By Naveen Athrappully The U.S. retail industry might be at the precipice of a massive wave of bankruptcies, according to multiple experts, as customers struggle with shrinking purchasing power amid rising inflation. “We have potentially a perfect storm brewing,” Sally Henry, a professor of law at Texas Tech Law School and former partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, […]
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Justice Thomas: Supreme Court Should Reconsider Rulings on Same-Sex Marriage, Contraception
By Jack Phillips Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote Friday that the high court should reconsider rulings on contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage in a solo concurring opinion released Friday that struck down Roe v. Wade. The Republican-appointed justice argued that the Supreme Court should reconsider other cases that fall under prior due process precedents. “I write separately […]
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Kansas to Be First Test of Voter Sentiment in the ‘Post-Roe’ Era
By John Haughey The first ballot test of the official, newly-minted “post-Roe era” will be on Aug. 2, when Kansas voters are presented with a proposed amendment on their primary ballots that declares there is no constitutional right to abortion. The Kansas Value Them Both Amendment is the first of four proposed constitutional amendments addressing abortion that will go before […]
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House Republicans Voice Opposition to Senate Gun Control Legislation
By Frank Fang House GOP leaders have announced that they will vote against the Senate’s gun control bill, with House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) saying he will whip voting against the measure. Lauren Fine, Scalise’s spokesperson, told Fox News Digital on June 22 that the No. 2 House Republican will encourage his fellow Republicans to vote “no.” “In […]
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Senate Breaks Filibuster on Gun Deal, Clearing the Way for Final Passage
By Joseph Lord The U.S. Senate on June 23 voted to break the filibuster on a controversial gun deal hammered out between Republicans and Democrats, clearing the way for its final passage. The bill, as with most bills in the Senate, needed the support of at least 60 lawmakers to overcome the filibuster threshold and close out […]
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NRA Responds to Senate’s Gun-Control Bill
By Jack Phillips The National Rifle Association (NRA) responded to the Senate’s gun control package by saying it “falls short on every level.” “The NRA will support legislation that improves school security, promotes mental health services, and helps reduce violent crime. However, we will oppose this gun control legislation because it falls short at every level. […]
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Supreme Court Defies Tax-Hungry Biden Administration, Agrees to Hear Appeal Against Massive IRS Fines
By Matthew Vadum The Supreme Court agreed on June 21 to hear an appeal from a Romanian-American businessman who was fined $50,000 for failing to file tax forms on time, but whose penalty ballooned to $2.72 million when an appeals court ruled the fine should be imposed based on the number of bank accounts he […]
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CEOs Start to Push Back Against ‘Woke’ Employee Bullying
By Kevin Stocklin In an indication that corporate progressivism may be reaching its high water mark, CEOs are starting for the first time to push back against activist employees, in some cases going so far as to fire them rather than steer their companies into the mire of “woke” politics. Last week, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell became […]
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State Representatives Propose Legislation to Criminalize Bringing Children to Drag Shows
By Patricia Tolson In the aftermath of a drag show at a gay bar in Texas attended by children, state representatives in Texas and Florida have vowed to introduce legislation to make it a crime for an adult to bring a child to a drag show, with loss of parental rights as a potential consequence. […]
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Gas Prices ‘Killer’ for Biden and Democrats in Midterm Elections: House Republican
By Allan Zhong President Joe Biden and Democrats will pay hard during the coming midterm elections because of soaring gas prices, a House Republican alleged. “I think that the gas prices are going to be a killer for Biden between now and the midterm elections in just a few months. There are very few things that […]
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Democrats Face Turmoil As Concerns Mount About Biden’s Suitability to Run in 2024, Observers Say
By Michael Washburn The widely-expected losses that the Democratic Party will face in the November midterm elections, as voters register their frustration and anger over record inflation, surging mortgage rates and house prices, a bearish stock market performing markedly worse than during the previous administration, and concern about the course of the Ukraine crisis, leave the […]
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Progress on Senate Gun Control Package Stalls as Senators Fail to Reach Final Agreement
By Joseph Lord After some optimistic signs for Democrats hoping to reach a bipartisan agreement on a gun control package, progress in the negotiations has begun to stall as lawmakers failed to reach a final agreement on the legislative text on Thursday. Following a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two […]
