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Aug 15 2020
News
Kevin Clinesmith, Corrupt FBI Attorney Who Falsified Carter Page FISA Warrant, Expected To Plead Guilty
A top FBI lawyer who fabricated evidence in a federal spy warrant against Trump campaign affiliate Carter Page is expected to plead guilty to federal charges brought by U.S. Attorney John Durham. Kevin Clinesmith, who is expected to admit to deliberately fabricating evidence in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant application, used to spy on a former campaign affiliate of President
The FederalistAug 28 2019
Opinion
Health Care Systems in Other Countries: Would They Work in the United States?
Only if we developed a fondness for long waiting lines and ever more insurance mandates.
The United States has a complex health-care delivery system composed of private and government-funded insurance plans. Half of all Americans receive their health insurance from their employer or their spouse’s employer. Over 40 percent of Americans receive their health insurance from the government
Guest Writer - RightMay 14 2019
News
Economists: Tariffs Not Boosting GDP
Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have a small, negative impact on gross domestic product growth, according to economists, the Congressional Budget Office, the International Monetary Fund and the top White House economic adviser. That contradicts President Donald Trump’s repeated claim that the tariffs have boosted the GDP.
As the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service put
FactCheck.orgNov 27 2019
News
Active Shooter Drills May Not Stop A School Shooting — But This Method Could
School shootings like the recent one in Santa Clarita, Calif., have focused the nation's attention on school safety. And schools across the U.S. are wrestling with how to prevent themselves from becoming the site of the next tragedy.
Many schools are turning to highly visible "hardened" security measures. For example, at least eight states now have laws mandating active shooter drills
NPR (Online News)Sep 14 2020
News
What does 'Latinx' mean and should it be used?
To be, or not to be Latinx? The term, which has slowly increased in popularity, has been championed as a gender-neutral, inclusive identifier, but U.S. Hispanics are split over whether to embrace the word as a part of their identity.
A recent Pew Research Center study found that only 3 percent of the U.S. Hispanics use “Latinx” (pronounced La-teen-ex), even though 1 in 4 have heard of
Yahoo! The 360Jun 15 2021
News
US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes
Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
“Don’t do it!” a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, which skittered across the city street and then into the hands of police.
They soon learned that the 9mm Beretta had a rap sheet. Bullet casings linked it to four shootings, all of
Associated PressAug 13 2020
Background
America Needs A Transformative Foreign Policy
The COVID-19 crisis and the movement for racial justice have transformed the debate on what makes Americans safe, from calls to shift Pentagon spending to public health infrastructure to demands for defunding of the police. But Congress and the presidential candidates have lagged behind public sentiment on many of these issues, most notably the need for a radical rethinking of U.S. foreign and
ForbesJul 07 2021
News
Oil prices hit highest level in six years after OPEC talks fail
U.S. oil prices hit multi-year highs Tuesday after the group of oil-producing nations known as OPEC+ failed to reach an agreement to boost output.
The West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. benchmark, rose to $76.98 a barrel early Tuesday, the highest level since 2014, before falling slightly to $74.56 a barrel. Brent crude, the global benchmark, hit $77.84 a barrel early Tuesday,
Washington ExaminerNov 05 2021
News
October jobs report beats expectations with gain of 531,000
The U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in October as unemployment fell to 4.6% and 531,000 new jobs were added to payrolls, the Labor Department announced Friday.
Both numbers outperformed estimates. Dow Jones estimated that unemployment would drop to 4.7% and 450,000 jobs created.
The unemployment rate is the lowest level since March 2020.
The report is welcome
Washington TimesApr 23 2020
News
Trump's immigration suspension: What's the goal?
What’s happening: President Trump on Monday announced via Twitter that he would be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He later provided details of the order, which is much more limited than his initial announcement suggested.
Under the order, the U.S. will stop issuing permanent residency visas —
Yahoo! The 360