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May 10 2021
Analysis
Why Gas Prices Could Spike Soon...And Will Biden's Crew Address It Today?
We all know Democratic economic policies kill us. They torch our wallets. Our grocery bills. We feel the pain at the pump. Right now, that pain is about to be amplified, though it’s not necessarily Biden’s fault this time. If you haven’t filled your gas tank and you live in the eastern part of the United States, do it now. Gas prices could spike astronomically after a cyberattack shut down a
Townhall
May 13 2015
News
New Utah law raises landlord concerns over transgender tenants
At least three men who identify as women recently applied to live in female off-campus student housing but made other arrangements after tenants in the apartment balked at having them as roommates.
But with gender identity now on the list of protected classes in Utah's fair housing law, a landlord turning away transgender people would be discrimination.
In all three cases, the
Deseret News
Sep 25 2019
News
Juul CEO Exits; Altria, Philip Morris End Talks in Vaping Fallout
The leader of e-cigarette startup Juul Labs Inc. abruptly exited and two tobacco giants abandoned their blockbuster merger, as the regulatory pressure to combat underage vaping swept through the industry.
Juul, which is the target of several federal investigations, said Chief Executive Kevin Burns was replaced Wednesday by an executive at tobacco giant Altria Group Inc., MO -0.42% which
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 07 2021
News
Withdrawal from Afghanistan
“The U.S. military troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is 90% complete, U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday… U.S. President Joe Biden ordered all American soldiers to leave the war-torn nation by September 11 to end nearly 20 years of unprecedented U.S. military engagement there. NATO partners have followed suit.” (VOA)
Many on both sides oppose the withdrawal, arguing that the US
The Flip Side
May 26 2020
Analysis
Sen. Ron Wyden Wants To Stop the Government From Spying on Your Internet Searches
"We've reached kind of an inflection point in the privacy debate," says Senator Ron Wyden (D–Ore.). With Americans spending more time online than ever before during the COVID-19 pandemic, he worries that government surveillance of the internet matters more now.
Before the Senate's May 14 vote to reauthorize the USA Freedom Act, formerly known as the PATRIOT Act, Wyden fought a losing
Reason
Jun 08 2015
News
Former S.C. officer indicted in death of Walter Scott
A grand jury has returned an indictment against a former South Carolina police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black man who he had pulled over.
Solicitor Scarlett Wilson announced Monday that the Charleston County, S.C., grand jury had come back with the indictment against Michael Slager, 33, in the killing of Walter Scott, 50.
USA TODAY
Mar 23 2020
News
Uber Asks US Government to Give Its Workers Health Insurance
In a letter to the President, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi asked Donald Trump to do something Khosrowshahi has refused to do for years: provide "more social protections" like health insurance to gig workers:
"The current binary system of employment classification means that either a worker is an employee who is provided significant social benefits or an independent worker who is provided
Vice
May 25 2020
Analysis
Trump Is Right, It’s Time To Get Out Of Afghanistan
The American people want out of Afghanistan. Americas veterans want out of Afghanistan. Unfortunately every time President Trump mentions his intention to end the war and bring the troops home, the media, the DC national security establishment (AKA the swamp), and anti-Trumpers argue that the sky will fall if this president ends our nation’s longest war that hasn’t had a definable mission for
The American Conservative
Sep 24 2019
News
Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry of Trump
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump, saying that he had betrayed his oath of office and the nation’s security in seeking to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain.
“The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution,” she said after emerging from a
New York Times (News)
Jan 02 2016
News
Ted Cruz really, really loves the death penalty
Ted Cruz would represent a lot of firsts should he be elected president: He'd be the first Hispanic president, and the first president to be born in Canada (or anywhere outside the 50 states, for that matter). But he'd also be the first president ever to have clerked for the Supreme Court. And Cruz has cited his subsequent record before the court, where he has presented oral arguments nine
Vox