Posts by Swedan margen
Trump tariff agenda tripped up by Supreme Court decision
President Trump loves to take unilateral action, but the Supreme Court has delivered a stark message about clear limits to how far he can go without getting Congress on board. In their decision Friday striking down his major tariffs, the justices ruled that Congress never granted the president the expansive powers he claimed under a…
Read MoreThe U.S. deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal
DAKAR, Senegal — Being gay in Morocco is illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison. But it was the violence from her family that forced Farah, a 21-year-old gay woman, to flee the country. After a long journey to the United States and a third-country deportation by the Trump administration, however, Farah…
Read MorePopulism Is Having a Moment in Australia | National Review
Will it last? Only if the country’s One Nation party can avoid the pitfalls experienced by other populist parties. Source link
Read MoreDon’t Prosecute Women for Abortion | National Review
While defending unborn children is essential, criminalizing women who have abortions is no way to show compassion. Source link
Read MoreHow Trump’s ‘Prior Authorization’ Deal Puts Patients Ahead of Paperwork | National Review
Speeding up insurers’ authorization process will deliver care more quickly and cut down on unnecessary red tape. Source link
Read MoreThe Hypocrisy of Jon Meacham | National Review
His warning of a great ‘moral crisis’ ignores his own divisive rhetoric. Source link
Read MoreEverything I Learned About Show Biz Came from The Muppet Show | National Review
The 1976–1981 phase of the show remains wonderful entertainment for the whole family. Source link
Read MoreA policy wonk who wants Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is unafraid of a fight
SAN FRANCISCO — The California state lawmaker favored to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House has already been thrust into the national spotlight as the force behind headline-grabbing policies like a ban on masks for federal agents and protections for transgender youth. Now Scott Wiener is expected to win the California Democratic Party’s endorsement…
Read MoreJPMorgan concedes it closed Trump’s accounts after Jan. 6 attack
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the latest development in a legal saga between the president and the nation’s biggest bank…
Read MoreTrump greenlights federal assistance amid Potomac River spillage
President Trump on Saturday approved Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for federal disaster assistance to clean up the Potomac River after a sewer line collapsed. The White House tapped the Environmental Protection Agency to lead the federal response to the Potomac Interceptor collapse, which resulted in at least 240 million gallons of raw sewage discharging…
Read MoreGhislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional
NEW YORK — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional. The lawyers filed papers late Friday in Manhattan federal court to try to block…
Read MoreAnother alleged narco-trafficking boat destroyed in Pacific as U.S. military strike kills 3
The U.S. military carried out another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing three people. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that “intelligence confirmed” that the boat was “transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” The military targeted three boats…
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