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Aug 25 2022
News
‘Ghost guns’ now must be traceable, as Biden rule takes effect
A federal rule governing “ghost guns” took effect Wednesday, requiring for the first time that the kits — which allow people to assemble homemade firearms — include serial numbers, and mandating background checks for people who buy the kits from dealers.
The rule imposed by the Biden administration has been challenged in court, but judges in Texas and North Dakota both declined requests
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Nov 12 2020
News
ACA at the Supreme Court
“After roughly two hours of oral argument in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, it appeared likely that the Affordable Care Act will survive.” In 2012, the Supreme Court upheld the law by adopting the argument that the individual mandate was a tax rather than a command (which would have been unconstitutional). However, in 2017 Congress reduced the penalty to $0; Texas and several other states sued
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Aug 13 2021
Opinion
How Ron DeSantis’s Covid response became the model of what not to do
It wasn’t that long ago that major media outlets were publishing stories proclaiming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “won the pandemic,” or deserved an apology from pundits and public health experts who have panned his laissez faire approach to the coronavirus. But those notions have aged poorly, as Florida struggles with spiking Covid-19 hospitalizations that DeSantis seems particularly
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Oct 06 2021
News
'Domestic Terrorism'? Biden's AG Tells FBI to Protect School Boards from Parent Protesters
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has directed the FBI to work with law enforcement to protect school board members, teachers, and other public school employees after some rowdy parent protests.
Garland's order comes after numerous school board meetings across the country erupted in chaos as parents voiced their concerns about serious issues, including the teaching of Critical Race
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Oct 05 2021
News
FBI to Work With State, Local Agencies to Address Threats Made to School Boards, Teachers
Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed "a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence" against schools and employees on subjects such as mask mandates on Tuesday and plans to implement actions and investigations in the next 30 days, the Associated Press reported.
"While spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our Constitution, that
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Jul 28 2021
News
Donald Trump Defies Joe Biden Remasking Orders: ‘Don’t Surrender to COVID. Don’t Go Back!’
President Donald Trump defied federal health officials for ordering some Americans to start wearing masks again indoors, even though they have been vaccinated.
“We won’t go back. We won’t mask our children,” Trump said in a statement released Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed their new mask and vaccination guidance.
The former president ridiculed
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Jan 05 2022
Analysis
The Covid Truths Come Out
As the Omicron wave of Covid-19 washed over the American Northeast and started to spread nationwide, familiar public-health officials and commentators suddenly started to say things that were previously unsayable. And CDC guidance started changing rapidly.
Things such as “your masks are useless.” And “the hospitalization figures for Covid in children are overcounted.” And “we need to
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Feb 07 2022
News
Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates GoFundMe after it halts donations to anti-vax Canadian truckers
The Texas attorney general’s office is investigating GoFundMe after the site shut down a fundraiser for protesters fighting COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Canada.
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Oct 22 2022
News
White House urges borrowers to apply for student debt relief despite court order
The Biden administration is urging student loan borrowers to continue applying for debt relief despite a federal appeals court order late on Friday that temporarily halted this program.
“[This] temporary order does not prevent borrowers from applying for student debt relief,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement following the eighth circuit court of appeals
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Oct 30 2022
News
South Korea searches for answers after Halloween festivities leave 151 dead
South Korea is searching for answers after Halloween celebrations in the capital Seoul turned into one of the country’s worst disasters, with authorities declaring a national mourning period as they investigate how a chaotic crush left at least 151 people dead.
Tens of thousands of costumed partygoers – mostly teenagers and young adults – had poured into the popular nightlife
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