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Policy & Unrest
A federal judge has ruled that a Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy violated the Fourth Amendment when he used Flock license plate reader technology to access weeks of a driver’s travel history, warning that the system risks creating a nationwide “dragnet” of mass surveillance. U.S. District Judge Sara…
Cost of living, energy and fuel prices, and markets when they reach households
The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in 11 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The second round will go out on Oct. 21 to those born…
Conflict involving the US, and wars abroad when they reach home
Northrop Grumman has placed its hopes in Talon Blue to capture a piece of the USAF's future Collaborative Combat Aircraft portfolio. The post Northrop Grumman’s Talon Blue Collaborative Combat Aircraft Has Flown appeared first on TWZ.
Agency failures, inspector general and GAO findings, disaster response gaps and infrastructure breakdowns
I still remember going to baseball and hockey games as a child, leaning way over the railing with my glove. When a foul ball rattled into our section or a deflected puck cleared the glass, it was finders keepers. That old tradition gave fans a real, physical connection to the game, transforming us…
ICE and detention, court rulings on policy and civil liberties, protests, and policy changes that divide us
On March 25, 2021, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the Election Integrity Act of 2021, a law designed to codify some of the emergency measures put in place during the 2020, COVID-19-year election and to increase election security more generally. The most “controversial” provisions of the law were a…