legislative decisions on abortion and gun control. Heated discussions around hot-button issues like racial equity, immigration and climate change are all further dividing a…

While the original 1986 “Top Gun” was a boon to U.S. Navy and Air Force recruiters, the wildly successful 2022 sequel has so far done very little on this front. Multiple U.S. military officials are sounding the alarm due to what they see as the worst recruiting environment since the end of the Vietnam War.…

Over the weekend, the Senate passed the Democrats’ climate change and health care bill by the narrowest of margins. One provision in the original bill that was stripped out was a federally mandated $35 cap on the price of insulin. The exclusion of the mandate made headlines as reporters, lawmakers and activists pointed out that…

A week ago, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced an agreement on a bill that will invest roughly $300 billion in deficit reduction and $369 billion in energy and climate change programs. Dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats are racing to ready the bill for a vote even…

Gearheads across the U.S. got a shock this week. The iconic Dodge Charger and Challenger muscle cars will soon be electric-only vehicles. In response to a MotorTrend story saying the Hemi V8 would return for future models of the pair of Dodge classics, a company spokesperson told Motor1 that the report was incorrect. The next…

It’s being called a “crisis” at the southern border, where a record influx of migrants is entering the U.S. from Mexico. Migrant deaths have reached an all-time high, an identity theft crime spree has emerged, and now Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has mobilized the National Guard to help handle migrants bused in from southern states. Straight…