By Petr Svab As difficult as it is to run an independent media outlet, there’s a company making it substantially harder. Its name is NewsGuard. The company claims to rate online content, including from media outlets, for trustworthiness, but a closer look shows it does much more than that—its business model produces censorious pressure on […]
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FDA Alert: Fruit With Potentially Deadly Bacteria Recalled in a Dozen States
By Jack Phillips Green organic kiwifruit is now under recall in 14 states due to a potentially deadly listeria contamination, according to an announcement posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website. David Oppenheimer and Company said it is voluntarily recalling some of its clamshell packages of kiwi after testing found Listeria monocytogenes in some of […]
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Hunter Biden Special Counsel Appointment May Violate Law Requiring Impartial Government Outsider: Rep. Sessions
By Mark Tapscott Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as Special Counsel for the Hunter Biden investigation may violate the law that created the position and requires it be filled by an individual who is impartial and from “outside of the government,” according to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas). “Today, Merrick […]
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House Will Not ‘Rubber-Stamp’ Biden Request for $24 Billion More for Ukraine: McCarthy’s Office
By Lawrence Wilson President Joe Biden’s $40 million supplemental funding request faces two hurdles in Congress—the whopping price tag for additional federal spending items and the inclusion of an extra $24 billion in aid to Ukraine. Some Republicans in both houses have said the request will be challenged on Capitol Hill. The request was made […]
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Drug User Allowed to Own Guns Under New Precedent: US Court
By Zachary Stieber A man who regularly uses an illegal drug can still own guns, according to an Aug. 9 federal court ruling. Patrick Daniels Jr. of Mississippi was convicted in 2022 of violating a federal law that bars people from possessing a gun if they use a controlled substance, or an illegal drug. But […]
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Government Watchdog Says Congressional Earmarks Are the ‘Currency of Corruption’
By Ella Kietlinska and Jan Jekielek Sr. Local and community projects funded by tax money allocated by Congress, commonly known as “earmarks,” are often wasteful and conducive to corruption, said the CEO of a government watchdog organization. An earmark is “a pet project requested by a member of Congress for their own district,” said Adam […]
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Major Credit Rating Agency Drops ESG Scores Amid Backlash to Corporate Wokeism
By Tom Ozimek Rating agency S&P Global has dropped its use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores to assess corporate borrowers amid questions over the usefulness of such metrics and amid broader backlash to “woke” agendas being pushed in board rooms across the United States. Since 2021, the credit rating agency has rated companies […]
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NASA: SpaceX Progress Remains ‘Concern’ for 2025 Moon Landing
By T. J. Muscaro NASA administrators joined the agency’s four moon-bound astronauts for what was supposed to be a chance for members of the media to ask questions about Artemis II, the first crewed flight of the Orion capsule and the first crewed spaceflight around the moon since 1972. But much of the focus of […]
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Court Freezes Part of Biden’s Debt Relief for Defrauded Students
By Tom Ozimek In the latest challenge to President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging efforts to find ways to forgive student debt, a federal appeals court has blocked parts of an Education Department rule that sought to make it easier for student borrowers to get relief if they were the victims of fraud or were misled by […]
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States Stop Credit Card Companies From Tracking Gun Purchases, It May Not Last
By Patricia Tolson Credit card companies were preparing to track the purchase of firearms and ammunition of every American citizen. While a flurry of bills lobbed by state legislators caused all of them to reconsider those plans, it may only be a temporary victory. Almost one year ago, an effort was launched to create a […]
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Oil Prices Rise After Saudi Arabia Cuts Output
By Andrew Moran U.S. crude oil prices firmed above $81 as supply fears dominated global energy markets toward the end of the trading week, driven by news from Saudi Arabia and Russia. The Ministry of Energy in Riyadh announced extending a voluntary production cut of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) into September. The energy powerhouse implemented […]
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Nebraska Sending Soldiers to US–Mexico Border in Support of Operation Lone Star
By Lorenz Duchamps Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced on July 31 that more than 60 Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers will be deployed to the U.S.–Mexico border in Texas to support Operation Lone Star. Mr. Pillen said in a press release that the troops will assist with securing the state’s border with Mexico for around […]
