By Jennifer Elias Google says it plans to spend more than $7 billion on real estate across the U.S. in 2021 as it resumes spending in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company said the money will go toward expanding offices and data centers across 19 states, creating what will amount to at least […]
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Cuomo Says He Won’t Resign, Blames ‘Cancel Culture’ for Calls to Step Down
By Jack Phillips New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he again will not resign from office after more than a dozen New York Democratic U.S. representatives said he should step down. “People know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture, and the truth. Let the review proceed. I’m not going to resign,” the New […]
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Lawmakers Say Ocean Carriers are Undermining US Export Trade, Cry Foul on China
By Tom Ozimek More than 100 members of Congress are calling on federal maritime authorities to probe what they say are ocean carrier actions that undermine American exports by refusing to pick up U.S. goods, instead returning empty after dropping off imports. In a letter (pdf) to Michael A. Khouri, chair of the Federal Maritime […]
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Says He’s Launching Social Media Website After Twitter Ban
By Jack Phillips My Pillow founder Mike Lindell said that he is launching his own social media website after his personal and MyPillow accounts were suspended by Twitter. “Every single influencer person on the planet can come there. You’re going to have a platform to speak out,” Lindell announced last week on Charlie Kirk’s podcast. “We’re launching […]
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Biden Admin Officials Had Roles in Probes, Surveillance of Trump Campaign
By Jeff Carlson News Analysis As Joe Biden constructs his new administration, individuals from the Obama administration are quietly resurfacing in positions of power. Some of these people are well known, others lesser so. But they all played critical roles at various times during the Obama administration. Susan Rice, Obama’s national security adviser and now […]
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Supreme Court Dismisses ‘Sanctuary City’ Cases at Request of Biden’s DOJ
By Tom Ozimek The Supreme Court has dismissed three pending requests to hear challenges to the Trump administration’s order to withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions—states and cities that refuse to cooperate with Department of Homeland Security efforts to deport people residing in the United States illegally. “After a request from […]
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Pelosi’s $140 Million Silicon Valley Subway Earmark Nixed by Senate Parliamentarian
By Mark Tapscott Big trouble appears to be brewing in the U.S. Senate over the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” for CCP virus relief approved by House Democrats on Feb. 27. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), the Senate Banking Committee’s ranking Republican, said on March 3 the Senate parliamentarian ruled that the $140 million earmark in the House bill for […]
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Third Woman Accuses Cuomo of Making Unwanted Advances
By Isabel Van Brugen A third woman has come forward with harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as calls for the Democrat’s resignation continue to grow. Anna Ruch, 33, told The New York Times late Monday that she and the governor met at a wedding in September 2019, where he made unwanted advances toward her. She alleged that […]
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Democratic NY State Senator Calls for Cuomo’s Resignation
By Jack Phillips New York state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, a Democrat, called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign following sexual harassment allegations against the Democratic governor. “As a New Yorker, a legislator, Chair of the Senate Ethics and Internal Governance Committee, and a survivor of sexual abuse, I am calling for Governor Cuomo to resign,” Biaggi, […]
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Rep. Scalise Releases Timeline of Cuomo’s Nursing Home Death Toll ‘Cover-Up’
By Tom Ozimek House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Thursday ramped up his criticism of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the nursing home COVID-19 deaths, alleging Cuomo “lied about the death toll” and releasing a timeline of the alleged cover-up. “The facts are simple: Governor Cuomo issued an order sending thousands of contagious COVID-19 positive patients […]
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Critics Say $1.9 Trillion COVID Bill Larded With Special-Interest Spending
By Mark Tapscott Buried on page 305 of the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” is a provision that awards federal employees with kids as much as $21,000 for each household to stay home. The “Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund” provision includes $570 million for government workers who remain home to care for children because […]
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Supreme Court to Consider Trump-era Public-Charge Rule That Biden May Dump
By Matthew Vadum The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the federal government’s appeal of a lower court decision against a Trump-era public-charge rule requiring prospective immigrants to be able to support themselves financially—while the Biden administration is considering rescinding the rule. The case, known as U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) v. New York, court file 20-449, […]
