Remember what Robert Gates wrote in his 2014 memoir about Joe Biden’s foreign-policy acumen? “I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” Gates concluded in Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. Well, good news: Biden’s streak remains unbroken. Yesterday, the president […]
Fed chairman to testify before Congress this week. Image: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell By Bethany Blankley [The Center Square contributor] – The U.S. began adding $1 trillion worth of debt about every three months beginning last June, a Bank of America investment strategist Michael Hartnett first pointed out in an investment note published last […]
As you probably know already, Harvard has had a rough few months. In fact it feels like it has been one bad news story after another ever since the 10/7 attack on Israel by Hamas. That’s when extremists on campus first made news for a statement saying Israel itself was “entirely responsible” for the attack. […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s January tax collections were $98 million less than budgeted but up $15.8 million from 2023. That puts the state $378 million behind its budgeted total for the first half of the fiscal year and $104 million short of collections from the first six months […]
Photo: Clarence Carter, commissioner of the Department of Human Services, addressing a Tennessee Senate panel on Jan. 24, 2024. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Anita Wadhwani [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Leaders of the Tennessee Department of Human Services told lawmakers on Wednesday that it could take another two more months before the state’s SNAP […]
Image Credit: Annie Spratt / UnSplash The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – This week Rep. Ed Butler (R-Rickman-District 41) filed a bill that would effectively make it easier to funnel children away from their parents and into state custody. House Bill 1808 (HB1808) as introduced, amends Tennessee law by requiring Tennessee’s Department of Children’s […]
Image Credit: Medicaid by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free.org The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Nearly 239,000 Tennessee residents have lost eligibility from the first 735,000 who had eligibility checked for TennCare services through September, according to a new TennCare renewal report. TennCare was down to 1.7 million enrollees in November after 1.9 […]
The Supreme Court’s refusal to fast-track a hearing on Donald Trump’s immunity claims has set up a legal battle that could drag on for months, a prominent former federal prosecutor warned Sunday. On Friday, the justices denied special counsel Jack Smith’s bid for a hearing on the former president’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted […]
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