The Indiana Fever‘s newest player Caitlin Clark seemingly sparked a sellout crowd Friday at an away game in Texas. Clark scored 21 points that included five three-point shots, the first of which came within the first minute of the game, which her team ultimately lost. The Dallas Wings beat the Fever 79 to 76. Still, even in the preseason and away from her home court, Clark had fans awaiting her autograph after the game. “Overall, a lot to learn from,” Clark said of the game. “These are great learning experiences for us.” Caitlin Clark finished her first @WNBA preseason game with a game-high ..read more

In a legal win for the Arizona Republican Party, the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision sanctioning the GOP over $27,000 after its unsuccessful efforts challenging Maricopa County election results during the 2020 election. The Arizona Republican Party originally sued Maricopa County after the 2020 election, challenging its mandatory hand-count audit process. The GOP alleged the audit process was improperly conducted due to the hand count using sample votes cast at centers open to all county voters, not from precincts, the Associated Press reported. The machine counts were 100 ..read more

This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden in a bind over campus protests of his Middle East policies, rising unemployment and inflation, and depressing reelection polls. Inflation and unemployment flashed red when a jobs report came in weaker than expected on Friday, and the unemployment rate popped up to 3.9%. While it remains remarkably low, the increase undercut the administration’s election year claim that it was creating jobs. What’s more, inflation continued to show its face with higher prices, especially for fuel and housing. Biden’s recent surge in election polls be ..read more

Washington Examiner Editor-in-Chief Hugo Gurdon joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country and how administrators and local law enforcement are dealing with the activists ..read more

The Hamas delegation in Egypt has made “noticeable progress” in ceasefire talks, after months of deadlock, according to Egyptian media. The Egyptian state Al-Qahera news announced on Saturday that Hamas and Israel had reached a consensus on many of the disputed points, though it didn’t elaborate on what those were. Other sources dispute this, including some Israeli officials. One Israeli official told the Associated Press that even a deal to release the roughly 100 hostages still held by Hamas wouldn’t prevent Israel’s invasion of Rafah, nor end the war. Palestinians stand in the ruins of the ..read more

It’s not every day I get called creepy and am lumped in with eugenicists by a journalism professor. But also, it’s weirdly common for liberals in the media to level such charges at those of us who care about family formation. Having children is good, both for people who have children and for the people who don’t have children. Birth rates are dropping, as are marriage rates. People say their ideal family size includes closer to three children than two, but we are having, on average, way less than two. Because babies are good, a deficit of babies is bad. America currently has a deficit of babie ..read more

Former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway submitted to the idea of early voting, despite her previous stance against it. She acknowledged the GOP could  “die politically” by opposing it. Conway appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday to make her new stance clear ahead of her former boss President Donald Trump’s election in November. Trump also changed his tune on mail-in ballots after opposing it himself. “So, I don’t like early voting, but if this is the new normal, you adapt, or you die politically,” Conway said. In 2020, about a third of Trump voters used either an absentee o ..read more

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House passed another a bill to advance domestic energy production, this time in response to cries for help from an indigenous community living in the Alaska North Slope. The bill’s cosponsor, a Democrat from Alaska, did not vote for her own bill. It passed with the support of five Democrats, including two from Texas who are strong supporters of the U.S. oil and natural gas industry. The U.S. House has advanced several bills and resolutions to support domestic U.S. oil and natural gas production, supported by Texas Democrats. They’ve done so after the Bi ..read more

(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania officials are stepping up their efforts to control the spongy moth to prevent its spread. The invasive insect, formerly called the gypsy moth, has established itself in the commonwealth and its numbers fluctuate. This year, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will spend $2.4 million to spray 124,000 acres, up from 109,000 acres last year and 63,000 acres in 2022. Based on commission surveys of egg masses, spraying will occur in the Southcentral, Northcentral, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast parts of the commonwealth. The aim is to protect habi ..read more

(The Center Square) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission looks ahead with a new executive director, but recent turmoil has legislators even more skeptical of the agency’s competence. The commission has its sights set on tightening up policies and working more with the legislature, but critics want deeper changes. “Priority No. 1 for me is to enhance and build upon the relationship that the Game Commission has with both legislators as well as those in the hunting community,” Commission Executive Director Steve Smith said. “The primary way to do that — especially with legislators — is by making su ..read more