(Associated Press) The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who've gotten their coronavirus shots.
The Biden administration said Friday it's teaming up with dating apps to showcase the benefits of getting a shot.
Apps like Hinge, Tinder, Match and Bumble are...
(Associated Press) Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a Republican trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney next year, disclosed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18, describing the relationship as “like the Romeo and Juliet” story and saying it was coming to light because of "dirty politics."
Bouchard...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The Texas Senate approved House Bill 1925, which would outlaw vagrant camping in public places across Texas.
The bill passed with bipartisan support in the Senate after passing the House on May 6.
The bill now heads back to the House to approve amendments added by the...
(Headline USA) CNN said Thursday it was “inappropriate” for anchor Chris Cuomo to have been involved in phone calls with the staff of his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, where strategies on how the governor should respond to sexual harassment allegations were allegedly discussed.
The network was responding to a...
The Treasury Department released a new tax compliance initiative in which the Internal Revenue Service will hire nearly 87,000 new agents to collect an additional $700 billion over the next decade.
The American Families Plan Tax Compliance Agenda aims at fixing the "tax gap"—the difference between the federal government's expected...
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proposed spending $30 million to fix three speedways in the state, including a large handout to the thriving Charlotte Motor Speedway, WSOC-TV in Charlotte reported.
Cooper plans to fund the repairs with a small portion of the $5.7 billion that the federal government has granted...
(Tim Gruver, The Center Square) A bipartisan bill intended to protect personal COVID data from third parties was vetoed by Gov. Jay Inslee this week, making waves across the political aisle.
Lawmakers filed House Bill 1127 to address data collection from contact tracing or the process by which investigators retrace an...
Indiana Republican Rep. Greg Pence, brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, claimed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wanted to leave the U.S. Capitol after the Jan. 6 riot.
“Nancy Pelosi said we can’t come back for two or three days,” Pence said. “He said as soon as the Capitol...
(Associated Press) In the early days of the pandemic, New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski scolded those looking to capitalize on the health crisis, saying it was “not the time for anybody to be profiting” from selling goods to combat the pandemic.
The two-term Democrat did not heed his own admonition.
Since early...
(Headline USA) Voting machines from Arizona's most populous county should not be used in the future after state Senate Republicans forced officials to give them access for an audit of 2020 election results, the state's top elections official said Thursday.
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, said in a...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday that it supports a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15% — below the 21% minimum it has been seeking to impose on the foreign profits of U.S.-based companies.
The offer comes as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...
(Associated Press) The Biden administration is taking steps to ensure Americans who pay for goods or services with cryptocurrencies don't sidestep the tax man.
The Treasury Department issued a report Thursday that outlines measures.
Among the proposed changes, businesses that receive "cryptoassets" with a fair market value of more than $10,000...