POLITICS

As California Voters Sour on Cash Reparations, State Dems Push Subsidized Property Taxes and Expedited Business Licenses Instead

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Experts say the proposals may be unconstitutional California state senator Steven Bradford (R) (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) California Democrats are finding ways to make reparations to black descendants of slaves that don’t include direct cash payments, as voters overwhelmingly reject the idea of money handouts. Instead, they are moving ahead with ideas like subsidized property taxes

Trump trial hears new details about alleged “catch and kill” scheme

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David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, revealed new details about his efforts to bury negative stories to shield Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, including a $150,000 deal with a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Trump. Appearing for his third day on the stand in Trump’s criminal trial

Biden Awards Micron $6 Billion to Boost Chip Production in US

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President Biden hailed the investment during a speech in Syracuse, calling it “a big deal.” SYRACUSE, NY—President Joe Biden traveled to upstate New York on Thursday to promote his administration’s efforts to bring chip manufacturing back to America. He announced that Micron, an American memory chipmaker, would receive $6.14 billion in federal grants through the

Biden Admin Finalizes New Rules to Restrain Fossil Fuel Power Plant Carbon Emissions

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The rules include a proposal to implement hydrogen co-firing and carbon capture and sequestration/storage (CCS) technologies in power plants. President Joe Biden’s administration has finalized an array of new regulations on fossil-fuel-fired power plants, including a rule requiring many power plants to prevent the release of 90 percent of their carbon emissions. “The Biden-Harris Administration

NYU Encampment Organizers Encourage Protesters To Join Pro-Hamas ‘Resistance Network’

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Resistance News Network functions as an unofficial mouthpiece for Hamas and other terrorist organizations New York University (NYU) students and faculty protest Israel’s war in Gaza (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Anti-Israel protest organizers at New York University encouraged their followers to get “plugged into” a Telegram channel that routinely promotes Hamas and other terrorist organizations. A

Biden Admin Silent on Turkey’s Sponsorship of Hamas in Counterterrorism Talks

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Counterterrorism coordinator leaves out Hamas when discussing how to defeat terrorism in Turkey Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Haniyeh Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters) The State Department’s top counterterrorism official was in Turkey this week for meetings, but missing from her schedule were discussions about Hamas—an omission that isn’t going unnoticed

Michigan’s Wayne County Could Play a Big Role in Presidential Election: Analysts

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News Analysis In a climate where there is seemingly little consensus on anything, several political experts and pollsters agree on one thing—that Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, could potentially decide the 2024 presidential election. The largest and most diverse in a critical swing state, the 1.7 million Wayne residents have been thrust into the national