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Government Support to Cushion High Gas Prices Could Add to Inflation Pressures

By Andrew Moran News Analysis Energy prices are soaring everywhere, prompting governments to consider support measures to mitigate the financial strain put on consumers’ wallets. But these costly policy tools could add to inflationary pressures and hinder central banks’ tightening efforts, says one market analyst. Federal and state governments are still exploring various mechanisms that could […]

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Florida Voter Registration: Republicans Overtake Democrats by 100,000

By Patricia Tolson As the Aug. 23 Florida primary draws near, data released by the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis shows there are 100,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats in the Sunshine State. In November 2021, DeSantis announced that Florida—where Democrats held an advantage over Republicans of well over 260,000 voters when he took office in 2019—saw […]

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Election Watchdog Finds 137,500 Ballots Unlawfully Trafficked in Wisconsin

By Steven Kovac At least 137,500 absentee ballots were cast through unlawful vote trafficking throughout several of Wisconsin’s largest cities in the 2020 election, according to research presented last week to the state Assembly’s Committee on Campaigns and Elections by the public interest organization True the Vote (TTV). Ballot trafficking is an activity in which absentee […]

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Supreme Court Nominee Won’t Say Whether Cruz Can Change Gender or Race

By Zachary Stieber A day after declining to define the word woman, Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wouldn’t say whether Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) could have standing to sue as a woman. “Yesterday, under questioning from Sen. [Marsha] Blackburn, you told her that you couldn’t define what a woman is—that you are not a biologist, which I think […]

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Confirmation Hearing Flares Up As Questions Raised on Jackson’s View of Critical Race Theory

By Mark Tapscott Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, attended Harvard Law School at the same time as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and the two had, he said, a “very friendly and cordial” relationship despite their conflicting views. “You and I had a very positive and productive meeting in my office,” […]

Posted inImmigration

Deportations Plunge Under Biden

By Joseph Lord Deportation rates have fallen dramatically under President Joe Biden, with the administration deporting far fewer illegal aliens in 2021 than under President Donald Trump. In the roughly one-year period between October 2020 and September 2021, the DHS deported just 59,011 illegal immigrants, according to newly released data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an arm […]

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DHS Collected Americans’ Financial Records in Bulk: Sen. Wyden

By Ken Silva The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has collected Americans’ financial records in bulk, according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Wyden revealed the existence of a DHS financial surveillance in a March 8 letter to the department’s inspector general, calling for an investigation into the previously unknown activities. Wyden said he recently learned that Homeland Security Investigations […]

Posted inWorld

Biden Ban on Russian Oil Imports Ignites Calls for Greater US Crude Output

By Andrew Moran President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the United States is banning Russian oil imports, stopping about 500,000 barrels per day of new crude shipments from entering American seaports. “Today, I am announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy. We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy,” Biden […]

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GOP Says It’ll Investigate Fauci If It Retakes House in 2022

By Jack Phillips Several Republican lawmakers indicated that if the GOP regains a majority in the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections, they plan to open investigations on White House COVID-19 adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci. “When are we going to have accountability for Anthony Fauci?” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said on Fox News over the weekend. “Look, he’s […]