Author: Elizabeth Faddis, Washington Examiner

An artifact that’s getting long in the tooth was discovered by scientists in the Swiss Alps, according to a report. Measured with a base of 2.4 inches, the “incomplete tooth,” believed to have belonged to an ancient sea monster, was discovered along with the vertebrae and rib remains of two ichthyosaurs, according to a study…

A Florida man was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty in a case in which he was accused of stealing his twin brother’s identity to receive more than $63,773 in military veteran benefits. Wayne Bowen, 64, used his estranged brother’s name, Social Security card, and military discharge papers around October 2014…

Texas GOP Rep. Michael McCaul predicted Republicans will pick up 40 seats in the House in the midterm elections. The ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee told Fox News Sunday that “historically” the party in the minority tends to pick up some seats after the current president’s first term in the White House,…

President Joe Biden expressed his sorrow over the death of former Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah who had served 42 years in Congress. “Jill and I and the entire Biden family are saddened to learn of the passing of Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Senator in Utah’s history, and the longest-serving Republican Senator in…

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren called House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a “traitor” after it was revealed that he told former President Donald Trump he should “resign” days after the Capitol riot but quickly changed his tune. The Democrat, who says she is seeking reelection instead of attempting another bid for president in 2024, told CNN…

Five teenagers were injured in a shooting that took place Saturday night outside of a Waffle House in Atlanta, according to police. Officers responded to reports of a person being shot at Centennial Olympic Park Drive near the Waffle House, and upon their arrival on scene around 10 p.m., officers found three people injured and…

ExxonMobil employees are slamming their company for prohibiting workers from flying the gay pride flag outside their offices during June, which is Pride Month. The company’s Pride employee resource group disagreed with the decision to remove the pride flag from the allowed paraphernalia in new companywide guidance, with Houston-based employees saying they would not support…

The manager of a Kentucky restaurant says he faced backlash after he hoisted a Ukrainian flag in support of his adoptive son. Ben Ashlock, the general manager of Colton’s Steak House & Grill in Bardstown, told the Washington Examiner that he received the first of several angry messages from a customer April 9. Customers flooded…

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow played an audio recording of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying that he would urge former President Donald Trump to resign after the Capitol riot. Maddow played the recording of McCarthy telling a group of Republicans on Jan. 10, 2021, that he would recommend that Trump resign from the presidency after…

A Black Lives Matter of Greater New York activist referred to Mayor Eric Adams as a “white man in blackface” and blamed him for not tackling the increasing frequency of gun violence in the city. Hawk Newsome, the co-founder of the New York-based BLM group, said during an interview Thursday evening on Fox’s America’s Newsroom…