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Jun 06 2016
News
What's in Donald Trump's tax returns?
Claiming to face his own audit the presumptive Republican nominee has refused to release his tax returns, even as public pressure mounts for him to do so.
BBC NewsNov 20 2019
Opinion
How to Disunite America
This week, Chick-fil-A, the immensely popular Christian-owned chicken sandwich giant, caved to the cultural left. For years, the left targeted Chick-fil-A, dating back to the 2012 revelation that Chairman and CEO Dan Cathy supports traditional marriage -- and, horror of horrors, that charities given donations by Chick-fil-A support traditional marriage. This prompted paroxysms of outrage in
Ben ShapiroMar 27 2020
News
How Big Plastic is Using Coronavirus to Bring Back Wasteful Bags
The plastic industry is not going to waste a crisis.
In January, when the world was still awakening to the novel coronavirus, the plastic bag manufacturer Novolex warned that the outbreak in China would lead to paper-bag shortages, and that cities’ plastic bag bans could cause supply-chain disruptions. By late February, that narrative had taken a turn. When community spread of COVID-19
Mother JonesJul 08 2020
News
US surpasses 3 million coronavirus infections
The United States surpassed 3 million coronavirus infections on Wednesday, a grim milestone as the virus surges in more than half of all states, and a predicted waning of infections this summer never occurred.
Data from the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center showed the U.S. had 3,009,611 cases at midday on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the U.S. set a record with 60,000
The HillNov 16 2020
News
White House Transition
“President-elect Joe Biden’s top adviser said Sunday that a government agency’s delay in officially acknowledging his electoral victory could hinder his efforts to prepare for the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine… The Trump administration hasn’t issued a typically routine technical designation that would allow Mr. Biden’s staff to view detailed classified information, send representatives
The Flip SideDec 30 2020
Analysis
Will the Hyde Amendment Survive the Biden Presidency?
Saving America’s most important pro-life policy could depend on the outcome of the Georgia Senate runoff elections and the 2022 midterms.
For over four decades, the Hyde amendment — an annual budget measure that prohibits the Medicaid program from providing federal funding of abortions, except in rare and limited circumstances — has been America’s most important pro-life public policy.
National Review (News)Nov 24 2016
News
Trump Chooses Betsy DeVos For Education Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has picked billionaire Betsy DeVos, a Michigan Republican activist and philanthropist who is a strong supporter of school choice but has limited experience with public education, as his secretary of education.
NPR (Online News)Aug 09 2019
News
The body cam revolution: What it has, and hasn’t, accomplished
Body cameras aren’t a perfect solution to the need for police accountability. But they are still an important way to provide the public at least some facts about crucial law enforcement actions.
When former Baltimore cop Peter Moskos returned to his old beat during a ride-along recently, the banter was lighthearted until his partner turned to him and said, “Body camera on.”
The
Christian Science MonitorMar 26 2020
News
Democrats Are Handing Donald Trump The Keys To The Country
The emergency coronavirus legislation that the Senate agreed to on Tuesday can only be described as an outrage. It is not an economic rescue package, but a sentence of unprecedented economic inequality and corporate control over our politics that will resonate for a generation.
It represents a transfer of wealth and power to the super rich from the rest of us, with the support of both
HuffPostJul 07 2020
News
Why COVID-19 is worsening the opioid epidemic
COVID-19 might be the most urgent public health problem facing us today— but medical professionals are also calling attention to the other serious health crises the pandemic is making worse.
“There are over 11 million confirmed cases of COVID-19,” says Dr. Jessica Mega, chief medical and scientific officer of Alphabet’s Verily Life Sciences. “But at the same time, I think it's
Fortune