This post was originally published on this siteFIRST ON FOX: Forty-one Republican lawmakers demanded Education Secretary Miguel Cardona resign from his post over his apparent links to the National School Board Association’s (NSBA) bombshell letter comparing protesting parents to violent criminals. Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., led the letter to President Biden, which was first obtained […]
Senate filibuster fight: What’s in Democrats’ voting bills at center of showdown?
This post was originally published on this siteSenate Democrats will force a vote on rolling back the filibuster rules in an effort to pass sweeping voting reform legislation in the coming days. While Republicans have balked at the brazen attempt to unravel the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, Democrats say the two voting rights bills […]
Oklahoma death row inmates seek firing squad as alternative to lethal injection
This post was originally published on this siteTwo Oklahoma death row inmates facing executions in the coming months offered firing squad as a less problematic alternative to the state’s three-drug lethal injection, one of their attorneys told a federal judge on Monday. The two inmates — Donald Grant and Gilbert Postelle — want U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot to […]
Supreme Court will likely issue ‘split’ ruling on Biden vaccine mandate: Dhillon
This post was originally published on this siteCenter for American Liberty CEO and civil rights attorney Harmeet Dhillon predicted a “split ruling” out of the Supreme Court in the case that will determine the constitutionality of President Biden’s COVID-19 OSHA vaccine regulations. The Supreme Court on Friday heard close to four hours of oral arguments […]
Texas toddler gets gun in car, shoots mother and sibling southwest of Fort Worth
This post was originally published on this siteA handgun went off in the hands of a toddler in a Texas Walmart parking lot Wednesday, wounding the child’s mother in the arm and side and young sibling in the leg, police said. The shooting happened in Granbury, Texas, about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Police […]
Pope Francis encourages a ‘courageous and prophetic faith,’ decries consumerism
This post was originally published on this sitePope Francis marked Epiphany on Thursday by encouraging people to shake off consumeristic “tyranny” and crises of faith in lives and societies and instead find the courage to work for justice and brotherhood in societies dominated by what he called the “sinister logic of power.” During Mass in […]
Psaki denies White House ‘lost control’ of COVID despite surge in cases
This post was originally published on this siteWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki denied that the Biden administration has “lost control” of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday when pressed by a reporter who pointed out the rise of issues related to the omicron coronavirus variant. President Biden routinely promised on the campaign trail that he […]
Schumer targets filibuster reform to pass voting rights legislation
This post was originally published on this siteSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., kicked off the new year with another effort to blow up the Senate filibuster to pass federal voting reform legislation. Schumer said Monday the Senate will “debate or consider changes to Senate rules on or before” the Jan. 17 Martin Luther King Jr. […]
North Korea holds political conference as Kim marks 10 years in power
This post was originally published on this siteNorth Korea opened a key political conference Monday to review past projects and discuss new policies amid the pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States. The official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un presided over a plenary meeting of the Central […]
Biden’s Supreme Court panel votes to take ‘no position’ on court-packing
This post was originally published on this siteGood morning and welcome to Fox News First. Here’s what you need to know as you start your day … Biden Supreme Court commission votes to send president report taking ‘no position’ on court-packingThe Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of approving its […]