Author: Team Democratic Accent

‘Too fast’ or ‘excellent’? Americans grade first 100 days of President Trump’s second term

2:30 pm April 30, 2025

Americans from all over the country graded President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office and the results were mixed. People from Detroit, Houston, Washington, D.C. and other major U.S. cities weighed in on Trump’s second term so far, with many giving it high marks, others giving it a mediocre score, and some giving it […]

REP. MIKE KELLY, SEN. TIM SCOTT AND SECRETARY SCOTT TURNER: Save the Opportunity Zones before it’s too late

2:30 pm April 30, 2025

In 2017, Congress passed one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in the last quarter-century. When President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA), the law spurred economic growth the United States hadn’t seen in a generation. Wages increased, and unemployment decreased. Americans were able to cash their paychecks and go […]

Alzheimer’s brain treatment shows promising results in new study

2:30 pm April 30, 2025

As Alzheimer’s disease now affects seven million Americans — the largest number ever — there is a growing demand for new treatments. Scientists at the University of California, Irvine, have discovered a “groundbreaking” new therapy to fight the disease. The treatment involves using stem cells to “program” human immune cells, called microglia, to counteract signs […]

Parents and students need school choice, not religious bigotry

2:30 pm April 30, 2025

Politicians across the nation claim they want a world-class education system that ensures every child receives the education they deserve. How we get there is the source of debate. Despite spending hundreds of billions of dollars in recent decades on our public education system, we have very little to show. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation […]

Sammy Hagar’s dream about Eddie Van Halen inspired him to write a new song with late rocker

2:30 pm April 30, 2025

INDIO, Calif. — Sammy Hagar got the chance to work with his former bandmate, the late Eddie Van Halen, one last time. Hagar released a song, “Encore, Thank You, Goodnight,” that came to him in a dream not long after Van Halen’s death in 2020. “About a year after Eddie died, I had a dream […]