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Jul 15 2021
Opinion
America's choice: Build bridges or grow government
We face a pivotal choice for the direction of our country. We have an opportunity to pass a very important transportation and infrastructure bill or go down the path of the most massive level of spending ever contemplated in the history of the United States. We are witnessing the Left attempting to justify a historically preposterous expansion of government by leveraging a crisis that is
Dan MeuserDec 09 2020
News
US Army fires Fort Hood officers and orders policy shift following 25 deaths
The US Army has fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at its Fort Hood, Texas, base and ordered policy changes to address chronic failures of leadership that contributed to a widespread pattern of violence, including murder, sexual assault and harassment.
In a sweeping condemnation of Fort Hood’s command hierarchy, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy fired three top commanders
The GuardianDec 08 2020
Analysis
Congress is staring down big deadlines on stimulus and government funding in December
It’s almost the end of the year and Congress is, once again, staring down several major deadlines.
First and foremost, the increasingly severe pandemic means there’s huge pressure to pass more coronavirus relief prior to December 31, when multiple aid programs — including unemployment insurance coverage for 12 million people — are poised to expire.
Second, the deadline to approve
VoxAug 09 2021
News
Apple to Scan for CSAM
Last week, “Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse… The tool designed to detected known images of child sexual abuse, called ‘NeuralHash,’ will scan images before they are uploaded to iCloud. If it finds a match, the image will be reviewed by a human. If child pornography is confirmed, the user’s account will be disabled and the National Center for Missing
The Flip SideJun 22 2021
Analysis
How your power company can remotely control your smart thermostat
Texas’s power grid is unpleasantly surprising its users again. After last winter’s storm disabled parts of the grid for several days, causing potentially hundreds of deaths, a summer heat wave is once again threatening the grid. One potential solution Texas power companies have found is to turn up the temperature on some customers’ smart thermostats. Problem is, some of those customers weren’t
VoxFeb 17 2021
Analysis
America’s racist housing rules really can be fixed
ThisThis is the fourth time Kennetha has been homeless.
She and her husband have five kids, the youngest of whom is just 8. They’ve been threatened with truancy for keeping their cameras off during remote learning — a grace they hoped would spare themselves some privacy over their living situation. At 37, Kennetha is haunted by an unfinished bachelor’s degree that has left her nothing
VoxJul 24 2019
News
Live: Mueller grilled on obstruction, ‘fishing’ without charging Trump
Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is testifying publicly before two separate congressional panels Wednesday and for the first time is addressing questions about his investigation of President Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The first hearing, before the House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), began just after 8:30 a.m., and the
Washington PostDec 05 2021
News
Bob Dole, ex-Kansas senator, Senate Republican leader and presidential nominee, dies at 98
Bob Dole, the one-time Kansas basketball player who went on to become a war hero and then the Republican leader in the Senate and his party’s nominee for president of the United States, died at the age of 98, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and his family said Sunday.
Mr. Dole, who in February announced he was battling Stage 4 lung cancer, had been ailing for some time, but his longevity
Washington TimesJan 26 2021
Opinion
FNC’s Peter Doocy Presses Biden, Psaki on COVID Hypocrisy, Left-Wing Violence
With liberal reporters continuing to act as no more than lapdogs for the Biden administration or attack dogs from the left, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy has continued to separate himself from the pack (as he did during the campaign) by asking tough but respectful questions of Press Secretary Jen Psaki and President Joe Biden himself.
On Monday, Doocy did just that
NewsBustersJun 20 2021
Opinion
Father's Day weekend isn't automatically a time to celebrate. Dads must earn their holiday.
For adult children who have traumatic relationships with their parents, holidays like Mother's Day and Father's Day are complicated at best and at worst emotional scourges. Many survivors of childhood dysfunction are at a loss for how to celebrate these pseudo-traditions in a way that remains authentic to themselves and their healing.
Therapists’ offices and survivor-focused social
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