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US jobless claims tick up from near a pandemic low

The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market’s recovery, at least temporarily. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims rose by 16,000… Read More

Schumer and Pelosi evade questions about how to pay for this

The White House and congressional Democrats have agreed to a “framework” to pay for their huge, emerging social and environment bill, top Democrats said Thursday, but they offered no details and the significance was unclear. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California… Read More

Dem lawmaker hit with 300 ethics complaints!?

An outside ethics group says seven House lawmakers failed to obey the law over mandatory stock trade disclosures. The Campaign Legal Center’s complaint isn’t a small one. The one food you should NEVER put on your dinner plate [sponsored] In fact, it includes one Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.),… Read More

Mitch McConnell dares Donald Trump supporters

Anybody could have guessed that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-K.Y.) has become alienated from former President Donald Trump. However, a bombshell report in a new book reveals just how much McConnell has expressed dislike toward the former president. And McConnell predicted conservative voters would follow him, not Trump. Is This Little… Read More

Woman with Down syndrome loses abortion law challenge

A woman with Down syndrome lost a court challenge against the British government Thursday over a law allowing the abortion up until birth of a fetus with the condition. Heidi Crowter, 26, and two others took the Department of Health and Social Care to court, arguing that part of the… Read More

COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff

One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students’ lunchboxes, telling parents it’s “now hiring.” Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses and schools are moving back to online learning. Now that schools have welcomed students back to classrooms, they face… Read More

I quit! Arizona Dem Rep. suddenly resigns

Arizona Rep. Aaron Lieberman’s stunning resignation Monday made him the second Democratic lawmaker to resign his office in recent weeks. In the Senate, Democrat Kirsten Engel of Tucson recently announced plans to resign at the end of the month so she can focus on her campaign for the U.S. House…. Read More

House approves Havana syndrome bill, during this mysterious new case…

On Tuesday, the House unanimously passed a bill to improve medical resources for victims of “Havana syndrome,” a neurological condition shrouded in mystery. The symptoms include nausea, memory problems, poor concentration, visual disturbances, loss of balance, pressure inside the head and a sensation of strange, screeching noises. Even before the… Read More

Afghans worry the Taliban may ban music again

A month after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the music is starting to go quiet. The last time that the militant group ruled the country, in the late 1990s, it outright banned music. So far this time, the government set up by the Taliban hasn’t taken that step officially…. Read More

Environment activists face prison for blocking highways

Environmental activists who have repeatedly blocked Britain’s busiest highway face possible imprisonment after a judge granted an injunction against the protesters, Britain’s transport secretary said Wednesday. Members of campaign group Insulate Britain have shut down parts of London’s M25 highway, which circles the British capital, five times in just over… Read More