Committee to Unleash Prosperity Holds Forum on Immigration’s Impact on US Workforce in 21st Century

The Committee to Unleash Prosperity, a conservative economic policy think tank, holds a forum at 12:30 p.m. ET on June 17 on the impact of immigration on the U.S. Workforce in the 21st Century. Participants include: Richard Vedder, Ohio University economist, senior fellow of Unleash Prosperity, Stephen Moore, co-founder, Unle… Original News Source Link –

More states back $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

Fifty-five attorneys general around the country have now signed on to a $7.4 billion settlement with drugmaker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, over the opioid crisis, officials said. Fifteen states initially agreed to the settlement in January. Since then, an additional 34 states, five territories and Washington, D.C., joined the settlement, according

Former Sen. Bob Menendez reports to federal prison

Former Sen. Bob Menendez reported to prison Tuesday morning to begin serving an 11-year sentence following his conviction on federal bribery charges.  Menendez surrendered to the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, in Minersville, Pennsylvania, about three hours away from his home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The facility houses approximately 1,200 inmates and has both a

Judge strikes down some Trump research cuts linked to diversity, gender

Washington — A federal judge struck down sweeping Trump administration orders that resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of National Institutes of Health research grants because they were linked to topics like diversity, gender identity and vaccine hesitancy. “The ideologically motivated directives to terminate grants alleged to constitute DEI, ‘gender ideology,’ or other forbidden topics