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Washington DC, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a formal investigation of the Tesla Autopilot electronic driver aid’s apparent difficulty identifying parked emergency vehicles and first responder scenes.
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Washington DC, the coronavirus officially returned to the United States Senate on Monday. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tested positive quickly jolted through the Capitol and sparked an hours-long scramble to figure out who else might have been exposed, which only escalated after sources confirmed that the South Carolina Republican attended an outdoor event on Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) houseboat over the weekend with other senators.
Graham’s “breakthrough” case, the first known instance among senators, comes as the chamber has largely loosened social distancing restrictions in recent months, with at least 96 of the 100 senators vaccinated.
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Washington DC, nothing that Congress has done in the past three months has improved their standing with voters, most of whom continue to rate congressional job performance as poor.
Continue reading Voters Rate Congressional Job Performance as Poor
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Ridgewood NJ, Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending July 22, 2021.
This week’s finding is down two points from a week ago.
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Washington DC, the Senate Armed Services Committee has approved language in its annual defense policy bill that would require women to register for the draft.
Continue reading Senate Panel Votes to Require Women Register for Draft
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Washington DC, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted the Department of Justice’s refusal to investigate deadly mandates in New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan sending COVID-19 positive patients into nursing homes and long-term care facilities, resulting in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of seniors.
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Washington DC, it’s well known that the people who really know what’s going on in Congress are often the staff, not the members. That’s why Punch Bowl News’ fresh poll of senior Capitol Hill aides is intriguing.
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Washington DC, Ireland says no to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s dream of a global minimum corporate tax .
Continue reading Trouble Brewing for Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate
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Washington DC, Donald Rumsfeld, who served as defense secretary in both the Ford and George W. Bush administrations, died last Wednesday June 30th at the age of 88.
Continue reading Donald Rumsfeld, who served as defense secretary in both the Ford and George W. Bush administrations, died last Wednesday
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Washington DC, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 850,000 in June, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, public and private education, professional and business services, retail trade, and other services.
Continue reading US Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment Rose by 850,000 in June Surpassing Expectations
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Washington DC, The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Arizona’s voting rights case, deciding neither of provisions of the state’s voting law violates the section of the federal Voting Rights Act that deals with race.
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Washington DC, the U.S. government has encountered more than 140 of what it calls unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), more commonly known as UFOs, according to an unclassified intelligence report released Friday.
Continue reading US intel report confirms over 140 UFO sightings
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Tax Foundation , when combining the economic impact of President Biden’s tax proposals with the benefit of infrastructure spending, we estimate that long-run GDP would decrease by 0.9 percent and American incomes would fall by an average of 1 percent, resulting in 165,000 fewer U.S. jobs. Explore our full analysis to learn more about the major tax changes President Biden is proposing, as well as the estimated long-run economic, revenue, and distributional effects of the president’s tax and spending proposals.
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Washington DC, the Bureau of Labor Statistics posted a CPI number of 5% over the last 12-months, the highest rate since 2008. Gas prices rose 56.2% in 12 months, the highest since Jimmy Carter’s last year in office.
Continue reading Back to the 70’s: Inflation, Oil and Commodities Prices Surge
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Washington DC, in a unanimous ruling the Supreme Court on Monday said immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally cannot apply for green cards simply because they enjoy Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.
