A lawsuit against the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project seeks redress from the courts to uphold the Endangered Species Act and save the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Among other things, the lawsuit claims the administration illegally failed to consider the cumulative effects of so many offshore wind projects placed throughout the whales’ migratory route and feeding and calving areas Courts have previously rejected federal attempts to separate a project for individual consideration outside of cumulative effects, calling it a “slow slide” into destroying an endangered ..read more

David Harsanyi of the Federalist probes President Biden’s latest promise about American taxes. Harsanyi quotes a Biden tweet: “Donald Trump was very proud of his $2 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy and biggest corporations and exploded the federal debt. That tax cut is going to expire. If I’m reelected, it’s going to stay expired.” Well, obviously Trump should be “proud” of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is set to expire at the end of 2025. If the GOP presidential candidate had any sense, he would be running Biden’s promise to enact a $2 trillion tax hik ..read more

James Rogan writes for the Washington Examiner about the potential significance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling favoring Starbucks in its dispute with former workers. Under the Biden administration, with its overtly pro-union bias, the National Labor Relations Board is the fact-finder, the judge, and the jury in labor disputes subject to the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. In oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Starbucks v. McKinney case on Tuesday, a majority of the Supreme Court signaled that they will further roll back the power of the administrative state. The justic ..read more

Jessica Costescu of the Washington Free Beacon reports on a significant field trip for Republican members of Congress. A group of Republican lawmakers, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.), descended on Columbia University on Wednesday and called for school president Minouche Shafik’s resignation. Their remarks, delivered at a press conference on the steps of Columbia’s Low Library, elicited near-constant jeers from the student protesters, many of whom have also been demanding Shafik’s head. Johnson, who was joined by fellow Republican representatives Virginia Foxx (N.C.), Anthony D’Espos ..read more

Editors at National Review Online take aim at the president’s Title IX changes. In a sweeping new Title IX rule, the Biden administration has usurped Congress to undermine free speech, dissolve due process, and redefine sex to include “gender identity.” The rule, effective August 1, will force all educational entities in receipt of federal funds to allow males access to female spaces, sports, and scholarships whenever they claim transgender status. In 1972, Title IX, an education amendment to the Civil Rights Act, made it unlawful to discriminate “on the basis of sex.” Of course, there have ..read more

Charles Cooke of National Review Online writes that facts linked to former President Donald Trump seem to mean little to those who analyze his actions. Donald Trump has long served as a Rorschach Test, but, as he heads undeterred into his third bid for the presidency, he has become something more protean besides. At this stage, there are thousands of Trumps, each tailored to the predilections of the observer. Trump is a myth, an archetype, an emblem. How can it be that a country full of people who speak the same language cannot agree on the elementary facts that attach to the man? Simple: Be ..read more

Gov. Roy Cooper’s recommended budget adjustments for the fiscal 2024-25 year that begins July 1 would mark an eye-popping 16 percent year-over-year increase over this year’s approved spending plan. Cooper’s budget would mark the largest single-year budget increase in 40 years. Cooper’s spending plan would mark the largest single-year budget increase in 40 years. The recommended adjustments are to the second year of the biennial budget passed last year. The Governor’s proposal would spend $4.75 billion more than this year, and that’s not counting the $3.5 billion he’d set aside into reserves ..read more

Early voting for North Carolina’s second primary (commonly referred to as runoffs) begins Thursday, April 25th. All 100 counties will be involved in this year’s second primary due to the two runoff elections for Republicans seeking statewide office. During a second primary election, many of the rules stay the same as they would for a standard primary election. Early voting will be for 17 days, running from the third Thursday before the election (April 25th) to 3 pm on the last Saturday before the election (May 11th), and election day will be Tuesday, May 14th. All early voting locations throu ..read more

John Stossel devotes a Townhall.com column to battling a common myth about capitalism. Capitalism and racism go together? I hear it all the time. “Racism is intricately linked to capitalism,” says famous Marxist Angela Davis. “It’s a mistake to assume that we can combat racism by leaving capitalism in place.” “Anti-racist” activist Ibram X. Kendi says, “In order to truly be anti-racist, you also have to truly be anti-capitalist.” This is just silly. In my new video, Swedish historian Johan Norberg explains how free markets discourage racism. Capitalists make a profit by serving their custome ..read more

Elizabeth Stauffer of the Washington Examiner documents the latest stage in Democrats’ war against Donald Trump. Democrats say the most extraordinary things. Last week, Hillary Clinton joined attorney Marc Elias on his Defending Democracy podcast. Elias, you may recall, famously hired opposition research firm Fusion GPS and laundered Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee funds through his law firm, Perkins Coie, in April 2016 to pay for the creation of the Steele dossier. In her typical inflammatory fashion, Clinton said, “[Former President Donald] Trump is, like, gaga over [Rus ..read more