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The child tax credit keeps getting smaller

Congress increased the child tax credit to $2,000 beginning Jan. 1, 2018. While some folks objected that this was a special-interest handout to parents, expanding the child tax credit was really just a makeup for folding the personal and dependent exemption into a larger standard deduction.

‘Sex exceptionalism’: The very perverse idea behind those downplaying Hamas’s mass rapes

Among the most evil things Hamas did in its Oct. 7 invasion was the serial rape of many Israeli women and girls. The stories and images of rape are one reason it is so obscene when American or European leftists defend or minimize Hamas’s brutality as “resistance” or “decolonization.”

Hunter Biden: Six figures on pornography and hookers while skirting taxes and spousal and child support

It was not Hunter Biden's abuse of women, child neglect, drug addiction, or even his rank corruption that led him to face actual time in prison. Instead, the first son's hubris led him to blow up the sweetheart plea deal of the century because it would not protect him from even a potential investigation into whether he violated foreign agent registration restrictions. Now, a second set of indictments has thrown another scandal into his father's beleaguered reelection campaign.

Why did Biden include antisemites in his strategy to fight antisemitism?

President Joe Biden has removed the Council on American-Islamic Relations from his “National Strategy” to combat antisemitism. But why was the group included in the first place?

Prince Harry shows he prefers the Second Amendment to the First

Prince Harry adopts a notoriously aggressive stance toward media coverage he dislikes. He has even gone so far as to say the First Amendment is "bonkers."

Haley goes after DeSantis’ environmental record

Presented by the Working Forests Initiative — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is increasingly targeting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on environmental issues as the two jostle for No. 2 in the GOP primary. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Haley takes aim at DeSantis on environment Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki...

SmileDirectClub ends operations ‘effective immediately,’ but what about the customers?

It's likely unwelcome news for many customers, especially those who will still have to make payments despite no longer being able to receive aligners or customer care.

Cuba puts Miami exiles, media personalities on terrorist list

Cuban officials added 61 people and 19 groups to the country's national list of wanted "terrorists," which now includes a range of characters from Cold War-era hitmen to Instagram influencers. In the country's official gazette Thursday, officials listed a series of acts considered terrorist by the Cuban state, and under each act listed the individuals...

Standards requiring renewable clean hydrogen to be truly clean will drive economic growth 

Incentivizing the production of low- and zero emissions hydrogen will reduce the impacts of GHG emissions on burdened communities, enhance energy security and secure for the U.S. a leadership position in the energy transition.

Amazon files motion to dismiss FTC antitrust case

Amazon asked a judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against the e-commerce giant on Friday, arguing that the company engages in legal competitive behavior that benefits consumers. “Amazon promptly matches rivals’ discounts, features competitively priced deals rather than overpriced ones, and ensures best-in-class delivery for its Prime subscribers,” the company argued...

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