Author: Peter Cordi

EXCLUSIVE — A New York lawmaker is calling on the state to repeal the HALT Act, a controversial law at the center of the recent prison guard strike, which ended this week after Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) fired 2,000 correctional officers and banned them from holding state jobs. Hochul deployed the National Guard as she…

EXCLUSIVE — Senior Captain Sherry Walker is warning about “the perfect storm” of factors threatening air travel safety. She voiced these concerns in a congressional report and in an interview with the Washington Examiner. Walker criticized major airlines for straying from merit-based hiring and promotion, creating “unnecessary distractions” with diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, failing…

The Office of Special Counsel found Marn’i Washington, the former Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor who told her team to “avoid” homes “advertising Trump” during Hurricane Milton response, violated the Hatch Act through her “bias[ed]” conduct. Washington is charged with two counts of violating the Hatch Act, one for engaging in political activity while on…

Results from a new poll may explain why CNN, MSNBC, and other broadcast news channels are experiencing such a sharp drop in viewership since the election: Most adults are fatigued by political news. According to a NORC poll, 65% of people feel the need to limit their consumption of news surrounding government and politics in…

President Joe Biden’s Department of Education dolled out over $1 billion in diversity, equity, and inclusion grants since 2021, a new Parents Defending Education report shows. Almost half, $489,883,797.81, went to DEI hiring while over 30%, $343,337,286, went to DEI programming, and another $169,301,221 went to DEI-based mental health and social-emotional learning programs. “You reap…

A week after betting markets determined Pete Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of defense to be doomed, his Cabinet bid has renewed viability, and his odds to be confirmed by the Senate have skyrocketed. On Dec. 4, Polymarket betting odds gave Hegseth an 11% chance of being confirmed. On Wednesday, his odds stand at 69%. Rise,…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul may have a heavyweight challenge on her hands as Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) hits the road to “embark on a listening tour and find out about the needs of New York state.” Torres said on Wednesday that the Empire State has a “leadership crisis,” and while he has made “no…

EXCLUSIVE — A group of Republican congressmen led by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-FL, signed a letter Thursday demanding answers from FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell after it was reported that emergency responders were being told to “avoid” homes “advertising Trump.” The group expressed their “grave concerns” after at least twenty homes with pro-Trump signs were skipped…

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has represented Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District since 2019, a district that has been represented by Democrats since 1963. Her Republican opponent, Dalia Al-Aqidi, is hoping to change that. Omar’s tenure has been embroiled in controversy over her comments about Jewish people and Israel, especially in the wake of the…

Republicans have often claimed that the polls lean left. To their point, every GOP presidential candidate since 2004, minus Mitt Romney, has outperformed national polling come Election Day. With the 2024 elections just four days away, former President Donald Trump is leading in the national polls for the first time in his three bids for…