• Democrats' donors and donations dog conservatives

    George Soros recently announced that he had turned his financial empire over to his 37-year-old son, Alex. Alex Soros says he is more political than his father.

  • How weight-loss drugs are changing the diet industry

    Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his thirties to as high as 220. He spent a decade tracking calories on WeightWatchers, but the pounds he dropped always crept back onto his 5-foot-5-inch frame. A little over a year ago, the 58-year-old Manhattan resident went on a new weight loss drug called Wegovy. He’s lost 30 pounds, and has started eating healthier food and exercising—the habits behind many commercial diet...

  • Plaid decriminalise drugs call in police elections

    Plaid Cymru calls for drugs decriminalisation in pitch for police and crime commissioner elections.

  • AIPAC-endorsed Democrat calls for Israeli leadership change

    Vulnerable California Rep. Mike Levin said "new leaders" are needed.

  • Circleville – Overdose Call Ends in Drug Trafficking Charges

    Circleville – On April 14, 2024, officers were dispatched to 160 Lancaster Pike following a report of a male individual in and out of consciousness inside a vehicle. Upon arrival at the scene, officers discovered Robert Nungester II slumped over inside the vehicle, with drug paraphernalia visible on his lap. Concerned for Nungester’s well-being, officers […]

  • Georgia Democrats call for probe of $1.1B contract

    (The Center Square) — Georgia Democrats want an investigation after they said a state audit surfaced questions about whether Gov. Brian Kemp's administration circumvented state contracting requirements, potentially for political gain. It's not immediately clear which state or federal agencies might lead the probe, and Democrats said they haven't formally requested an investigation. At issue is a $1.1 billion contract the Georgia Department of Human Services...

  • Insurers scale back reimbursements for drugs used for weight loss

    A growing number of insurance carriers say they won't cover the cost of weight loss medications because it is too high. The change is forcing some patients to take desperate measures. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reports.

  • Teamsters union donates to another GOP cause. What does it mean for Democrats?

    While most unions have already endorsed President Joe Biden, one big fish in the labor movement is spreading the love around and holding out its support. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters turned heads by donating $45,000 to the Republican National Committee earlier this year and has now made further GOP inroads by donating $5,000 to […]

  • Civilian deaths in Gaza rival those of Darfur – which the US called a ‘genocide’

    In fact, terror attacks and hostage-taking sparked several recent conflicts that US presidents of both parties labeled genocideMy old boss Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, bravely said recently what Joe Biden has been afraid to: “Palestinian civilians do not deserve to suffer for the sins of Hamas, and Israel has a moral obligation to do better. The United States has an obligation to do better.”The ongoing violence, Schumer noted, threatens not just the lives of Palestinians but the...

  • ‘A call that I just had to answer’: How this St. George entrepreneur revolutionized the hair industry

    ST. GEORGE — It was the hair flip that flipped the entire hair industry. One simple photo posted on Instagram was all it took for a St. George entrepreneur to transform a hair extension technique into a business empire. McKenzie Turley now trains hairstylists worldwide, bringing them and their tax dollars to Southern Utah. Finding […]

  • Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire

    Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’Protesters calling for Israel to cease fire in its war with Hamas who have disrupted US public events and infrastructure are practicing “leftwing fascism” or “leftwing totalitarianism”, a senior US House Democrat said, adding that such protesters are “challenging representative democracy” and should be arrested.“Intimidation is the tactic,” said Adam Smith of Washington state, the...

  • Sanders launches investigation into ‘unacceptable’ diabetes, weight loss drug prices

    Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday launched an investigation into the “outrageously high prices” of Novo Nordisk’s respective diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. On Wednesday, Sanders penned a letter to Novo Nordisk’s chief executive officer, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, notifying him of