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June 5, 2020

Dem AGs ask Congress for more power to investigate local police departments

The letter, reported by Politico, asks Congress to give state attorneys general "clear statutory authority under federal law to investigate and resolve patterns or practices... of unconstitutional policing by local police departments in our respective states."

May 21, 2020

Dan Gainor: Andrew Cuomo and brother Chris make a mockery of journalism, viewers and CNN

The Brothers Cuomo created yet another journalism outrage Wednesday night.

May 21, 2020

Miranda Devine: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is a hypocrite on life, death and nursing homes

It’s incredible how highly Gov. Andrew Cuomo rates himself when he has presided over the most coronavirus deaths of any state in the nation.

May 19, 2020

Governors face mounting court challenges over coronavirus lockdown orders

Legal challenges to governors' coronavirus shutdown orders are piling up nationwide, putting state leaders on the defensive as citizens and businesses itching to get back to normal take their arguments to court -- in some cases succeeding at voiding the governors' actions. 

May 18, 2020

Oregon's coronavirus restrictions ruled 'null and void' after governor failed to get approval from legislature

A judge in Oregon on Monday ruled that Gov. Kate Brown’s coronavirus restrictions were “null and void” after the Democratic lawmaker failed to have her emergency orders approved by the state’s legislature following 28 days.

May 15, 2020

Trump pick to run Global Media agency under investigation over nonprofit dealings

Michael Pack, if confirmed, would run the department in charge of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Office of Cuba Broadcasting.

May 14, 2020

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Does the government work for us or do we work it?

Does the government have the power to tell us how to make personal choices, or do we have the power to tell the government to take a hike?

May 11, 2020

Kennedy on ending state lockdowns: 'The issue is no longer safe or soon, it's safe and soon'

Senate Judiciary Committee member John Kennedy, R-La., told "The Story" Monday that the issue of when states should roll back coronavirus-induced restrictions is no longer a question of, as he put it, "safe or soon."

May 11, 2020

San Fran DA touts liberal reforms in campaign email: End to cash bail, no sentence enhancements for gang crime

Boudin's parents are Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, the notorious former leaders of the Weather Underground domestic terror group, and he formerly worked for the ex-Venezuelan socialist president, Hugo Chavez. 

May 8, 2020

Deroy Murdock: Coronavirus crisis -- Cuomo, de Blasio, Johnson bite the hands that heal New York

Billy Joel might call it a New York state of ingratitude...