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President Joe Biden held a climate summit with dozens of world leaders on Thursday, where he pledged to cut America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 — with or without approval from Congress. Besides claiming that Biden’s promised transformation of the U.S. economy under a Green New Deal-type image would create millions of jobs,
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While doubling down during Thursday’s CNN Tonight handoff on their support for Officer Nicholas Reardon’s decision to shoot knife-wielding Ma’Khia Bryant, CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon blasted outlets like NBC who didn’t show the knife in Bryant’s hand while reporting on the shooting. The pair accused such outlets of “journalistic malpractice” because they weren’t
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MADISON, Wis.—Kenneth Brown says Wisconsin voters should expect fair and honest elections. Billionaire-funded, third-party groups involved in administering local elections turn that expectation on its head, he says. Brown is one of five residents of Racine, Wisconsin, who filed a complaint Thursday alleging that Racine Mayor Cory Mason and City Clerk Tara Coolidge allowed left-leaning activists to
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Unaccompanied minors from Central America line up to be transported by U.S. Customs Border Protection officials after crossing the Rio Grande river on rafts in Penitas, Texas, on March 26, 2021. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) Things that have recently been described as “crises” in Politico: Empty retail space. Threats to the Supreme Court’s legitimacy. Widespread wage cuts.
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Twitter is refusing to address whether a tweet by Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James violated the platform’s terms of service. “YOU’RE NEXT,” James tweeted to his millions of followers with the hashtag #ACCOUNTABILITY. He has since deleted the tweet. Twitter’s policy warns that users may “not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or
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As could be expected, the Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it “strongly supports” making Washington, D.C. the 51st state, and is calling on Congress to “provide for a swift and orderly transition to statehood.” “Establishing the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth as the 51st state will make our Union stronger and more just,” the
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As Americans know from their own illustrious history, any nation’s well-being hinges on only a few factors. Its prosperity, freedom, and overall stability depend on its constitutional and political stability. A secure currency and financial order are also essential, as is a strong military. Perhaps most important is a first-rate inductive educational system. Of course,
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Former-president George W. Bush speaks in New Orleans, La., in 2015. (Jonathan Bachman/Reuters) One of the most interesting features of the United States of America is the pronounced tension that often exists between the country’s interests and its values. No other country measures itself against such a clear and lofty definition of its own national
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Russia was purportedly behind directed-energy attacks targeting U.S. soldiers and officials, the Pentagon told lawmakers. The U.S. began an investigation into the attacks last year after multiple incidents in which several Americans overseas developed flu-like symptoms at once, four unnamed national security officials involved told Politico. Department of Defense officials spoke to top lawmakers that
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Justice Thomas includes a notable footnote in his concurrence in judgement in a decision released by the Supreme Court this morning. In Jones v. Mississippi, the Court upheld the ability of a sentencer to give life without parole to minors found guilty of homicide even without a “factual finding of permanent incorrigibility.” Thomas observes that:
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A former Hokies soccer player is suing the Virginia Tech women’s soccer head coach for allegedly forcing her off the team after she refused to kneel with teammates prior to a game last autumn. Kiersten Hening, a former starting defender and midfielder for the Hokies, has filed a federal lawsuit against Virginia Tech head women’s
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