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Sep 28 2021
News
Yellen tells Congress that U.S. will run out of debt ceiling flexibility on Oct. 18
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday told Congress that the U.S. will run out of flexibility to avoid breaching the debt limit on Oct. 18, setting a new deadline for lawmakers to avoid a catastrophic default on its payment obligations.
“It is uncertain whether we could continue to meet all the nation’s commitments after that date,” Yellen wrote in the letter to House Speaker Nancy
Washington PostJun 04 2021
News
Subdued but Not Silenced, Hong Kong Tries to Remember Tiananmen Massacre
They had been barred from holding their usual memorial, but that did not mean they would not remember.
They gathered online, to watch a reading of a play about the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing on June 4, 1989. They prowled bookstores, on a scavenger hunt for protest-themed postcards hidden in the stacks. They scribbled the numbers 6 and 4 on their light switches,
New York Times (News)Sep 04 2013
Opinion
Thomas Sowell - Serious About Syria?
Why are we even talking about taking military action in Syria What is that military action supposed to accomplish?
TownhallMar 24 2021
News
Election ‘Safety’ Grants May Have Swung Arizona to Biden, Report Finds
Money from the founder of Facebook touted as being for safe elections during the pandemic may have affected the outcome of the presidential race in Arizona by driving up Democrat turnout, according to a government watchdog report.
The grant from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan focused more on “voter education” than personal protective equipment to guard against
The Daily SignalAug 10 2021
News
Trump blames McConnell for infrastructure bill’s passage: ‘Most overrated man in politics’
Former President Donald Trump slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday for helping pass the White House’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, saying the Kentucky Republican is the “most overrated man in politics.”
Mr. Trump, who many view as the leader of the Republican Party, said Mr. McConnell’s support of the infrastructure deal only helped clear the way for Democrats
Washington TimesJul 08 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: NPR, AP, CBS Criticized for Description of Shinzo Abe
NPR (Lean Left), the Associated Press (Lean Left), and CBS (Lean Left) were criticized by conservative Twitter users and media outlets like Fox News (Right) on Friday for media bias. They argued outlets’ characterizations of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday, were slanted.
AllSides analysis confirmed that in reporting on the political leader in
Julie MastrineOct 02 2015
News
Pentagon weighs using force to protect US-backed Syria rebels targeted by Russia
Senior U.S. military leaders and defense officials are debating whether military force should be used to protect Washington-backed Syrian rebels who have come under attack by Russian airstrikes in recent days.
Fox News DigitalMar 23 2018
News
Trump threatens to veto omnibus over lack of wall funding, DACA fix
President Trump on Friday threatened to veto a massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, raising the prospect of a government shutdown.
The HillNov 23 2021
Analysis
How Your 401(K) is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest
DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL, including of the Amazon, has grown at an alarming clip since 1985, denuding an area just shy of the size of Texas and Florida combined. Only one phenomenon has seen a larger geographic takeover since Brazil’s military dictatorship came to an end: agriculture. New farms have taken over an area only slightly larger. The correlation is no coincidence.
The steady
The InterceptJul 11 2021
News
Box Office: Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ Debuts With Dazzling $80 Million in Theaters, $60 Million on Disney Plus
Disney and Marvel’s superhero adventure “Black Widow” captured a massive $80 million in its first weekend, crushing the benchmark for the biggest box office debut since the pandemic.
The film, starring Scarlett Johansson, is the first from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to open simultaneously in movie theaters and on Disney Plus, where subscribers can rent “Black Widow” for an extra $30
Variety