
Democrats avoid government shutdown disaster
Enough Democrats were able to come together to pass a continuing resolution keeping the government open as the hours until a shutdown counted down, averting a disaster for the majority party.

Enough Democrats were able to come together to pass a continuing resolution keeping the government open as the hours until a shutdown counted down, averting a disaster for the majority party.

It’s no longer a question of whether the government will lock up Americans for defying its mandates but when.

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) has introduced legislation that would create an emergency supply of key ingredients used in essential generic medicines and incentivize domestic manufacturing of these ingredients.

America is in the midst of an epidemic of historic proportions.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will present an endowed lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.

Although the Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, the fear of the new federal government was so strong that a “bill of rights” was demanded and became an eventuality.

Freedom is never free. There is always a price—always a sacrifice—that must be made in order to safeguard one’s freedoms.

It was time for the U.S. to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan. That doesn’t make what we’re seeing going on there now any less an abject failure.

One would think that after 73 years of conflict punctured by wars, terrorism, bloodshed, and destruction, the Palestinians would have learned that Israel is a reality they cannot under any circumstances extinguish.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.
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