(Headline USA) Israel’s prime minister vowed Tuesday to “act aggressively” against the decision by Ben & Jerry’s to stop selling its ice cream in Israeli territories it says are "occupied," as the country’s ambassador to the U.S. urged dozens of state governors to punish the company under anti-boycott laws.
The strong...
UPDATE 7/21/21 7:00 AM: Following yesterday's confrontation during a Senate hearing between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease bureaucrat at the National Institutes of Health, the Kentucky Senator told Fox News' Sean Hannity Tuesday night that he is referring Fauci to the Justice...
(Ted O'Neil, The Center Square) A recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board means employees at an Indiana concrete company are stuck with their current union bosses as their monopoly bargaining representative.
About 10 employees at Neises Construction in Crown Point, south of Gary, submitted a petition in March to...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) A federal watchdog says billions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted through unemployment programs in the past year, and that number is likely to rise.
The Government Accountability Office released a report examining unemployment benefits during the COVID pandemic that found states and territories had overpaid...
(Headline USA) When Dr. Alexa Mieses Malchuk talks to patients about the COVID-19 vaccine, she tries to feel out where they get their information from.
“Sometimes I feel like the education I have to provide depends on what news channel that they watch,” the doctor in Durham, North Carolina, said.
The...
(Headline USA) Texas Democrats who fled their public obligations to avoid a difficult vote on election integrity were derailed by a charter plane ride---paid for by Beto O'Rourke and Willie Nelson---in which they opted to violate health and aviation mandates for masking.
But the super-spreading scofflaws vowed to press on...
(Headline USA) Senate Democrats were beginning to apply pressure to move a massive pair of big-spending 'infrastructure' bills out off committee and onto the floor.
Republicans countered, however, that the way to pay for the bills---and their final price tag---was nowhere near settled, and that forcing a vote now could...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration has reached a preliminary agreement with Germany over a controversial Russia-to-Europe gas pipeline that is vehemently opposed by Ukraine and Poland, as well as both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
Congressional aides briefed on the outlines of the deal said it would allow the completion...
Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform confirmed on Tuesday in a memorandum that SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, "likely originated" in the Wuhan Virology Institute with assistance from America's federal health bureaucrats.
"Discovering the origins of this pandemic is the first step in a global defensive effort to...
Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-NY, on Tuesday recommended that the New York State Office of General Services add Ben & Jerry's and its corporate owner, Unilever, to the list of companies that participate in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel.
Ben & Jerry's announced on Monday that it would...
(Saul Zimet, Foundation for Economic Education) As the COVID-19 pandemic seems in many ways to be winding down, journalists and academics are reflecting on the performance of our official institutions, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in handling this global health disaster.
The New York Times Magazine...
(Headline USA) Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft.
But the accomplishment was overshadowed by mockery and memes on social media, due to the resemblance of the Amazon...