Passing North Carolina’s budget will remain the last hurdle for the state to expand Medicaid to potentially cover 600,000 adults who don’t qualify or make enough for health insurance now that an effort to link it to authorizing more casinos is off the table. Expansion appears back on a smoother […]

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said the Senate must act to reverse the unilateral decision made by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to stop enforcing the dress code. In a rare public disagreement with his party’s leader, Durbin, the Democratic majority whip, said he is “concerned” about the relaxed standards, which […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration’s recently-announced plan to establish the largest-ever conservation zone was developed in collaboration with left-wing eco groups, according to Montana’s attorney general. In a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said he would vehemently oppose her agency’s […]

As New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick put it on Wednesday, “it’s Jets week.” The two AFC East rivals meet for their first matchup of the season on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, and for the better part of the last nearly seven years, things have only come up New […]

A 73-year-old man has pleaded guilty to driving a car into a planned abortion clinic in eastern Illinois and trying to set the building on fire earlier this year, prosecutors said Wednesday. Philip J. Buyno of Prophetstown, Illinois, entered the plea Tuesday to a federal charge of attempting to use […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published its first report on the global impact of hypertension and how people can win the race against this “silent killer” that often presents without symptoms.  “This important report from WHO shows how high blood pressure is common and growing in prevalence, but […]

Oregon football coach Dan Lanning appeared to have no qualms about his subtle shot at the Colorado football program from over the summer when the school announced it was moving to the Big 12. When Lanning was asked about the move in July, he said he didn’t remember the Buffaloes […]

House Republicans failed for the second time to pass a procedural hurdle for one of its 12 annual spending bills Thursday, a sign of the ongoing chaos over how to fund the government in the next fiscal year. The vote failed 212-216, with five Republicans joining Democrats to tank the […]

Authorities in Missouri are searching for a dangerous sexual predator who escaped from custody on Thursday. The St. Louis County Police Department said Tommy Wayne Boyd, 45, was reported missing at approximately 3:55 a.m. Thursday after he was transported Wednesday, Sept. 20 from the Potosi Correctional Facility to the Mercy […]

As a mother of two young boys in a digital age, country star Carrie Underwood knows she can’t completely avoid technology. The singer, who is married to former NHL player Mike Fisher, cautions that children are deeply impacted by screen time, as she has noticed a change in her own […]