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Dueling vigils were held in Washington DC Thursday night to mark the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, emphasizing a larger clash over what people believe really happened that day. A small group sympathetic to the rioters gathered outside a jail where some of them are being held. Attendees reflected the effort of some to downplay the seriousness of the siege on the Capitol last year that disrupted certification of […]

Arne Duncan, who served as the secretary of education in the Obama administration, is leaving the door open for running against Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2023.Duncan, who was once the head of Chicago Public Schools, said he has been urged to run for mayor by business leaders, according to the Chicago Sun-Times."I will absolutely look at this as we go […]

Sources at Comcast are suggest that an “unmanageable” Joy Reid will lose her 7PM EST MSNBC show “The Reid Out” this coming spring. The message from the network appears to be that her show is suffering a ratings drop, and that she is likely being fired due to repeated incidents of untruthfulness and her unlikable personality. Reid’s past behavior include homophobic statements posted to various blogs, which she initially lied […]

Hospital officials in the northern Chinese city of Xi’an have been punished after a pregnant woman miscarried after being refused entry, reportedly for not having current COVID-19 test results. The city government announced Thursday that Gaoxin Hospital General Manager Fan Yuhui has been suspended and the heads of the outpatient department and medical department sacked. A government statement said the incident "caused widespread concern in society and caused a severe social impact." CHICAGO […]

US Vice President Kamala Harris, 57, has been bashed for her address from the Capitol building to mark the anniversary of the shocking January riots last year. President Joe Biden, 79, spoke on Thursday and blamed former President Donald Trump for the insurgency following the announcement the former businessman and TV personality had lost in the 2020 Presidential election.The 46th president said: “For the first time in our history, the president had not just […]

Imagine being a second grader in a major city right now. If you entered kindergarten during the 2019-20 school year, COVID first closed your school in March, potentially offering "remote learning."As you prepared to enter first grade the following fall, you were one of more than half of students nationwide for whom the school doors were still shut, again having access to […]

Perhaps House Democrats should have thrown away their shot. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her colleagues were criticized Thursday after inviting Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” to perform at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.  “We’re privileged to have a contribution from one of the great creative talents of our time, Lin-Manuel Miranda,” Pelosi said by way of introduction. […]

A study published in a peer-reviewed academic journal suggests that "authoritarianism" could be necessary to fight against climate change.The study, published in Cambridge University’s American Political Science Review and first reported by the Foundation For Economic Education, leads with a question of "is authoritarian power ever legitimate?" before the author outlines how it could be when combating climate change. FILE - In […]

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that childhood obesity and severe obesity are the most prevalent comorbidities in children admitted to hospital with COVID-19. The research looked at data from six major hospitals, concluding that almost 62 percent of children (age 12-17) admitted with COVID-19 were described as being severely obese or obese. The latest information confirms reports from National Pulse editor-in-chief […]