By Matthew Vadum The Supreme Court agreed on May 1 to look at a federal investor protection law after a Wall Street whistleblower claimed his former employer fired him for refusing to paint an unjustifiably rosy picture of market outlooks. The law concerned is the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which was approved by Congress […]
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American Airlines Pilots Vote ‘Overwhelmingly’ to Authorize Strike
By Tom Ozimek The union that represents American Airline pilots announced Monday that its members approved a walkout ahead of the busy summer travel season, with nearly all of the participating pilots voting in favor of a strike. The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents 15,000 American Airlines pilots, said in a statement on May 1 that […]
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3 Soldiers Killed in Alaska Apache Helicopter Crash Identified
By Melanie Sun The Army has released the identities of the three soldiers who were killed in a crash involving two Apache helicopters on Thursday. The tragic collision near Healy, Alaska, occurred as the soldiers of the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, at Fort Wainwright were returning to base from a training mission. The unit is part of […]
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Federal Court Rejects Google’s Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Lawsuit
By Caden Pearson A Virginia district court on April 28 rejected Google’s request to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) about the company’s advertising business. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, accuses Google of monopolizing key digital advertising technologies, known as the […]
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Sen. Hawley Demands Probe Into 85,000 Missing Unaccompanied Alien Children
By Caden Pearson Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has demanded the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigate the exploitation of thousands of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who have been caught up in child smuggling and child labor operations. Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that around 345,000 minors have come across the border unaccompanied […]
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First State Passes Law Defining Gender as a Person’s Biological Sex at Birth
By Alice Giordano Kansas has become the first state to adopt a definition of gender with the passage of legislation that keeps men, no matter what gender they identify as, out of women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, and other intimate spaces. It also separates inmates and restricts participation in sports by biological sex. The move […]
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IN-DEPTH: States Fight ESG Industry, Despite Costs and Long Odds
By Kevin Stocklin As conservative states push back against the progressive agenda of Wall Street banks and asset managers, some analysts are warning that “anti-ESG” states will pay a price for taking on Wall Street and the ESG industry. North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell has enacted several measures, including calling on Larry Fink, CEO […]
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Trump Says He’d ‘Crush’ Biden in Possible 2024 Rematch
By Janice Hisle Former president Donald Trump spent much of his latest campaign speech drawing contrasts between himself and, as he put it, “Crooked Joe Biden.” Trump, a Republican, bestowed that moniker on the Democrat president on April 27, two days after Biden announced he would seek re-election–”four more disastrous years,” in Trump’s words. Speaking […]
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US Economic Growth Slows Sharply in First Quarter As Interest Rates Rise
By Andrew Moran The U.S. economy expanded by 1.1 percent in the first quarter, down from 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). This also came in below economists’ expectations of 2 percent. This was the slowest quarterly growth since the second quarter of 2022. The Federal Reserve’s higher […]
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House GOP Introduces Bill to Restart Border Wall Construction, Bolster Security
By Joseph Lord House Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee have introduced a bill designed to strengthen security along the U.S. southern border. The bill, called the Border Reinforcement Act, would require President Joe Biden’s administration to resume construction on a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Upon taking office in January 2021, […]
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Don Lemon Says He Was ‘Terminated’ by CNN
By Jack Phillips Host Don Lemon wrote Monday that he was fired from CNN and suggested that the move was unexpected. Lemon, who most recently hosted CNN’s “This Morning,” wrote on Twitter that he “was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN.” “It is clear that there are some larger issues […]
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DA Alvin Bragg Has No Authority to ‘Enforce Federal Campaign’ Crimes Against Trump: Former FEC Commissioner
By Jack Phillips A former Federal Elections Commission official said that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office has no authority to “enforce federal campaign finance” laws against former President Donald Trump. “It’s an extremely dubious prosecution, and I say that as a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission,” former FEC Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky, a […]
