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Nov 08 2022
News
US midterm elections: Will Kentucky deliver another shock abortion vote?
The high-stakes battle over abortion in the US is unfolding in Kentucky, where voters will decide whether the state constitution should remove all protection for abortion rights. The vote, like parallel initiatives in Michigan, California, Montana and Vermont, will be watched closely as a signal of Americans' attitudes toward abortion after the fall of Roe v Wade.
Three days before the
BBC News
May 04 2022
Opinion
How Likely Is Abortion to be the Central Issue in the 2022 Midterms?
Sean Patrick Maloney, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, declared last night, “only Democrats will protect our freedoms. That is now the central choice in the 2022 election.” I can’t help but wonder how many gas stations with a price around $4.36 per gallon Maloney passed as he was typing that tweet.
Jim Geraghty
Aug 19 2022
News
U.S. Treasury Disputes Finding That New IRS Funding Would Increase Middle-class Taxes
As a political messaging war rages over $80 billion in new Internal Revenue Service funding, a U.S. Treasury official is pushing back on an informal estimate that the money could cause Americans earning less than $400,000 to pay as much as $20 billion more in taxes over a decade.
Republicans have seized on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate, claiming Democratic President Joe
International Business Times
Oct 21 2022
Opinion
The Alex Jones Verdict Is Just—But It Should Be the Exception
James Madison never met Alex Jones. This side of heaven, we'll never know whether the author of the First Amendment would've listened to Jones' outlandish radio show. But Jones now knows that James Madison's hand-crafted First Amendment umbrella protects most—though not all—speech. On Wednesday, a jury awarded the parents of the deadly Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting $1 billion in
Mark Weaver
Jan 06 2022
News
CDC backs Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds amid omicron surge
Children ages 12 to 15 are now eligible for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid booster shots, giving them an extra dose of protection as they return to school amid an unprecedented surge of infections across the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended the booster shot for younger adolescents at least five months after their second dose.
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CNBC
Jun 13 2022
Analysis
Gas prices are so high they’re making governments suspicious
Governments are slashing gasoline levies to bring prices down. So why are customers paying record prices to fuel up?
In Germany and the UK, fuel companies are facing new government inquiries to determine if high fuel prices are the result of anti-competitive practices—the kind of review that president Joe Biden asked the Federal Trade Commission to conduct last fall, and that is still
Quartz
Apr 18 2022
News
Jamie Raskin on the climate crisis: ‘We’ve got to save democracy in order to save our species’
Progressive congressman from Maryland believes that no other crisis, even the existential threat of the changing climate, can be solved without first protecting the fabric of American democracy
When it comes to fighting for democracy and climate change – two of Jamie Raskin’s top priorities – the whole thing feels a bit like a game of chicken and egg to the Democratic congressman.
The Guardian
Jul 01 2022
Analysis
Travel nightmare looms over July 4th weekend
Independence Day weekend is expected to be the second busiest for travel since 2000, with flight delays, cancelations and staffing woes.
Why it matters: It's a sign that the summer of "revenge travel" is upon us, with Americans splurging on travel and enduring delays to make up for pandemic-related cancellations.
The big picture: Airlines from coast to coast have been bracing for
Axios
Nov 14 2022
News
40 states settle Google location-tracking charges for $392M
Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced Monday.
The states’ investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking by disabling a
Associated Press
Nov 14 2022
News
Democrats seek vote reform, gay marriage, debt ceiling in 'lame duck' Congress
Democrats in the U.S. Congress aim to pass bills protecting same-sex marriage, clarifying lawmakers' role in certifying presidential elections and raising the nation's debt ceiling when they return from the campaign trail on Monday.
President Joe Biden's party got a boost over the weekend when it learned it would keep control of the Senate for the next two years, while control of the
Reuters