By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Homeowners, beware. State and local governments scrambling to raise money during the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic are looking to increased property taxes — as well as wealth taxes and more — to fill budget holes. The proposals come as officials are trying to strike a balance. Historic job losses caused by lockdowns […]
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Harmeet Dhillon: Where was the outrage when Obama commuted sentence of convicted terrorist?
By Joshua Nelson | Fox News Trump commuted Roger Stone’s sentence days before he was to begin serving a 40-month prison term. Attorney Harmeet Dhillon said on Monday that President Trump did not pardon Roger Stone, there was a commutation of the sentence, and similar moves by former President Barack Obama were not met with the same reaction. “The same […]
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China announces sanctions against Rubio, Cruz over Uighur Muslims
By David Aaro | Fox News China on Monday announced sanctions against a number of U.S. officials, including Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in retaliation for legislation intended to punish senior Chinese officials over Beijing’s alleged treatment of minority Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, according to multiple reports. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the sanctions against the U.S. officials, would begin on […]
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Democrats beware – Backlash against leftist mob rule growing. Here’s what polls show
By Liz Peek | Fox News Americans are fed up and they are angry – increasingly, they will push back. The backlash has begun. Repudiation of the cancel culture, the looting of neighborhoods, the defaming of our nation’s history, the destruction of public monuments, attacks on the police, and – yes – the non-stop dishonesty of the liberal media and vilification of President Trump, is cropping up […]
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Ex-prosecutors Tolman & Rizer: Romney wrong to attack Trump commutation of Roger Stone prison sentence
By Brett L. Tolman, Arthur Rizer | Fox News Special prosecutors end up charging marginal players with tangential crimes — often related obstruction of the investigation itself. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, on Saturday denounced President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence as “unprecedented, historic corruption.” But as former prosecutors, we believe the Stone prosecution was always a […]
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COVID-19 heroes must jump through hoops for workers’ comp
By Associated Press In nearly all states, they have to prove they got the virus on the job to qualify. Lauded for their service and hailed as everyday heroes, essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job have no guarantee in most states they’ll qualify for workers’ compensation to cover lost wages and medical care. Fewer than one-third of the states have […]
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Kayleigh McEnany matches bombastic reporters’ theater with her own mic-drop moments
By Tim Graham | Creators Syndicate The Washington Post is pretending that political bombast is a one-way street. The July 6 Washington Post carried a typically colorful headline on top of the Style section. “A binder full of bombast: Kayleigh McEnany plays her boss and his base with derisive news briefing walk-offs.” Media reporter Paul Farhi wrote McEnany’s “would-be smackdowns […]
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Dozens of academics, journalists blast ‘cancel culture’ critics who signed Harper’s open letter
By Sam Dorman | Fox News Many of Harper’s signatories are “white, wealthy, and endowed with massive platforms,” Friday’s letter said. A long list of journalism professionals and academics issued a lengthy statement denouncing an open letter that Harper’s Magazine published in opposition to what its signatories have described as a stifling environment for free speech. Harper’s initial letter from Tuesday […]
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Trump expected to commute Roger Stone sentence, days before prison term set to begin
By Brooke Singman, John Roberts | Fox News Roger Stone told Fox News he is ‘praying’ for Trump to intervene ahead of his prison sentence. President Trump is expected to announce that he will commute Roger Stone’s sentence, just days before the longtime political operative is slated to report to prison to serve more than three years […]
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Colin Powell suggests media had ‘hysterical’ reaction to reports on Russian bounty intelligence
By Sam Dorman | Fox News Ex-secretary of state says commanders did not think reported bounties ‘as serious a problem’ as media suggested. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell indicated on Thursday that media figures overreacted to a recent report that Russian officials placed bounties on the lives of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. “What I know is that our military commanders on the ground did not think […]
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Ghislaine Maxwell forced to don paper attire at NY prison amid suicide concerns: report
By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News Ghislaine Maxwell has to wear paper attire and cannot be left alone at any time. The Justice Department is beefing up security inside a New York City jail where pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is being held amid concerns that she might commit suicide. FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICIAL CALLS FOR GHISLAINE MAXWELL TO BE MOVED TO RIKERS […]
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Michael Cohen, former Trump attorney, taken back into custody
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News The Federal Bureau of Prisons said Cohen violated the conditions of his home confinement. Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was taken back into custody Thursday morning and is now at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Cohen violated “the conditions of his home confinement.” Cohen, the former attorney […]
