By Reuters WASHINGTON—Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. on Saturday sharply criticized a proposal by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to give union-made electric vehicles in the United States an additional $4,500 tax incentive. Toyota said in a statement that the plan unveiled late Friday discriminates “against American autoworkers based on their choice […]
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Republicans Raise Alarm on Vetting of Afghans After Man Convicted of Rape Allowed to Enter US
By Masooma Haq Republican members of Congress are calling on President Joe Biden to detail the vetting process used by his administration to screen allies and others evacuated from Afghanistan after it was reported that a man—who had years earlier been convicted of rape and deported—made it to Dulles Airport before being apprehended. Rep. Yvette […]
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Biden’s New Vaccine Mandate ‘Fascist’: Rep. Donalds
By Masooma Haq In response to President Joe Biden announcing his vaccine mandate for federal workers, Republican members of Congress have criticized the new rule for infringing on personal freedoms. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) called the mandate, “fascist— downright totalitarian.” “Listen, the president of the United States just simply doesn’t have the authority for this […]
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Texas Governor Signs Law Allowing Users to Sue Social Media Companies Over Suspensions
By Jack Phillips Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill passed by the GOP-led legislature that is designed to stop social media companies from censoring users based on their political statements or viewpoints. The measure was introduced earlier this year but was delayed when dozens of Democrat state lawmakers left the state to deny Republicans […]
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Many Businesses Expect to Raise Prices in Face of Higher Input Costs: Fed
By Tom Ozimek A number of U.S. businesses facing supply-crunch-driven inflation in input costs say they expect to pass on higher prices to consumers, according to the Federal Reserve. Producer price inflation and its potential spillover onto store shelves is one the themes from the Fed’s most recent version of the “Beige Book,” released on Sept. 8, which provides an […]
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Psaki Defends Barring Flights Holding US Citizens From Leaving Afghanistan
By Lorenz Duchamps White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the Biden administration’s decision to block evacuation flights holding American citizens from departing Afghanistan because they included people who haven’t been through security protocols. “We’re not going to allow flights that have hundreds of people who we don’t know who they are, who haven’t been through security protocols, where […]
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Third Vermont State Trooper Resigns Amid Probe Into Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards
By Ivan Pentchoukov Three Vermont State Police troopers have resigned as a result of an investigation into fraudulent vaccination cards, the state’s Department of Public Safety announced on Tuesday. Two of the troopers, Shawn Sommers and Raymond Witkowski, submitted their resignations on Aug. 10, one day after another trooper reported them. The third trooper, David Pfindel, […]
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Newly Disclosed Documents Show Fauci Lied: Sen. Paul
By Zachary Stieber Newly disclosed documents detailing U.S. funding of Chinese research into coronaviruses show that Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top public health official, lied when claiming the United States did not fund “gain of function” research, critics say. The documents made public this week shed new light on how much money the National Institutes of Health (NIH) […]
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Unemployment Benefits Expire for Millions of Americans on Labor Day, White House Won’t Extend
By Jack Phillips Starting on Labor Day, more than 7 million people across the United States will lose their pandemic unemployment benefits, and the White House isn’t planning to extend the program. The emergency federal jobless benefits of $300 per week was a key provision of the CARES Act passed in March 2020 and was extended by Congress […]
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Taliban ‘Holding’ Americans ‘Hostage’ at Afghanistan Airport: Top Republican Lawmaker
By Jack Phillips The top-ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said that the Taliban terrorist group will not allow Americans to leave from an airport in the northern part of Afghanistan, while the White House chief of staff estimated that about 100 Americans still remain in the country. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said that six […]
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Oregon Police and Firefighters Sue Governor Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
By Tom Ozimek A coalition of Oregon police officers and firefighters have sued Gov. Kate Brown over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for state employees. The plaintiffs—including the Oregon Fraternal Order of Police and the Kingsley Firefighters Association—argued in a lawsuit filed Friday in a Jefferson County court (pdf) that Brown’s executive order violates a number of laws and want it blocked. […]
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DHS Quiet on ‘Remain in Mexico’ Restart After Supreme Court Order
By Charlotte Cuthbertson Nine days after the Supreme Court ordered the Biden administration to restart the Remain in Mexico program, no information is available on new enrollees, and border agents are saying the program hasn’t yet been reinstated. The program, also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), was launched during the Trump administration and […]
