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Like Nixon, Harris is hoping voters fall for destructive price controls

Vice President Kamala Harris‘s presidential campaign unveiled an economic plan last week indicating that she would enforce the “first-ever federal ban” on food price hikes. The proposal has received a wave of criticism, including from some unlikely sources. “It’s hard to exaggerate how bad Kamala Harris’s price-gouging proposal is,” wrote Washington Post economics columnist Catherine […]

GOP veterans to Walz: ‘You have violated the trust of our brothers and sisters in arms’

CHICAGO — In a fiery and furious open letter to Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), four Republican veterans in the Senate and dozens in the House of Representatives excoriated the Democratic vice presidential nominee for repeatedly misrepresenting his service in the National Guard. “Repeatedly claiming to be a ‘Retired Command Sergeant Major’ when you did not […]

ACLU accuses Oregon police department of spying on progressive activists

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon filed a suit against the city of Medford, alleging the city's police department illegally collected and stored information on social justice groups and activists. The suit, filed Tuesday, claims the Medford Police Department (MPD) kept "tabs" on these groups in violation of Oregon State law, which prohibits...

Trump Jr. says it would be good to have RFK Jr. at an agency to ‘blow it up’

Donald Trump Jr., former President Trump’s son, told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he’s in favor of having independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. take a position within a new Trump administration to that he can take a government agency and “blow it up.” “I loved the idea, love the idea of giving...

Crypto industry spending ‘unprecedented’ money on 2024 election: Report

The cryptocurrency industry has spent more than $119 million on federal elections in 2024 to help boost crypto-friendly candidates and defeat crypto skeptics, according to a new report from Public Citizen.  This “unprecedented” spending represents nearly half — 48 percent — of all corporate money contributed to this year’s elections, the report from the progressive...

Lawmakers say US firms conducting drug trials in Xinjiang hospitals

A bipartisan group of House members is criticizing some U.S. drug companies they allege have conducted clinical trials in combination with hospitals and medical centers affiliated with the Chinese military.  “For over a decade, it appears that U.S. biopharmaceutical companies conducted clinical trials with China’s military organizations, and specifically with medical centers and hospitals affiliated...

Harris’s prioritization of abortion is an unprecedented and risky strategy

By highlighting the stark differences, they can rally a faithful constituency that has stood firm for decades and attract new supporters who are alarmed by the radical direction the other side has taken.

A new COVID vaccine is coming soon – but will it still be free?

American health officials say an updated vaccine against COVID-19 is on the way, but it may not be free to all like past versions have been.

Pelosi, who helped push Biden out, to take convention stage

CHICAGO — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has distinguished herself in myriad ways in her long political career, as a highly effective legislator, legendary power player and the first female Speaker in the nation’s history. But as the California Democrat takes the stage Wednesday night to address the Democratic National Convention, she will stand out in...

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