"Woke" is being plowed under at Tractor Supply, the company announced Friday. Tractor Supply Company had been under pressure for its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies, particularly from conservative commentator Robby Starbuck, who on Monday had criticized the company on X. Starbuck's criticism stems from a weeks-long investigation into...

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The Supreme Court held Friday that the Department of Justice interpreted an obstruction statute too broadly when using it to charge hundreds of defendants for their behavior in the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion. The court sided 6-3 in Fischer v. United States with a defendant who challenged the statute, Section...

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For reasons we often forget, the Founding Fathers would have hated fast food. On Thursday, Taco Bell announced a new $7 Luxe Cravings Box, which features a "Chalupa Supreme, Beefy 5-Layer Burrito, Double Stacked Taco, chips and nacho cheese sauce, and a medium drink." The new low-price offering signaled Taco...

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Tragedy struck the family of Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie on Thursday. The congressman announced on Friday that his wife, Rhonda Massie, had passed away the day prior. The two were married for over 35 years. Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years,...

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Only in the Democratic Party could the smarmy governor of a failed state emerge as a national standard-bearer. In the moments following President Joe Biden's moribund performance at the first presidential debate on Thursday night, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, long-rumored as a potential Biden replacement, appeared on MSNBC...

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Prince Harry has some explaining to do, and a British judge has ordered him to do it himself. During a hearing Thursday on the battle between the prince and News Group Newspapers over claims that the media group indulged in phone hacking to get information, Judge Timothy Fancourt was irked...

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While "The View" co-hosts are usually a goldmine for commentary after giving their ill-informed take on any number of hot-button topics of the day, sometimes their segments are just downright cringeworthy and vile. Thursday's segment featured the ladies of "The View" alongside their two guests - Judy Gold and Sandra...

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Thousands of cases of prepared sandwiches are being recalled over the potential that they carry a harmful bacteria. Classic Delight LLC of St. Mary’s, Ohio issued the recall due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Food and Drug Administration. According to Newsweek, the sandwiches being recalled were...

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Another American business is closing doors and boarding up windows in hopes of riding out Hurricane Bidenomics. In a news release Thursday, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA), which owns the Walgreens retail pharmacy chain, announced a "significant multiyear footprint optimization program to close certain underperforming U.S. stores." The announcement cited...

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The Bible is finally coming back to the classroom -- at least in the Sooner State. On Thursday, Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters ordered all public schools to teach lessons on the Bible. According to The New York Times, Walters argued the Bible needed to be taught because of its...

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The Democratic Party has a monstrous credibility issue with its own voters now, given President Joe Biden's devastating performance Thursday night during the first 2024 presidential debate. Seeing was not only believing -- it was unifying and telling. And what it told Biden voters and potential Biden voters was that...

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Efforts by Caitlin Clark to have the media speak to another member of the Indiana Fever led to an awkward moment at a somber post-game media availability after the Fever lost to the Seattle Storm. Thursday's 89-77 loss was Indiana’s second in a row, according to the Daily Mail. Clark,...

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The New York Times to Joe Biden: Drop out. In an editorial headlined, “To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race” The New York Times said that Biden remaining in the presidential election is tantamount to a victory for its arch-nemesis, former President Donald Trump. “At Thursday’s debate,...

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For anyone who spent a millisecond on social media during Thursday night's presidential debate, it certainly felt like everyone was watching the event. The 99-minute CNN production pitted incumbent President Joe Biden against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump. It was, in short, a debacle for Biden. It...

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A body language expert said President Joe Biden appeared to be a “dead man walking” during Thursday night’s debate with former President Donald Trump. "I was really concerned because the minute [Biden] walked out on that stage, I felt he [was] not feeling good. His skin was pale, it was...

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They knew. They will tell you they didn't know. They'll pretend that this was as much of a shock to them as it was to you and to me. But they knew. By "they," I mean anyone involved in the media-political complex that propped up a man in visible, irreversible...

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Bronny James is officially an NBA draftee -- and probably thanks to his dad. However, reports say that LeBron, Bronny and Co. didn't just happen into the first father-son duo on an NBA team by accident when the Los Angeles Lakers selected him in the second round of the NBA...

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News flash: Losing isn't fun. Further bulletins as events warrant. I know this isn't exactly rocket science, but don't tell that to the reporters covering the Indiana Fever, who just dropped their 12th game of the year. While the squad is one of the most watched in the WNBA --...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson called on President Joe Biden's cabinet on Friday to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and remove the commander in chief from office given his troubling debate performance the night before. Asked about Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy's plans to offer a House resolution calling...

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It's unclear whether there's a way out of what happened to Joseph Robinette Biden on a debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday night. What is clear is that if there is a way to a second term for the 46th president, Biden will not be the one to find that...

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It's the one thing that any mentor will tell you never to say in a job interview when asked what your biggest flaw is: "I'm just too much of a perfectionist." Or: "I just work too hard." Or: "I'm just too committed to getting the job done." Even if you're...

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