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Manhunt for Texas Mass Killer

Monday, May 1, 2023

The Shooting Gallery: Authorities around Cleveland, Texas, are hunting a  man accused of shooting and killing five neighbors with his assault rifle Friday night after a father complained that he was keeping their baby awake firing his gun in his yard at 11 …

Pence Testifies Before Grand Jury

Friday, April 28, 2023

Now Hear This: Former Vice President Mike Pence spent at least five hours yesterday testifying before the grand jury considering President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. His inside knowledge could be decisive in shaping Trump’s legal and political …

McCarthy Passes Doomed Debt Bill

Thursday, April 27, 2023

It’s Political: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pushed through a bill by a mere two votes to raise the debt limit while drastically cutting spending, setting up a clash with the Democrats and President Biden. The bill would reduce spending by 14 …

ISIS Bomb Plotter Killed

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Dead to US: The Taliban have killed the Islamic State leader who believed to be responsible for the suicide bombing in August 2021 that killed 13 American soldiers and as many as 170 civilians, the White House announced.   The bombing occurred …

Joe Biden In, Tucker Carlson Out

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Running Man: Joe Biden announced with a video release that he’s running for a second term as President, asking voters to let him “finish this job.”    This tees up what could be a re-match against Donald Trump. “When I ran for president four …

Embassy Staff Evacuated from Sudan

Monday, April 24, 2023

Evacuated: The US and other countries have evacuated their diplomatic personnel from Sudan as civil war rips that country. As many as 100 special operations troops and helicopters were used to pull out embassy staff and their families.   It was a complicated …

Supremes Allow Abortion Drug

Saturday, April 22, 2023

The Pill: The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the abortion drug mifepristone may remain available while the lawsuit seeking to eliminate it wends its way through lower courts.   A federal judge in Texas had ruled to remove the drug from the …

Fox settles With No Apology

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

OutFoxed: Fox News yesterday agreed to pay more than three quarters of a billion dollars to settle the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit accusing the network of knowingly broadcasting and spreading lies that the voting company helped Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential …

Fox and First Amendment Go to Trial

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

The No Spin Zone: The limits of the First Amendment guarantee of free speech go to trial today in a Delaware court in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The trial will test the limits, misinformation, lies, and …

Weekend of Gunfire and Death

Monday, April 17, 2023

The Shooting Gallery: Four people were killed and 28 wounded in a shooting at a 16th birthday party Saturday night in Dadeville, Alabama at a place called the Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio,.   One of the victims killed was Philstavious Dowdell, 18, a member of the …