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May 03 2023
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House subpoenas FBI file on Biden role in ‘criminal scheme’ as new whistleblower emerges
In a stunning development, the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday for an FBI file that a whistleblower said links President Biden to a “criminal scheme” involving “money for policy decisions” during his vice presidency.
The tip is a potential breakthrough for GOP investigators looking into Joe Biden’s role in his family’s business dealings in countries such as China,
New York Post (News)
Aug 16 2022
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Teachers Union Requires White Teachers Be Fired Before ‘Educators Of Color’ ‘To Remedy … Past Discrimination’
A Minneapolis teachers union is stipulating that white teachers be laid off or reassigned before “educators of color,” allegedly “to remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination by the District.”
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) have seen a massive drop-off in student enrollment, leading to layoffs of teachers with little seniority — something that is typical within the teaching
The Daily Wire
May 23 2024
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'Audiences care more about this conflict than others': AP' top editor on Gaza war coverage
On Tuesday, Communications Ministry officials burst into a house in Sderot and seized equipment used for live broadcasts of the events unfolding in the Gaza Strip. The equipment belongs to The Associated Press, the world's largest news agency, which feeds content to innumerable media outlets, including the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network, whose activity in Israel had been banned earlier this
Haaretz
May 25 2024
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What you can do to try to stay safe when a tornado hits, and also well beforehand
ATLANTA – Record warmth this winter fueled a deadly tornado outbreak across parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas in March. Then tornadoes killed multiple people and injured at least 35 others in Iowa. Recent twisters have even struck in places unaccustomed to them, such as one near Los Angeles in 2023 that tore apart rooftops and injured one person. When a tornado takes aim at your
KSAT
May 26 2024
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Storm damage hits homes throughout Kansas City metro
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Clean up from Saturday night’s storms started before 4:30 a.m. for Dion Gartner. His mother-in-law’s house in Prairie Village sustained roof damage from falling tree limbs. “It was leaking inside,” Gartner said. “I climbed up on the roof and saw a branch from this oak tree; it fell down and punctured the roof. It fell 20, 30 feet. So, gravity took over and plywood is not
Fox 4 Kansas City
May 27 2024
News
Mortgage Rates Go Up for Homeseekers: Mortgage Rates for May 27, 2024
The average 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate is 7.08% today, up 0.04% from seven days ago. The average rate for a 15-year fixed mortgage is 6.54%, which is an increase of 0.08% since last week. For a look at mortgage rate movement, see the chart below. Because inflation data hasn’t been improving, the Federal Reserve has been pushing off rate cuts. Though mortgage rates could still move
CNET
May 03 2023
News
U.S. House questions Nike and Adidas about possible ties to forced labor in China
U.S. lawmakers are probing Adidas, Nike, and Chinese-owned platforms Shein and Temu for possible links to China’s western Xinjiang region, where Chinese Communist Party officials have been accused of abusing the rights of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
The prominent new U.S. House Select Committee on China sent letters to all four companies Tuesday, asking them to answer questions
Semafor
Jun 15 2023
News
Schiff crows after 20 House GOP lawmakers join Dems to quash censure bid
In a dispiriting turn of events, 20 Republican House members joined Democrats in beating back an effort to punish scheming Rep. Adam Schiff (R-Calif.) for his Russigate lies, sending a resolution for his censure down to defeat, a result that he gloated about as a golden opportunity to hold perhaps the most pernicious member of Congress accountable slipped away, at least for now. The move to
Bizpac Review
Jul 29 2019
News
Trump Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Saying He ‘Hates Whites’
President Trump, after a weekend spent assailing a leading African-American congressman from Baltimore, widened his war on critics of color on Monday morning as he denounced the Rev. Al Sharpton as “a con man” who “Hates Whites & Cops!”
Mr. Trump seemed to be responding to a Twitter post in which Mr. Sharpton showed himself at an airport “headed to Baltimore,” presumably a reference
New York Times (News)
Mar 09 2023
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Hackers claim to have stolen health data for House and Senate lawmakers and their families
Members of the House and Senate were informed Wednesday that hackers may have gained access to their sensitive personal data in a breach of a Washington, D.C., health insurance marketplace. Employees of the lawmakers and their families were also affected. DC Health Link confirmed that data on an unspecified number of customers was affected and said it was notifying them and working with law
Fortune