image copyrightEPAimage captionCounting has been slowed down this year by the Covid pandemicThe Conservatives have consolidated their position in the English local elections, following significant gains on Friday.The party picked up more local authorities on Saturday, taking their total gains so far to 12, with Labour down six. Labour has also lost the battleground West…

Very little of this money can be traced back to its original donors. It’s time for the myth that conservatives outspend liberal elections groups to go the way of the dodo. New research examining the 2020 election in Pennsylvania reveals that left-wing political action committees (PACs) blew away conservative PACs in independent expenditures—outside spending that isn’t…

May 7, 2021 | 5:58pm | Updated May 7, 2021 | 5:58pm Enlarge Image A New York mother has been ordered to dispose of a rock near her driveway bearing a small Confederate flag or risk losing custody of her mixed race child. Provided by lawyer A New York mom is caught between a rock…

McConnell said Wednesday “100% of our focus is on stopping this new administration.” His remarks cast doubt on hopes for bipartisanship and prompted renewed calls to end the filibuster. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were among the lawmakers to renews calls for an end to the rule. See more stories on Insider’s business page. After…

Taking a look at a few less known blunders by the American foreign policy blob. Washington has made an abundance of major, well-known foreign policy blunders over the decades, most notably the disastrous wars in Vietnam and Iraq. However, there have been numerous less prominent initiatives that seemed to defy basic logic and common sense.…