Author Tom Wolfe died Monday of pneumonia at the age of 88, his longtime agent Lynn Nesbit confirmed Tuesday. Tom Wolfe, an innovative journalist and novelist whose technicolor, wildly punctuated prose brought to life the worlds of California surfers, car customizers, astronauts and Manhattan’s moneyed status-seekers in works like “The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby,” “The Right Stuff” and “Bonfire of […]

by Davis Carlton   |   Faith & Heritage Our readers are well-acquainted with the ongoing apostasy of what remains of “conservative” evangelicalism, in which traditional orthodoxy is being casually set aside in favor of equality. Evangelicals have taken to worshiping the ancient idol of equality under the influence of her modern false prophet “Doctor” Martin Luther King, Jr. King masqueraded as a Christian clergyman […]

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State Senator Steve Dickerson (R-Nashville), who sponsored this year’s controversial medical-marijuana bill in Tennessee withdrew the measure Tuesday after telling fellow lawmakers the legislation has been so watered down that passing it would actually harm rather than help patients. Dickerson, a physician, told the Associated Press that he worried that passing and amended version of his bill would preempt the passage of a […]

I find it almost funny how Nit Mitt Romney calls Robert Jeffress a bigot.    I hope Nit Witt Romney’s Mormon undies are made of asbestos because he is going to need some protection for defying what the Holy Bible says as he heads towards his eternal home — mighty hot there. John 14:6   Jesus saith unto him, I am the […]

Ignorance comes in two shades:  Lack of knowledge or wilful.  There are no grey areas in between. If Liberals only knew that Robert Mueller’s, “investigation”, into Trump Campaign collusion with the Russians is being destroyed by the truth, and one such truth was recently revealed when it was disclosed that Mueller’s indictments of 13 Russian companies involved in alleged election […]

Very interesting read. By Victor Davis Hanson  |   American Greatness Conrad Black’s erudite biography of Donald J. Trump is different from the usual in mediis rebus accounts of first-year presidents. He avoids the Bob Woodward fly-on-the-wall unattributed anecdote, and “they say” gossip mongering. Nor is the book a rush-to-publish product from former insiders of the Trump campaign or administration. Instead, […]

BY: David Rutz  |   Washington Free Beacon Democratic Sens. Mark Warner (Va.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) announced their support Tuesday for Gina Haspel to be the next CIA Director, likely ensuring her confirmation. “I’m going to support Gina Haspel’s nomination to be Director of the CIA. I also respect my colleagues who have made a different decision,” Warner said in a statement. Warner, […]

by Claire Chretien IOWA,  (LifeSiteNews) – Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are suing Iowa over its law prohibiting abortions on most babies with detectable heartbeats, which is slated to go into effect on July 1. “Iowa politicians have tried to ban virtually all abortions for women in our state,” said Rita Bettis, the ACLU’s Iowa legal director. […]

Pruitt will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Interior and EPA subcommittee. The full House Appropriations Committee will vote on the chamber’s proposed spending bill for the Energy Department and water development programs. The House Science Committee will hold a hearing on using technology to combat climate change. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on Trump’s nomination of Francis Fannon to be assistant secretary of state for […]

Notes by Miranda Green  |  The Hill Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt is returning to Capitol Hill Wednesday morning for a hearing. The event at the Senate Appropriations Committee’s subpanel with authority over the EPA is ostensibly for Pruitt to answer questions about his requested budget for fiscal 2019. But it is also the first time senators will get […]

Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska has won the Republican nomination in her bid for a second term in office. Fischer defeated four GOP challengers in Tuesday’s primary election and will be the strong favorite to win re-election in deep-red Nebraska. Some of Fischer’s primary opponents had argued she wasn’t conservative enough, but Fischer received endorsements from a majority of the […]

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has easily won the Republican nomination to seek a second term in November. Ricketts enters the general election with more than $1.3 million in campaign cash at his disposal for the general election, far outpacing all other gubernatorial candidates. His only GOP challenger in Tuesday’s primary didn’t raise or spend enough to trigger a reporting requirement. […]

Lincoln City Councilwoman and grocery store executive Jane Raybould has won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Nebraska. Raybould defeated three Democratic challengers in Tuesday’s primary race for the seat held by Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, who is running for re-election. Raybould faces an uphill general election battle in GOP-dominated Nebraska. Fischer won election in 2012 by nearly 16 […]

Nebraska state Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha has won the Democratic nomination to run for the seat held by incumbent Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts. Krist defeated two other Democratic candidates in Tuesday’s primary election. The veteran state lawmaker campaigned on promises that he would take a less partisan approach to state government than Ricketts. Krist had been a Republican but […]

By Mike Wall, Senior Writer | Space.com SpaceX has big plans for the latest version of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The new “Block 5” Falcon 9, which debuted Friday (May 11) with a flawless launch and first-stage landing, will take rocket reusability to bold new heights very soon if everything works out, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said. “Our goal, […]

Loren B. Thompson  |   The National Interest Security, That should make China nervous. Navy Aircraft Carriers Might Just Be Unsinkable. Here’s Why. The bottom line on aircraft carrier survivability is that only a handful of countries can credibly pose a threat to America’s most valuable warships, and short of using nuclear weapons none of those is likely to sink one.  Although the […]

Caracas (AFP) – Venezuela’s government seized control Tuesday of the South American country’s Kellogg subsidiary after it halted operations, President Nicolas Maduro announced. Maduro said the company had been “handed over to the workers” to continue production after the US-based cereals manufacturer said it was ceasing operations. In a statement, the US multinational cited Venezuela’s crippling economic crisis as the […]

By Terray Sylvester  |  Reuters PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Explosions intensified on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Tuesday, spewing ash and triggering a red alert for aircraft for the first time since the latest eruption began 12 days ago. Ash and volcanic smog, or vog, as it is called, rose to 12,000 feet (3,657 meters) above Kilauea’s crater and floated southwest, showering […]