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Policy & Unrest
A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted the reinstatement of Roger Rogoff as the Seattle area’s top federal prosecutor, pausing a lower court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s decision to fire him. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Justice Department’s…
Cost of living, energy and fuel prices, and markets when they reach households
Elections are won and lost on messaging. Right now, Democrats are winning that battle by hammering away at the undeniably high prices consumers are paying at the pump. And they have every reason to keep it up: They need to divert attention from their party’s indisputable march toward socialism…
Conflict involving the US, and wars abroad when they reach home
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukraine’s bombing of Russian oil refineries and the energy policies of “blue states” are to blame for elevated gas prices, not the ongoing war with Iran. “What’s driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz, because Record Numbers of Barrels are…
Agency failures, inspector general and GAO findings, disaster response gaps and infrastructure breakdowns
New deed theft protections were recently signed into law in Maryland and Alabama
ICE and detention, court rulings on policy and civil liberties, protests, and policy changes that divide us
The Supreme Court appeared split over whether to allow Boulder County, Colorado’s climate-change damages lawsuit against oil companies to proceed, with the justices appearing to have reservations about both sides’ sweeping arguments during Monday’s hearing. The high court heard oral arguments in…