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Key questions as Trump hurtles toward deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty

Donald Trump is hurtling toward a critical deadline in his most costly legal battle to date. If the former president doesn't come up with a financial guarantee by Monday, New York's attorney general can start the process of collecting on the more than $454 million Trump owes the state in a civil fraud lawsuit.

Biden’s energy costs rattle Pennsylvania voters

Pennsylvania voters' attitude toward high energy costs and the environment presents obstacles for President Biden and down-ballot Democrats this November, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Arizona lawmaker says she plans to have an abortion after learning her pregnancy isn’t viable

An Arizona lawmaker announced Monday on the state Senate floor that she plans to have an abortion after learning that her pregnancy is not viable.

Economic impact of a shortage of plumbers should concern everyone

CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania — Ed Bigley, the business manager for the Pittsburgh Plumbers Union Local 27, says the organization has been serving the region since the dawn of the industrial revolution in the 1870s, when it came under the umbrella of the Knights of Labor. By July of 1890, it had formed its own stand-alone union, […]

Climate change zealots want control, not solutions

Climate zealots do not want solutions to the problems they claim are going to kill us all. They just want control of your everyday life, from the car you drive to the food you eat. Harvard University is no longer continuing its solar geoengineering research experiment. The gist of solar geoengineering is that spraying particles […]

Ben Shapiro is right about Social Security 

Conservative commentator and bestselling author Ben Shapiro drew the ire of both sides of the political aisle last week when he correctly pointed out that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme that is careening toward insolvency. Pundits both on the Left and the Right who have made the decision to avoid the ultimate third rail of America’s […]

Biden’s ‘goodbye Guam’ defense budget

This article’s header photo shows the flag-raising ceremony after the 1944 recapture of Guam. It also shows a Marine, Pfc. Ernest Kernen, who was killed in the preceding battle. Guam played an important role in providing a staging base for naval, amphibious, and air operations against Japan. Eighty years later, as China ramps up its […]

Why Uber and Lyft say they’re abandoning Minneapolis

The ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft announced last week that they are pulling up stakes in the Twin Cities because of a new ordinance designed to raise driver pay. The Minneapolis City Council voted 10–3 to override the veto of Mayor Jacob Frey, passing a policy that will raise the pay of drivers to the […]

Dean of deceit: Congresswoman regularly votes against bills that hold criminals accountable

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) is known for her partisan allegiances in Congress. Unfortunately, those allegiances tend to make the country less safe.  Dean regularly claims she is working to help people but consistently votes for bills that endanger them. The latest example is Dean’s vote against the Laken Riley Act — a bill that, among […]

Trump may have transgressed, but his $464 million bond is grossly excessive

Many of us appalled by former President Donald Trump’s lifetime of dishonesty may take schadenfreude in the massive financial judgments now threatening his business empire — but the sizes of those judgments, and the bonds pertaining to them, are utterly unwarranted. Appeals courts should grant temporary injunctions to halt the bond collections and delay enforcement […]

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