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May 08 2023
Headline Roundup
Transportation Dept Considers Making Airlines Pay Passengers for Flight Disruptions
The Transportation Department announced Monday that it would propose rules requiring airlines to compensate passengers for flight delays and cancellations caused by the airline.
Key Quotes: A DOT statement said the planned rules would focus on “compensation for passengers when there is a controllable airline cancellation or significant delay,” “a meal or meal voucher, overnight
Axios Fox Business ReutersJan 30 2022
Perspectives Blog
When a Supreme Court Justice Throws Biden a Life Preserver
From the CenterJustice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court will not change the Court’s ideological balance one iota. Before Breyer’s announcement last week, the Court was split 5-3-1, with Chief Justice John Roberts struggling to hold down his lonely place on the center-right. There were five solidly conservative votes (although Roberts can occasionally bring Amy Coney
Dan SchnurMay 08 2019
News
Schiff Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Schiff Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United © Greg Nash Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Wednesday introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling, which eliminated restrictions on corporate campaign spending.
The amendment would allow Congress and states to put forth limits on campaign contributions, according
The HillDec 29 2022
Headline Roundup
Why Is Southwest Canceling Thousands More Flights Than Other Airlines?
Southwest Airlines canceled over 2,500 more flights on Wednesday — many times more than other airlines — amid nationwide flight troubles due to winter storms.
Latest Developments: A Denver International Airport official told The Hill (Center bias) that about 1,000 travelers were forced to sleep at the airport Monday night after Southwest’s cancellations. Baggage claims also filled up
NPR (Online News) Washington Examiner The Dallas Morning NewsDec 05 2013
News
Rand Paul's Plan to Rescue Detroit & Break Down One of America?s Firmest Democratic Strongholds
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will travel to Detroit Friday to open the Michigan Republican Party's inner-city outreach office and unveil his plan to help Detroit bail themselves out.
The BlazeDec 03 2020
News
U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell Last Week After Recent Rise
Weekly initial claims fell by 75,000 after two consecutive increases as economy continues to recover from spring coronavirus shutdowns
New applications for unemployment benefits fell last week after a recent jump, an indication that layoffs are easing but remain high as the labor market continues to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions.
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 03 2020
News
U.S. jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as coronavirus escalates
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intensified viral outbreak.
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department said that initial claims for jobless aid dropped from 787,000 the week before. Before the virus paralyzed the economy in March, the
Washington TimesFeb 10 2021
News
Businesses Worry About Biden’s Silence on Work-Visa Ban
Business groups and immigrant advocates say they are worried that a ban imposed last year on most forms of legal immigration in response to the Covid-19 pandemic could stick even as President Biden undoes many of his predecessor’s other immigration policies.
The ban, which former President Donald Trump put in place in April and expanded in June, was intended to block the entry of
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 01 2020
News
Trump weighs limiting flights between cities under siege by the coronavirus pandemic
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration is looking at ordering airlines to cut back on domestic flights in an effort to quell the spread of the coronavirus between cities already under siege by the pandemic.
But Trump said he isn't ready to issue a national stay-at-home order, saying it isn't needed in some states.
Some governors have tried to take action in
USA TODAYJun 30 2020
Analysis
What This Moment of Reckoning About Woodrow Wilson’s Racism Leaves Out
In 1919, the pioneering newspaper editor and civil rights activist Monroe Trotter obtained papers to work as a cook on a ship sailing from the United States to France. After the ship docked, he learned that crew members were not permitted to disembark, so he sneaked off and arrived in Paris “ragged and hungry and in need of funds,” he would write later.
This was not his first choice as
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