March 29, 2024

Just outside New York City, holiday adventures await

Ready to trade honking taxis for jingling sleigh bells? You don’t have to go far to find hidden holiday extravaganzas — we’re talking magical train rides chugging towards the North Pole, villages twinkling brighter than Rudolph’s nose and more cheer than Santa’s workshop. So, grab your mittens, and head to some seriously cool family winter […]

Progressives eagerly await their chance to harass McCarthy

“Why not? You know, that sounds like a good idea,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman of the new rules for a motion to vacate the chair. “Whenever we want to cause complete chaos, we’ll do that.” | Francis Chung/POLITICO Kevin McCarthy’s concessions to conservatives did more than win him the speaker’s gavel — they empowered House

Pompeo becomes U.S. secretary of state as North Korea, Middle East issues await.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state on Thursday, and the former CIA director set off immediately on a trip to meet key allies in Europe and the Middle East. Pompeo, a former Army officer who was a Republican congressman, is regarded as a Trump loyalist […]

VA Blows $408 Million On Solar Panels While Veterans Await Care

A lot can be done with four years and eight million dollars — except putting solar panels on a Veterans Affairs parking garage, apparently. The project began in 2012 at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., and isn’t expected to be finished until early 2017. But the lagging construction at the […]

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