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Sep 01 2020
News
Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet
Amazon received federal approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, a milestone that allows the company to expand unmanned package delivery.
The approval will give Amazon broad privileges to “safely and efficiently deliver packages to customers,” the agency said. The certification comes under Part 135 of FAA regulations,
CNBCApr 05 2016
News
Iran Isn't Really Honoring the 'Spirit' of Our Nuclear Deal, Obama Says
Behold, the perfect 'Smart Power' presidential pull quote in light of Justin's two updates yesterday, wherein the US Navy interdicted an Iranian weapons shipment destined for Shiite rebels in Yemen, and one of the regime's generals instructed the American government to take its criticism of Iran's rogue ballistic missile tests and shove it. Your thoughts, Mr. President?
TownhallApr 27 2021
Analysis
Far From Immune To The Never-Ending COVID Regime, Red States Are A Ripe Target — Unless Their Governors Act Now
The unending COVID regime isn't a nightmare scenario, it's an existential threat to our liberties, a possible and unexamined risk to our health, and right here among us.
A plastic recycler in Louisville, Kentucky. A guide at a hiking camp in Alaska. A waitress at a restaurant in Houston, Texas.
What do these companies have in common, besides being featured in a Monday Wall Street
The FederalistApr 27 2021
News
Democrats’ surprising 2-man team to hold the Senate
One is a low-key former astronaut who preaches moderation and collaboration. The other is a progressive pastor willing to kill the filibuster to pass a landmark voting rights bill.
Mark Kelly and Raphael Warnock don’t have much in common and approach their first jobs in politics from dramatically different perspectives. But together the two Democratic senators are the bellwethers for
PoliticoJun 02 2020
News
As riots rage, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rescinds her lockdown order, readies state to reopen
Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that she has lifted the state's stay-at-home order allowing many retailers to reopen Thursday and bars and restaurants to reopen to 50% capacity on June 8.
The move, which also eases limits on the number of people permitted to gather outside, comes as protests over George Floyd's death and riots continue to rock cities across
The BlazeSep 07 2020
News
Biden to mark Labor Day with union event as U.S. campaign enters homestretch
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is headed on Monday to the crucial electoral state of Pennsylvania, where he plans to mark the U.S. Labor Day holiday by speaking with union workers as the presidential campaign enters its homestretch.
The trip kicks off another flurry of travel to battleground states this week by both Biden and President Donald Trump as some opinion polls show
ReutersApr 08 2021
Opinion
Four Ways of Looking at the Radicalism of Joe Biden
It’s unexpected, but it’s not inexplicable.
Joe Biden didn’t wake up one day and realize he’d been wrong for 30 years.
I covered him in the Senate, in the Obama White House, in the Democratic Party’s post-Trump reckoning. Biden was rarely, if ever, the voice calling for transformational change or go-it-alone ambition.
But you’d never know it from his presidency. The
Ezra KleinFeb 02 2021
News
Confused by pandemic data? Here’s some help reading it.
There’s no shortage of data on the pandemic, so it’s difficult to know what to look at to understand how populations are faring. For the best picture, it pays to watch a few key indicators.
With the rollout of vaccines, we have entered a more hopeful phase in the fight against COVID-19. But how does one make sense of the labyrinth of 14-day averages, hospitalization rates, positivity
Christian Science MonitorFeb 02 2021
News
What Myanmar coup means for Biden’s pro-democracy vision
Promoting democracy and exercising global leadership are core, value-laden elements of President Biden’s foreign policy vision. Both are being challenged by the military coup in Myanmar.
The weekend military coup that deposed Myanmar’s elected government and landed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi under arrest poses an early test for President Joe Biden’s vow to buttress the world’s
Christian Science MonitorApr 23 2020
Analysis
Georgia’s controversial reopening plan, explained
Kristen Courville, a self-employed hairstylist in Alpharetta, Georgia, is in a terrifying conundrum: Her governor, Brian Kemp, says she can go back to work on Friday. On the one hand, her bills are racking up, and she needs to pay her rent. On the other hand, she’s scared of getting sick, and whenever she does open up, she’s worried clients won’t want to come in anyway. She’s laid out a plan
Vox