Three Chinese research centers, including the bat coronavirus-tinkering Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), had been awarded more than $2 million in U.S. taxpayers’ money in the years leading to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new government report found. The report (pdf), released on Wednesday by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), focuses on federal funds disbursed…
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Target Facing Major Pushback Over Transgender Controversy as Stock Price Drops
June 15, 2023
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Target is facing stock losses after a massive pushback over transgender merchandise in its stores. Shareholders were hit with lowered projections, according to a report from Bank of America’s Global Research division on June 14, as Target faces the worse downgrade in three years. Many customers have been boycotting Target over its pro-LGBT stance since May, ahead of…
Supreme Court Upholds Law Aimed at Preventing Non-Indian Families From Adopting Native American Children
The Supreme Court upheld by 7–2 a racially discriminatory adoption law aimed at preventing non-Indian families from adopting Native American children. Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the new ruling in Haaland v. Brackeen (court file 21-376) which was consolidated with three other related cases. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is…
Court Denies College Official Immunity From Liability for Firing Professor Over COVID Vaccine
In a rare decision involving an immunity claim by government officials, a Massachusetts judge has denied a college’s human resources director’s request for immunity from a lawsuit seeking monetary damages against her for denying a professor’s religious exemption request from the jab. In denying the college official’s request, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Edward McDonough slammed…
Homicides, Suicides Climbed Among Young Americans During Pandemic: CDC
June 15, 2023
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Homicides and suicides among young Americans reached their highest levels in decades during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study. The report (pdf) analyzed the homicide and suicide death rates among those age 10-24 from 2001 to 2021. One key finding was that from 2019 to 2020,…
Biden Remarks on Hidden Junk Fees
June 15, 2023
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on protecting consumers from hidden junk fees at 1:45 p.m. ET on June 15. …
LIVE 1:45 PM ET: Biden Remarks on Hidden Junk Fees
June 15, 2023
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on protecting consumers from hidden junk fees at 1:45 p.m. ET on June 15. …
Democrats Push Bill to Regulate Supreme Court
Congress must impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court that requires justices to recuse themselves when there is a financial connection between the justice or the justice’s family and someone having business before the court, a Democrat-controlled congressional oversight committee heard on June 14. If the Supreme Court won’t act, Congress will, Sen….
First Busload of Illegal Immigrants Arrives in Los Angeles from Texas
June 15, 2023
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Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) announced on Wednesday that Texas has transported a group of illegal immigrants to Los Angeles for the first time, a move described as a “despicable stunt” by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. “Texas just dropped off the 1st bus of migrants in Los Angeles,” Abbott wrote on Twitter. Around 40 illegal immigrants,…
California Bill to Limit ‘Racially Biased’ Traffic Stops Passes Senate
June 14, 2023
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A California bill to prohibit most traffic stops for minor violations has narrowly passed the Senate. “The data clearly shows that these pretextual stops are disproportionately used against communities of color,” bill author Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) told senators on May 30. “Having these unnecessary stops puts not only the community at greater safety [risk]…
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