Topline President Joe Biden will restrict travel to the U.S. from India by most non-U.S. citizens beginning Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday, as the world’s second-most populous country struggles with the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak. Key Facts In a statement, Psaki said Biden was acting on advice from the U.S. Centers…
Topline Prominent Arizona Republican Cindy McCain on Sunday disavowed an ongoing GOP-backed audit of the results of the 2020 election in her state (nearly six months after President Joe Biden’s win), joining a chorus of Democrats and voting rights groups criticizing the party’s persisting baseless allegations of voter fraud. Key Facts Speaking during a Sunday…
Topline Volunteers are almost a week into a hand recount of some 2.1 million Arizona ballots from the 2020 presidential election—a recount that’s been blasted as a sham by Democrats and voting rights groups, which called on the federal government Thursday to send monitors to oversee the situation. Key Facts The Brennan Center for Justice,…
Topline The Biden administration plans to return Pentagon funds redirected by former President Donald Trump to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and repair infrastructure and environmental damage that resulted from its construction, an administration official told Forbes. Key Facts In a statement, first reported by ABC News, the official said the Pentagon will…
Topline A group of white farmers in the Midwest filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Thursday, alleging their exclusion from a federal pandemic loan forgiveness program targeted at minority farmers is a violation of their constitutional rights. Key Facts The program, launched as part of the American Rescue Plan passed in March, set…
Topline A bill in the Louisiana Senate that would have put new restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for minors has been deferred after facing monumental backlash from transgender people and advocates, in a major victory for trans rights in a deeply red state, as GOP legislatures push anti-trans bills around the country. Key Facts The…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Amazon’s surging stock has made the world’s richest person even richer. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images The world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, is once again worth more than $200 billion, as shares of Amazon AMZN rose in anticipation of the company’s first quarter earnings report later this week.…
A Free-Market Defense Of Coca-Cola, Delta, And ‘Woke’ Capitalism Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com mapped every government receiving the congressional bailout. Look up your hometown by clicking one of the 50 pins (state capitol) and then scroll down to the chart beneath the map to see the local areas that received Rescue Act aid. Beyond the…
Apple Mac users are being urged to update their macOS software now, as they’re at “grave risk” of hackers exploiting what’s been described as one of the worst vulnerabilities to affect the tech giant’s computers in years in years. Malware that takes advantage of the bug has been hitting Macs since at least January, making…
Topline U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett declined to recuse from a case Monday involving a conservative group that spent at least a million dollars supporting her Senate confirmation despite Democrats calling on her to do so because of the alleged conflict of interest it posed. Key Facts The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday…