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California’s recent electricity blackouts left millions of residents without power during a summer heatwave this weekend, putting vulnerable populations at risk while inconveniencing the highest utility ratepayers of any state. The blackouts occurred over two days and the electric grid continues to teeter on failure. What’s more, the blackouts are a...

Amazon censored vulgar political speech this week by removing shirts that referred to Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris as a "hoe." A seller named The Oxygen Bandit promoted shirts that said "Joe and the Hoe," which sold for $24.99 to $42.99 depending on the style. "All sellers must follow our selling...

President Donald Trump reiterated this week that he does plan to make Mexico pay for the southern border wall, and to do that he plans to enact a toll on vehicles entering the U.S. from Mexico. President Trump: "We built the wall under budget, ahead of schedule... And Mexico is...

(Associated Press) President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to block critics from his personal Twitter account. The administration said in a high-court filing Thursday that Trump's @realdonaldtrump account with more than 85 million followers is his personal property and blocking people from it is akin to...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the $2 million that his wife, Chirlane McCray, spends on her 14-person staff, saying "this work is about the needs of the people of this city," The Daily Mail reported. McCray has this well-paid staff, despite not holding a position in New...

(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) As of early August, 34 US states mandate the use of masks in public to limit the spread of COVID-19. The efficacy of face masks has been a subject of debate in the health community during the pandemic. Because health experts disagree on their effectiveness,...

Executive and legislative leaders in Texas joined together on Tuesday to promote legislation that would punish municipalities that defund police departments, Fox News reported. The bill would prevent cities that defund the police from increasing property taxes. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen spoke about...

(Associated Press) President Donald Trump on Thursday reaffirmed his plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq as quickly as possible as he met with the prime minister of Iraq to discuss ways to rein in pro-Iran militias in the country and counter residual threats from Islamic State sleeper cells. “We...

Iowa State University administrators reprimanded an English instructor after she forbade students from making arguments against abortion, gay marriage and the Black Lives Matter movement. Students who signed up for ISU assistant professor Chloe Clark’s English 250 class this semester were given a “giant warning” on their syllabus. “Any instances of...

(Associated Press) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded Wednesday to an Associated Press report that his state’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes could be a significant undercount, saying it makes sense to include only those residents who died on the home’s property. Unlike the federal government and every other state...

(Associated Press) A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for Manhattan's top prosecutor to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns, rejecting a last-ditch attempt by his lawyers to block a subpoena issued to his accounting firm. Trump's lawyers immediately appealed U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero's decision to the Second Circuit...

(Headline USA) UPDATED: Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme “We Build The Wall.” The fundraiser was headed by men who pushed their close ties to President Donald Trump, giving their effort a legitimacy...