Tim Hains

Rep. August Pfluger asked Robert Wheeler, an assistant FBI director, what is happening with regard to the mass UFO sightings taking place in New Jersey over the past few weeks during a Homeland Security hearing on the topic on Tuesday. REP. AUGUST PFLUGER: What is going on in New Jersey? ROBERT WHEELER, FBI: So, sir, the FBI in the Newark field office, along with state and local partners, are actively investigating the situation you mentioned -- the unexplained sighting of drone activity over that part of New Jersey, including proximity to sensitive sites and areas of concern. We do not yet attribute that to an individual or a group. We're investigating, but I don't have an answer as to who is responsible for that--whether one or more people are responsible for those drone flights. We're actively investigating. What the Bureau has done to aid our state and local partners is what we generally do: enlist the help of the interagency, enlist the help of the public. There's a tip line, 1-800-CALL-FBI,

FNC's Jennifer Griffin asked the Pentagon during a press briefing Wednesday about comments made by Rep. Jeff Van Drew about an Iranian "mothership" launching drones off the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. "We have no evidence that these activities are coming from a foreign entity or are the work of an adversary," said Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh. "These are not U.S. military drones. Again, this is being investigated by local law enforcement. Our initial assessment is that these are not drones or activities coming from a foreign entity or adversary." About Rep. Jeff Van Drew's claim, she said: "There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there is no so-called mothership launching drones toward the United States." JENNIFER GRIFFIN, FOX NEWS: Can you tell me what the Pentagon is doing to address this issue of drone sightings over New Jersey? It's near sensitive installations, the FBI is involved. What is the Pentagon doing? SABRINA SINGH, DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: Sure. We ar

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, RCP White House reporter Phil Wegmann interviewed Rep. Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, about her effort to require members of Congress to use the restrooms and facilities corresponding with their biological sex. Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, is about to take office as the first transgender member of Congress.

Peter Thiel during an interview with Bari Weiss last week spke about how modern science is failing to balance skepticism and dogmatism. Today's science has become more dogmatic "than the Catholic Church in the 17th century," Thiel said. "If we fast-forward to 2024 and you asked scientists, 'Where is science too dogmatic, and where are people too skeptical?' I think there would be a long list of issues where they'd say there are climate-change skeptics, vaccine skeptics, Darwin skeptics--people who are too skeptical in ways that are undercutting science." "If you asked those same scientists where they believe science itself has become too dogmatic, I don't think they could point to a single thing where they see science as being overly rigid. And doesn't that tell you that we have completely lost the sense of balance?" PETER THIEL: The way I always think of the history of science was that it started as a two-front war against both excessive dogmatism and excessive skepticism. In the 17th and 18th c

Charles McElwee, the editor of RealClear Pennsylvania, spoke about the possibility of a recount of the Pennsylvania Senate race between Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick, and the political future of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show.

Tucker Carlson praised Joe Rogan for proving that Americans have the attention span to listen to a three-hour conversation on any random topic: TUCKER CARLSON: Rogan created the genre of podcasting. I've been in the media my whole life. Rogan used to be a sitcom actor, a standup comedian, and an MMA fighter. So he starts this thing called a podcast where he talks for like three hours. I'm in television at a big network and I thought it was dumb. No one is going to listen to a three-hour podcast from some MMA fighter? I know, right? And this guy's not even in our business! What's he doing? He completely changed not only American media but also American history. he created a whole new genre -- it would be like if one guy invented the newspaper or television, that's how big what he did was. And I will admit I did not see if coming, I did not understand it, I did not think it would work. And the fact that it did work says something so great and important about Americans. Rogan proved that Americans really

Dr. Amanda Calhoun, the chief psychiatry resident at Yale University, told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday that friends and family members who voted "against you" do not have a right to your time and attention. "If you are going into a situation where you have family members, where you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you," he said. "It's completely fine to not be around those people and to tell them why." "To say, 'I have a problem with the way that you voted because it went against my very livelihood, and I’m not going to be around you this holiday. I need to take some space for me.' I think you should very much be entitled to do so, and I think it may be essential for your mental health," she suggested. DR. AMANDA CALHOUN: There are so many concerns. People are concerned about their human rights, their existence, and their safety. When we're talking about people who are worried about getting gender-affirming care, worried about being able to access women’s healt

Lindy Li, a member of the Democratic National Committee finance committee and a substantial donor labeled the failed Harris campaign a "$1 billion disaster" during an interview Saturday morning on "FOX & Friends." "They're $20 million or $18 million in debt. It's incredible, and I raised millions of that. I have friends I have to be accountable to and explain what happened because I told them it was a margin-of-error race." LINDY LI: I'm a donor. I'm not on anyone's payroll. I'm not beholden to anyone. That's why I'm here telling the truth. I'm not here to gaslight anybody, this is just the truth. ... The truth is this was just an end epic disaster, this was a $1 billion disaster. Actually, it was $1.018 billion, and there were $20 million in debt. It's incredible. And I raised millions of that, I have friends I have to be accountable to and explain what happened -- because I told friends it was a margin-of-error race. I was promised, Jen O'Malley Dillon promised all of us that Harris would w

Democratic pollster Frank Luntz discussed what factors led voters to reject Kamala Harris about two hours before the race was called for Trump, during RCP's election night live stream. "The election was baked after Biden's comment about Trump voters being garbage," Luntz said. "Don't assume this is a Republican victory, but do assume this is a Democratic loss." FRANK LUNTZ: The vibe in the end says Trump is going to win this election, and I've been trying to promote the truth in every focus group I do, in every survey that I do, and in every commentary that I do. In the end, I'm surprised. I know there were elements of Harris's campaign that completely failed, and I saw a movement toward Trump right after Madison Square Garden. But what is happening as we speak is significant and meaningful. Harris never told voters what she was going to do in the first hour, the first day, the first week, or the first month. In fact, her peak happened on the day that she started to attack Trump and stopped talking a

Kamala Harris delivered this closing message during one of her final rallies Monday in Scranton, Pennsylvania: KAMALA HARRIS: Over these next 24 hours, let’s enjoy this moment to knock on a neighbor's door, and even if we have not met them, know that we have a lot we care about in common. We are optimistic about the future of our country. We love our country, and that's what this fight is about—the promise of America. The promise of America is represented by everybody who is here. I thank you for the time you’ve taken out of your busy lives. There are many things each one of you could be doing right now, but you’re here, and we’re all here together under one roof as a community of people who care and who are dedicated to the hard work that it requires. When you love something, you fight for it. That is what we’re doing. That is what we’re doing. We love our country, and we’re fighting for the best of who we are. Thank you. I love you. [Chanting: Kamala] Thank you. Let’s vote! Let