Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Senate confirmation hearings | Day 1
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New Data Suggests Coronavirus Lockdowns Didn’t Work
Daniel Horowitz of Conservative Review says a new Penn State study highlights the ineffectiveness of government-mandated shutdowns. A new study from Penn State University claims that “the number of early COVID-19 cases in the U.S. may have been more than 80 times greater and doubled nearly twice as fast as originally believed.” In a commentary on Conservative…
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Biden has immigrants, advocates hoping for reversal of Trump’s border policies
“I want Trump out … it would make things easier,” one Honduran woman said, according to a report. Immigration advocates and even some Central Americans mulling entering the U.S. are reportedly rooting hard for a Joe Biden victory in November, encouraged by the Democratic nominee’s pledge to dismantle President Trump’s border policies. Biden has said he plans on “modernizing”…
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California Is Ready to Pull the Plug on Gas Vehicles
At least 15 other countries have already made similar commitments, including Germany, France and Norway. In this March 31, 2016, file photo, Tesla Motors unveils the new lower-priced Model 3 sedan at the Tesla Motors design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. Electric car maker Tesla said on Monday, July 3, 2017, that its Model 3 car…
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Ginsburg announced in July that she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for…
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Portland riots: Justice Department considered pursuing charges against city officials in violent unrest
DOJ officials were looking at the way Portland officials, ‘were handling, or not handling,’ the riots and violence. The Justice Department explored possible criminal or civil charges against local officials in Portland, Ore., after weeks of clashes between federal law enforcement and violent protesters, spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told Fox News. Kupec declined to comment on whether the department ultimately will bring charges….
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Study: Possible Sign of Life May Exist on Venus
(J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP) Scientists may have found evidence that some type of life possibly exists on Venus, according to a new study. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy reports the first detection of phosphine, which is a possible sign of life, in Venus’ atmosphere. Axios reports that traces of a gas in the planet’s…
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Pelosi on wildfires in California and West: ‘Mother Earth is angry’
“The climate crisis is real and has an impact,” the San Francisco Democrat says. There’s a message in the raging wildfires that have scorched her home state of California as well as neighboring states, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Mother Earth is angry,” the San Francisco Democrat said during an appearance Thursday on MSNBC. “She’s telling us — whether…
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New York business leaders warn de Blasio of risk posed by city’s perceived decline
The pandemic has devastated the city’s economy, executives tell mayor. Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a May media availability at City Hall. MICHAEL APPLETON/MAYORAL PHOTOGRAPHY OFFICE More than 160 business leaders, including executives at Citigroup Inc. US:C, Mastercard Inc. US:MA and Nasdaq Inc. US:NDAQ, have signed a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio warning of New York City’s deteriorating condition…