Dave Boyer

Fake shooter threat at U.S. Naval Academy leads to real shooting in resulting confusion

One person was injured in a shooting Thursday in an apparent misunderstanding at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, that grew out of a false active-shooter threat.

September 11, 2025

Kamala Harris steps back into limelight to warn of ‘rampant disinformation’ about disaster aid

Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that progressives and government leaders must counter "rampant" misinformation about communities qualifying for federal aid after natural disasters such as the southern California wildfires and hurricane-related damage in the southeastern U.S.

January 15, 2025

Biden’s death row clemency spares worst of the worst

President Biden helped Christmas come early for 37 men on federal death row when he commuted their sentences to life without parole, many of them put there for the most heinous crimes.

December 23, 2024

Fed lowers interest rates by half-point; first cut in more than four years

The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate Wednesday for the first time in more than four years of inflation fighting, reducing its benchmark rate by half a percentage point in a sign that the central bank is now more focused on a weakening job market than on high prices.

September 18, 2024

Clock ticking on Harris’ campaign for a major improvement in the economy

With the presidential race moving past Labor Day, time is running out for Vice President Kamala Harris to receive a significant boost from any positive changes to the wobbly economy.

September 2, 2024

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger calls Trump a ‘weak man pretending to be strong’

Republican former Rep. Adam Kinzinger attacked his longtime foe, GOP nominee Donald Trump, as a "weak man" Thursday night in a speech to the Democratic National Convention.

August 22, 2024

‘Central Park Five’ appear at DNC to slam Trump over their infamous case

The so-called "Central Park Five," black men who were wrongly accused of rape at a time when GOP nominee Donald Trump called for reinstating the death penalty in New York, were showcased at the Democratic National Convention Thursday to criticize Mr. Trump.

August 22, 2024

Pete Buttigieg says Trump offering voters only ‘darkness’

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called on voters to "end Donald Trump's politics of darkness once and for all" in a speech Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention.

August 21, 2024

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says Democrats are ‘the party of real freedom’

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Vice President Kamala Harris "has spent her entire career making progress" while GOP nominee Donald Trump wants to restrict Americans' freedoms.

August 21, 2024

DNC holds bogus ‘roll call’ vote to nominate Harris, weeks after she clinched online ballot

Just for show, the Democratic National Convention held a public but essentially meaningless roll call of states Tuesday to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

August 20, 2024

Ex-Trump aide Stephanie Grisham says he called his supporters ‘basement dwellers’

Former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, saying she saw behind the scenes that Mr. Trump is a phony.

August 20, 2024

Chicago police investigate bomb threats at hotels during DNC

Authorities are investigating bomb threats, including antisemitic messages, at several downtown hotels Tuesday during the Democratic National Convention.

August 20, 2024

Democrats approve party platform with numerous references to Biden’s ‘second term’

The Democratic National Convention adopted the party's platform on Monday, an apparent rush job that erroneously mentions President Biden's upcoming "second term" several times.

August 19, 2024

Democrats officially open their convention in Chicago

The Democratic National Convention opened Monday in a tense Chicago with DNC Chair Minyon Moore formally gaveling the session to order beside Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

August 19, 2024

Trump hotel stands as a shining monument to the GOP nominee amid Democrats’ convention

The Trump International Hotel and Tower in downtown Chicago, a gleaming reminder of the GOP nominee in a sea of Democrats, is something of a sanctuary for Trump supporters this week as the city hosts the Democratic National Convention.

August 19, 2024

J.D. Vance campaigns in Philly ahead of first Harris-Walz rally, calls them a ‘radical’ ticket

Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio said at a campaign stop in Philadelphia Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate to become her radical "partner in crime."

August 6, 2024

Stocks plummet worldwide as worries mount that U.S. economy has hit the brakes

A swift global panic struck financial markets Monday, triggering stock sell-offs around the world amid fears that the U.S. economy is slowing into recession territory in the presidential election year.

August 5, 2024

Bear witness: RFK Jr. cops to staging bear’s death in Central Park

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted in a video, recorded in an attempt to get ahead of an unflattering New Yorker article, that he picked up a roadkill carcass of a bear cub in 2014 and ended up staging a crime scene in the Central Park to make it look like a cyclist killed the bruin.

August 5, 2024

Unemployment report dampens Harris hopes to ride on economy

The honeymoon for Vice President Kamala Harris was cut short by the economy in less than two weeks.

August 2, 2024

GOP blasts Kamala Harris for skipping Netanyahu’s speech to Congress

Republicans heavily criticized Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday for skipping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress, saying it showed the true colors of the presumptive Democratic nominee on the Israel-Hamas war.

July 24, 2024