Peter Thiel is injecting $1.5 million into a seed round for a new conservative dating app called “The Right Stuff,” a source familiar with the funding tells Axios.The big picture: Conservatives have been aggressively building their own apps, phones, cryptocurrencies and publishing houses in an attempt to circumvent what they see as an increasingly liberal…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Kathleen Rice said Tuesday she will not seek reelection this fall, making the New Yorker the 30th Democrat to announce they’re leaving the House before November elections when Republicans are making a strong push to win the majority. Rice, who revealed her plans on her 57th birthday, did not specify why…Continue Reading
HANOVER, Va. (AP) — The developer of the proposed Chickahominy Pipeline is putting the plan on hold after a ruling on the plant the pipeline was to feed.Chickahominy Pipeline’s Beth Minear emailed Hanover County officials Sunday to say the company was putting the 83-mile (134-kilometer) pipeline project on “pause” after a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…Continue Reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — School mask mandates in Virginia would end on March 1 if the General Assembly adopts amendments made by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to just-passed legislation on the issue.The legislature passed a bill Monday giving parents and students the ability to opt out of mandates imposed by local school boards. But the…Continue Reading
Today’s Democrats fancy themselves as the party that trusts the evidence — wherever it might lead. This is why they invest heavily in science and technology and set up arms of government to translate that knowledge into action. But despite claiming to prioritize new ways of improving our society, Democrats don’t always act in ways…Continue Reading
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses why the Republican National Committee chose to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and how different wings of the party view the violent events of Jan. 6, 2021. They also discuss the causes of hyperinflation, as Democrats and Republicans cite different culprits for…Continue Reading
Earlier this month, the Republican National Committee voted to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, describing the inquiry as the “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” Some GOP lawmakers and elites criticized the resolution, while…Continue Reading
As world leaders settled into their digs in Glasgow, Scotland, last October for the climate conference known as COP26, Bank of England head turned sustainable investment guru Mark Carney had a stern warning for his friends in the financial sector. “In the months and years ahead,” he wrote, “judge all financial institutions not by what…Continue Reading
For the past few months, much of the handwringing about Russia massing troops on Ukraine’s border has been centered on the extent to which the West is responsible for the latest crisis. Much of that supposed responsibility focuses on NATO expansion, the question of Ukraine’s membership in the military alliance, and the persistent claim from…Continue Reading
The news that Rudy Giuliani is open to making an about-face and answering the House January 6 committee’s questions is a potentially explosive development that could redirect the course of the entire investigation.What Giuliani has to share could be some of the most valuable information the committee will obtain. Giuliani was Donald Trump’s personal attorney…Continue Reading
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