By Jack Phillips The mayor-elect of a Texas border city with a population that is around 85 percent Latino claimed that Latino voters are switching from Democrat to Republican in light of recent policy proposals. “Well, during the past election, it’s amazing what happened here in South Texas,” Javier Villalobos, the mayor-elect of McAllen, Texas, told Fox News over […]
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Taxpayers Fleeing California Take $8.8 Billion In Gross Income to Other States
By Tom Ozimek California, with its relatively large tax burden compared to other states, has seen a taxpayer exodus in recent years and, along with it, billions in taxable gross income. State-to-state migration data recently released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shows that California lost an estimated net 70,534 households—or 165,355 taxpayers and their dependents—in the years 2017-2018, with those […]
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Border Patrol Arrests Over 160 Illegal Immigrants in 2 Tractor-Trailers
By Ivan Pentchoukov Border Patrol agents in the Laredo sector in Texas arrested more than 160 illegal aliens in two tractor-trailer smuggling attempts, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A canine alerted agents to the first group inside a tanker trailer after midnight on May 28. The agents scanned the tanker to find more than 50 people […]
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Florida Becomes 23rd State to End $300 Unemployment Benefit Boost to Ease Business Hiring Woes
By Tom Ozimek Florida officials announced an end to the $300 weekly federal pandemic unemployment compensation supplement on May 24, making the Sunshine State the 23rd state to opt out of the jobless boost in a bid to encourage people to get back to work amid a labor shortage and a booming economy. The Florida Department of […]
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Over 15,000 Gas Stations Out of Fuel Nationwide
By Zachary Stieber Gas shortages ease in some states, but worsen in others. Gas shortages eased slightly overnight in some states but worsened in others as Colonial Pipeline works to bring one of the nation’s major fuel conduits back online. More stations were out of gas in Florida, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi early Thursday compared to […]
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Kansas Sheriff’s Office Still Probing 12 Claims of 2020 Election Fraud
By Jack Phillips The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office in Kansas confirmed last week that it’s still investigating claims of voter fraud from the 2020 election. Twelve cases are being investigated, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal, which cited Deputy Abigail Christian, the sheriff’s office spokesperson; she said she couldn’t release more details about the investigations. State Rep. Vic Miller, a Democrat, had asked Shawnee County District […]
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Weak Jobs Report Raises Doubts About Biden’s Economic Policies
By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—U.S. jobs growth for April was far lower than what the market had predicted, adding to worries that excessive stimulus payments could have undesirable side effects in the long term, making the road to recovery rocky. The April jobs report was the biggest miss on record. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the […]
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China Emits More Greenhouse Gas Than Developed Countries Combined: Report
By Frank Fang China emitted more greenhouse gases (GHG) than the United States and all other developed countries combined in 2019, according to a report published on May 6 by New York-based research firm Rhodium Group. The report found that China alone was responsible for over 27 percent of total global emissions, with the United States being […]
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Californians to Lose Congressional Seat
By Tim Shaler The results of the 2020 census are in, and California is going to lose a congressional seat. The state will only be sending 52 members to the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2022 elections, down from the 53 it sent following the 2020 elections. For the first time since it gained statehood, California is losing an electoral vote […]
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McConnell Says ‘100 Percent’ of His Focus Is on Blocking Biden’s Agenda
By Jack Phillips Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that the entirety of his focus is stopping President Joe Biden’s agenda, which threatens the already small chance of bipartisanship ahead of more negotiations on a potential infrastructure deal. “One hundred percent of my focus is standing up to this administration,” the Kentucky Republican said at a press conference […]
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Parents Should Oppose Critical Race Theory to ‘Save Our Kids’ from Left-Wing Indoctrination: AG Paxton
By Tom Ozimek Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday praised parents for pushing back against the teaching of the quasi-Marxist critical race theory in the nation’s schools, urging more people to speak out and arguing it’s the “only way we save our kids” from leftist indoctrination. Paxton made the remarks in an appearance on Newsmax on Tuesday, after being asked […]
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Around 1.3 Billion People Worldwide Don’t Want the COVID-19 Vaccine: Gallup Poll
By Meiling Lee Around 1.3 billion people worldwide said that they will not get a COVID-19 vaccine if it became available at no cost, according to a Gallup poll taken in the last six months of 2020 and released Monday. The 1.3 billion was a combination of 29 percent, or around three in 10 adults, worldwide who […]
