#Climate change is making it more dangerous for kids to play outside, report finds

#Climate change is making it more dangerous for kids to play outside, report finds

Blistering heat waves and more frequent wildfires are reversing a generation of U.S. clean air gains, a new study has found. The peer-reviewed research by the climate analytics firm First Street Foundation projected that by midcentury, the increased levels of microscopic soot particles and ozone molecules entering Americans’ lungs will be back to the levels they were at in 2004…

Read More
#Rand Paul slams McConnell’s ‘outrageous’ support for standalone foreign aid bill

#Rand Paul slams McConnell’s ‘outrageous’ support for standalone foreign aid bill

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Friday what he called his “outrageous” support for the Plan B foreign aid bill proposed after striping out border security provisions. He specifically knocked his Senate colleagues for focusing on providing additional aid to Ukraine and Israel amid their ongoing wars, instead of addressing…

Read More
#5 takeaways from special counsel report on Biden’s classified documents

#5 takeaways from special counsel report on Biden’s classified documents

A special counsel investigating President Biden’s handling of classified materials released his findings Thursday after a roughly yearlong investigation. Robert Hur’s 388-page report detailed how Biden “willfully” retained classified documents, and it offered a stark assessment of the 81-year-old’s memory and abilities to recall information. The special counsel concluded his investigation without bringing any charges….

Read More
#To save local journalism, update the Public Broadcasting Act

#To save local journalism, update the Public Broadcasting Act

During his time as the U.S. ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson wrote that if he faced a choice between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Jefferson would be disappointed with today’s trends. Increasingly, we are seeing government without newspapers, especially at the…

Read More