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Oct 18 2022
Analysis
Evasive COVID-19 subvariants that you don’t know about are spreading fast
Focus on these new names: BQ1 and BQ1.1. They are two of the hundreds of subvariants of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus behind COVID-19 that the World Health Organization is tracking.
These subvariants have shown up in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, France, Belgium, New Zealand, Denmark and Italy. And serious COVID-19 cases are rising around the world, just not
PoynterJun 10 2022
Opinion
Dishonor, Trump’s and His Party’s, Is the Real January 6th Takeaway
There were many memorable lines, and even a few revelations, in the long-awaited House select committee prime-time hearing on the harrowing events of January 6, 2021. Viewers on Thursday night learned that Donald Trump’s own Attorney General, Bill Barr, had dismissed his “rigged election” claims as “bullshit.” They learned that Trump’s own daughter Ivanka agreed with Barr. And they learned
The New YorkerDec 08 2022
News
Brittney Griner released from Russian prison in swap for convicted arms dealer
Brittney Griner was arrested in February before the start of the Russia and Ukraine war for bringing in vape cartridges containing oils derived from cannabis through a Moscow airport as she was returning to the country to play for a basketball league in the country.
About 10 months later, just weeks before the Christmas holiday, Griner is coming home.
Griner was freed from a
Fox News DigitalAug 06 2018
News
Women poised to take charge in Dem majority
If Democrats win the House in November, 35 women are poised to lead committees and subcommittees in the next Congress — an historically high figure that would put female lawmakers in the driver's seat for some of the most pressing issues facing Congress and the country.
The HillJan 10 2023
Opinion
Why Entitlement Reform Is So Hard
The U.S. electorate’s hostility toward serious entitlement reform has a long and consistent track record. Unyielding defense of the status quo has been a winning campaign strategy for decades, and serial efforts to push major changes to Social Security and Medicare onto the national agenda have all sputtered and failed. Both parties have internalized the lesson.
Lawmakers have two means
The DispatchDec 24 2020
Opinion
Employed, Middle Class Americans Don't Need More 'Free' Stimulus Money
The passage of a new stimulus bill hit a surprise roadblock on Tuesday night, but that's unlikely to prevent the federal government from throwing more money at Americans who haven't lost their incomes—and neither will the upcoming change in presidential administrations.
President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that he will push for another round of stimulus checks as part of a planned
ReasonOct 31 2022
Opinion
January 6 Did Not Attack Paul Pelosi
A nutjob viciously attacked the elderly husband of the speaker of the House.
That’s godawful, and every person of good will should wish Paul Pelosi a rapid and full recovery and the very best to his family.
Of course, it’s not enough to leave it at that. The press and Democrats have brushed right by the evidence of the attacker’s mental illness and portrayed the assault as a
Rich LowryApr 08 2019
News
Trump chief of staff vows tax returns will 'never' be released
One of US President Donald Trump's top aides has said that opposition Democrats will "never" see his tax returns.
White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the call for the records to be released was a "political stunt".
On Wednesday a Congressional tax committee submitted a request for six years of the president's returns from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
BBC NewsNov 30 2022
News
Dow in bull market after Powell suggests rate hikes will ease
US stocks exploded higher Wednesday. The Dow is now more than 20% above its 52-week low, which puts it in a new bull market. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell strongly suggested that the central bank is ready to slow its pace of interest rate hikes. Powell noted that the Fed is still concerned about inflation but that it also does not want to jeopardize the health of the labor market and
CNN DigitalJun 20 2022
Analysis
The January 6 Show
As has been true of so many things surrounding Donald Trump’s career in politics, many more people have come out of the January 6 committee hearings looking worse than looking better. Most importantly, the whole tawdry spectacle reminds us: As many good things as Trump accomplished with the presidency, he was unfit to be entrusted with the office, and Republican voters should discourage him
National Review (News)