CNN+ Shutting Down One Month After Official Launch

CNN’s subscription streaming service has remained on life support since its debut one month ago. Today, Warner Bros. Discovery finally pulled the plug. Breaking News: Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+. The streaming service debuted just weeks ago and was meant to bring CNN into the digital future. https://t.co/vqApzdFQvY — The New York Times […]

Escaped Psychiatric Hospital Inmate Considered ‘Armed and Dangerous’

Two felons escaped from Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia on Easter Sunday. Thus far, only one has been apprehended. Bryant Wilkerson, 29, fled the psychiatric facility alongside Austin Leigh, 31. Wilkerson remains on the loose and is considered “armed and dangerous.” The Washington Examiner reports: “State and local police departments are still actively searching […]

CDC Study: Remote Learning Hurt Kids’ Mental Health

When schools pivoted to remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the first casualty was kids’ mental health. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed teenagers’ mental health from January 2021 to June 2021. Compared with 2019, the study found that the proportion of mental health–related emergency department visits in 2020 increased […]

Biden’s Approval Below Trump’s at This Point – Reports CNN

President Biden’s approval rating is nearing cataclysmic levels. The kind that led to Republicans picking up 63 seats in the U.S. House in 2010. The only saving grace for the left is that Election Day isn’t here — yet. Things certainly aren’t looking good, as Hot Air’s Allahpundit explains: Mark Penn, who used to be chief […]

Rocket Lab Breaks Ground at Wallops Flight Facility for Rocket Factory

Rocket Lab USA, a private rocket provider, broke ground on a factory for its Neutron rocket at a site adjacent to the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia’s Eastern Shore on Monday. Politicians and officials at the event praised the expansion of Rocket Lab in Virginia as a sign of the expanding importance of Virginia’s spaceport. “This is […]

Virginia State House Democrats Propose $50 Tax Rebate to Car Owners

The Virginia state House Democrats announced a proposal to give a $50 tax rebate to Virginia car owners, up to $100 per household — a counter-proposal to Governor Glenn Youngkin’s call for a months-long suspension of Virginia’s 26.2-cent gasoline tax. “Unlike the plan proposed by Governor Youngkin and supported by Republican members of the General Assembly, […]

Youngkin Replaces State Agency Ban Phasing Out Single-Use Plastics with Order Promoting Recycling

Governor Glenn Youngkin has rescinded an executive order from former Governor Ralph Northam that ordered Virginia agencies to phase out single-use plastics and Styrofoam. Youngkin issued a new executive order to promote recycling in state agencies and eliminate food waste. “Too often in the past, Virginia has been presented with a false choice between saving our environment and growing […]

White House Refuses to Weigh In on Biological Men Competing in Women’s Sports

The White House dodged a question on transgender participation in college sports during Monday’s press briefing. Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki if the Biden administration thought it was fair that biological males are now competing against women in college sports. The White House is “not the governing body […]

VCDL, VAPLAN Rank Virginia’s General Assembly Legislators

Via the Virginia Star: The pro-gun Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) has released a scorecard of legislators from the recent General Assembly session, with most Republican legislators scoring 100 percent. In tallies that count votes, Delegate Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) and State Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Rockingham) earned the highest scores based on the number of votes cast and […]