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Jun 15 2020
Opinion
How to create good new jobs in America's wonderlands
Setting aside our natural treasures to be owned and enjoyed by the public at large was one of the most forward thinking ideas in our country's history. Growing up in Colorado and West Virginia, our childhoods were marked with field trips and adventures in our country's majestic public lands. Whether it was hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park or the woods of North Central West Virginia, we
Guest Writer - CenterAug 17 2020
News
Trump wants to use FEMA to pay for unemployment. It’s not as crazy as it sounds.
Last weekend, President Trump did something unusual. He issued a memorandum authorizing states to tap the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s (FEMA) $70 billion Disaster Relief Fund to pay for enhanced unemployment benefits. The new benefits are intended to replace the $600-per-week pandemic relief benefit, paid out on top of regular state unemployment, that Congress passed in March
GristMar 02 2021
Analysis
“The More Sainted You Become, The Harder The Fall”: As Scandal Rocks Cuomo, The Governor Is Determined To Hold On To Power
Cuomo has muscled his way out of sticky spots before, and he’s still a long way from resignation. But more accusers could change the calculus.
You could practically see and hear the ground shifting underneath Governor Andrew Cuomo. On Saturday evening The New York Times posted a devastating story: highly detailed, highly credible accusations of sexual harassment from Charlotte Bennett,
Vanity FairJul 15 2021
News
New Monthly Child Tax Credits Are Starting To Go Out. Here's What It Means For You
Roughly 39 million American families will begin receiving the first of six monthly installments of the enhanced child tax credit payments on Thursday, providing at least temporary relief for households living below the poverty line.
The program is part of the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion economic aid package called the American Rescue Plan that was passed in March. It increases
NPR (Online News)Aug 19 2021
News
U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims Drop for Fourth Straight Week
Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits dropped for a fourth consecutive week, a trend that suggests labor market conditions are improving as the economy recovers.
Initial unemployment claims in regular state programs dropped 29,000 to 348,000 in the week ended Aug. 14, a pandemic low, Labor Department data showed Thursday. Economists in a Bloomberg survey had called for a
BloombergSep 28 2014
News
Eric Holder Leaves Mixed Record on National Security Issues
Attorney General Eric Holder was just months into the job when he announced plans to prosecute the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and other alleged co-conspirators in a New York courtroom, rather than through the Guantanamo Bay military commission process.
It was an audacious idea, but immediately beset by political opposition and public safety concerns. The Obama administration's
Newsmax (News)Aug 23 2019
Opinion
The tragic — and overlooked — fallout from the ’60s sexual revolution
Declining life expectancy, mass shootings, alarming rates of mental illness, rising white nationalism, the opioid crisis: By many measures, our society is in trouble, and we are ignoring a root cause: the unprecedented familial dispersion that followed the 1960s sexual revolution.
At heart, that revolution aimed to radically sever human sexuality from marriage and child-rearing, from
New York Post (News)Jul 30 2020
News
Trump to Pull U.S. Troops From Germany
Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: The United States lays out plans for the removal of 12,000 U.S. troops from Germany, U.S. coronavirus deaths reach worst levels since May, and Iran hails its latest missile launch.
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced plans to withdraw roughly 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Germany. Of the approximately 12,000 troops, 6,400
Foreign PolicyNov 18 2019
News
Trump administration says Israel’s West Bank settlements do not violate international law
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Monday that Israeli settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law.
Pompeo said the Trump administration, as it did with recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and Israel’s sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, had simply “recognized the reality on the ground.”
In remarks to reporters at the State Department,
Washington PostMay 04 2020
News
Virginia's governor expects to begin lifting coronavirus restrictions May 15
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) said coronavirus restrictions in the state will remain in place through May 14 but that he will consider beginning to roll them back the following day.
“Everything you have done has truly made a difference — we flattened the curve [of infections] and our hospitals have not been overwhelmed,” Northam said in his daily press briefing Monday. “I am keenly
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