Jennifer Harper

Trump’s 75th fuels wave of birthday greetings on Twitter

Donald Trump was suspended from Twitter earlier this year, but the social media platform still reverberated Monday with congratulatory wishes for the former president's 75th birthday.

June 14, 2021

‘I was right’: Donald Trump sounds off

Former President Donald Trump has offered a handy summary of recent political developments, investigations and media coverage which suggests his perceptions about certain matters were correct. Mr. Trump suggests that analysts and rivals are changing their tune about his time in office.

June 13, 2021

Republicans make better friends than Democrats, poll finds

When it comes to across-the-aisle comity, Republicans beat out Democrats, according to a new poll. "Ending friendships over political disagreements occurs more among liberal and Democratic-leaning Americans," with Democrats "twice as likely as Republicans are to report having ended a friendship over a political disagreement," the survey reports.

June 11, 2021

The top talk-radio stars revealed

The nation's top talk-radio stars have been named by a leading industry source. The annual "Talkers Heavy Hundred" was released Thursday by Talkers Magazine, which chronicles the comings and goings and highs and lows of the profession. The top dog this year is Fox News Channel prime-time host Sean Hannity, who is heard on a daily radio show broadcast syndicated by Premiere Networks, in addition to his nightly cable news show.

June 10, 2021

Biden border crisis goes ‘global’

The Republican Party is keeping a watchful eye on the never-ending security challenges on the southern border, a situation that challenges the U.S. Border Patrol across nine specific areas in six states

June 9, 2021

Cancel culture knives are now out for apple pie: ‘As American as stolen land’

Cultural commentary has come down to pies.

June 9, 2021

Political staffers have a say on power, midterm elections

A unique survey of Capitol Hill chiefs of staff, legislative directors, communications directors, press secretaries and staff directors offers an insider take on 19 issues of interest, from who holds power to the probable outcome of the midterm elections.

June 8, 2021

NewsMax scores ratings triumph with Trump’s Saturday night speech

Newsmax TV continues to claim its territory in broadcasting. The network aired former President Donald Trump's speech to the North Carolina Republican Convention on Saturday.

June 8, 2021

National Park Service reopens Arlington House, Robert E. Lee’s home, after $12.3M renovation

The National Park Service announced Tuesday that it has reopened Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial following a $12.35 million rehabilitation made possible by a donation from philanthropist David M. Rubenstein to the National Park Foundation.

June 8, 2021

Biden still evades the classic press conference

The podium, the microphone -- all those eager reporters waving their hands -- everybody likes a good press conference, right? Uh, Maybe not. "Since he has been president, Biden has done only one full-fledged press conference," says Tom Jones, senior media writer for the Poynter Institute, a Florida-based press resource.

June 7, 2021

Proposal planners, drone pilots, ‘deep fake’ animators among the hot careers of the 2020s

The nation's burgeoning wedding industry has just expanded.

June 7, 2021

Conservative, progressive both vexed at Facebook

Then-President Trump was booted off Facebook with much ado after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Some 72 hours ago, the social-media giant announced that Mr. Trump would remain suspended for another two years. It is of note that big thinkers in both the conservative and progressive realms are not happy with Facebook for this maneuver -- but for wildly different reasons.

June 6, 2021

Two-thirds of Americans say government must get to the bottom of UFO mystery: poll

In the wake of recent media attention to the U.S. military's documentation of UFOs, a new poll found two-thirds of Americans agreeing that the federal government needs to get to the bottom of the mystery.

June 5, 2021

George P. Bush now dubbed ‘47’

It's official. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has his eye on becoming the next attorney general of Texas, perhaps a stop on his way to a bid for U.S. president in future years.

June 3, 2021

Biden should revisit ‘drill, baby, drill’

Once upon a time, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin proclaimed "drill, baby, drill," when it came to discovering oil in the wilderness.

June 2, 2021

Inside the Beltway: 44% of Americans say coronavirus is ‘man-made’

Concern about the origins of COVID-19 continue to grip Americans. Fresh out of lockdown, many now wonder about the heritage of the mysterious virus. "Is it natural or man-made? Was it released, or did it escape? Was it deliberate or an accident? These are some of the questions the world is grappling with regarding the Covid-19 virus," asks Raghavan Mayur, an analyst for Tippinsights, a pollster that took on the question and emerged with some disconcerting results.

June 1, 2021

Inside the Beltway: Trump Wuhan Lab claim gets media attention

The news media and liberal pundits dismissed persistent claims from former President Donald Trump and other observers that the COVID-19 virus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. The narrative changed after President Biden launched an investigation last week to reach a "definitive conclusion" about the origins of the virus which includes a look at the Wuhan lab theory.

May 31, 2021