(From AP News) In a 55-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor [US District Court for the Northern District of Texas] ruled Friday that last year’s tax cut bill knocked the constitutional foundation from under “Obamacare” by eliminating a penalty...
(From Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday moved to end speculation that he was having a hard time finding a new chief of staff, naming his budget chief Mick Mulvaney to the top post on a temporary basis. Mulvaney,...
(From USA Today) The Weekly Standard, the once influential conservative magazine that has been sharply critical of President Donald Trump, will publish its final issue next week, the magazine’s publisher announced Friday. The magazine, founded by William Kristol and Fred...
(From UPI) China said it plans to slash tariffs placed on U.S.-manufactured vehicles, amid concerns among Chinese consumers of a fallout from the ongoing trade dispute. The Customs Tariff Commission of China’s State Council said this week the government plans...
(From AP News) The special counsel’s office is pushing back at the suggestion that the FBI acted improperly in its interview of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying he “chose to make false statements” and did not need a...
(From Vox) [A new report by Reuters] indicates that small amounts of asbestos have been lurking in some of the company’s talc — the substance that makes baby powder powdery — going back to the 1970s. The company allegedly didn’t...
(From The Guardian) Scott Walker, the outgoing Wisconsin governor, has signed a raft of legislation passed by the Republican state legislature that restricts the power of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general as well as limits early voting in...
(From The Washington Free Beacon) Iran hawks in Congress are in the early stages of planning an all-out campaign to blacklist, sanction, and isolate Iranian banks tied to the funding of terrorism and money laundering, according to sources and legislation...
(From The Business Insider) The New York Times reported that a proposal making its way through the state’s legislature — a Democratic stronghold — would amend the New Jersey constitution to require district maps to reflect how major political parties...
(From BBC News) Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned as Sri Lanka’s prime minister, seven weeks after he was appointed in a surprise move that sparked a political crisis. . . . The resignation could bring to an end a nearly two-month-long...
A sudden return to free markets can be a harsh wake-up call for a company used to government handouts.
(From Harpers) France should leave NATO, but maybe such a step will become pointless if lack of operational funding causes NATO to disappear on its own. That would be one less thing to worry about, and a new reason to...
(From Politico) O’Rourke’s remarks come after taking a flurry of hits from the left in recent days. The criticism — ranging from O’Rourke’s membership in the centrist New Democrat Coalition to his acceptance of campaign money from oil industry...
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