Lauren Boebert Attacks AOC And Biden In House Floor Speech
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Finally, agreement in Washington, and it lasted a whole five minutes
Deal between Biden and bipartisan group of senators on infrastructure was immediately seen as fragile. Things seemed fine in Washington for about five minutes Thursday, when President Biden and a coalition of bipartisan senators announced a pact on an infrastructure plan. “No one got everything they wanted in this package,” said Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., in the…
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Donald Trump to tour border wall with Gov. Greg Abbott on June 30
Abbott announced last Thursday that Texas would build its own border wall to stem the flow of migrants from Mexico. Former President Donald Trump walks from his flight at Valley International Airport in Harlingen on Jan. 12, 2021. Credit: Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune Former President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he “accepted the invitation”…
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IRS now sending millions more additional stimulus checks
20 June 2021 – The IRS said it is continuing to distribute federal stimulus checks to eligible Americans, with another 2.3 million payments issued last week. Some of those payments include “plus-up” adjustments for people who received less money than they were entitled to in earlier checks. The latest round of payments is part of…
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50 Police Officers Step Down From a Crowd Control Unit in Portland
The officers voted to leave the unit, known as the Rapid Response Team, hours after one of its members was charged with assaulting a woman at an Oregon protest in August. Police officers in Portland, Ore., during a protest in August. Credit…David Ryder for The New York Times A group of about 50 police officers…
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Fauci says attacks on him are ‘attacks on science’
Dr. Anthony Fauci has come under fire since the release of his emails from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fauci lashed out Wednesday at critics who have called for his firing — saying the salvos launched at him are “attacks on science.” “It’s very dangerous,” Fauci told MSNBC. “A…
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Consumer prices surge 5% annually, most since August 2008
U.S. consumer prices increased in May at the fastest annual rate in nearly 13 years as the economic comeback from COVID-19 lockdowns continues to build momentum. The Labor Department said Thursday that the consumer price index in May rose 5% year over year, hotter than the 4.7% increase that was anticipated. The reading was above last month’s 4.2%…
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Gantz heads to Washington for security talks, $1 billion request for Iron Dome
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz (r) welcoming Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (c) at a ceremony in Tel Aviv, April 11, 2021. (Flash90/Avshalom Sassoni) Gantz is expected to request a $1 billion budget for replenishing the Iron Dome following Operation Guardian of the Walls. Defense Minister Benny Gantz was slated Wednesday to travel to the United…
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Masks, gloves don’t stop coronavirus spread: experts
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wearing masks and gloves as a precaution against coronavirus is ineffective, unnecessary for the vast majority of people, and may even spread infections faster, experts said Tuesday. While near-total lockdowns have been imposed in Italy, Spain and now France, the World Health Organization’s advice has remained unchanged since the start of…