Soaring Energy Prices Raise Concerns About U.S. Inflation, Economy
By Josh Mitchell The U.S. economy is facing a new threat: rising energy prices. Crude oil has risen 64% this year to a seven-year high. Natural-gas prices have roughly doubled…
By Josh Mitchell The U.S. economy is facing a new threat: rising energy prices. Crude oil has risen 64% this year to a seven-year high. Natural-gas prices have roughly doubled…
By insider@insider.com (Juliana Kaplan) Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, are the latest group to contend with an increasingly worsening labor shortage – and civilians who need medical assistance could feel…
By Bethany Blankley Tucked inside the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill that passed out of the House Budget Committee are exorbitant new fines — ranging from $70,000 to $700,000 —…
By Natalia Mittelstadt Reviewing the results of the sudden, sweeping expansion of mail-in voting across the nation in the 2020 election, the America First Policy Institute warns that mass mail-in…
Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to legislation requiring employers to let their workers opt out of getting the COVID-19 vaccine, a move opposed by the state’s Republican governor, business…
By Jack Phillips The Los Angeles City Council on Oct. 6 approved one of the strictest COVID-19 vaccination mandates in the country, requiring proof of vaccination to enter indoor restaurants,…
by David M. Drucker, Senior Political Correspondent Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shows no signs of cracking as President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats squeeze Republicans to support raising the…
By Tom Ozimek Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called on the state’s lawmakers to impose harsher penalties for illegal voting, building on earlier efforts that saw the Republican leader push…
By Zachary Stieber and Jan Jekielek A public defender who was fired for speaking out against critical race theory says what happened was troubling and that she expects to win…
by Becket Adams An organization representing some 90,000 school board officials has asked the White House to intervene against parents who oppose onerous coronavirus masking mandates and the teaching of…
By Bethany Blankley The Austin Police Department is warning it won’t be responding to non-life threatening 911 calls. Starting Friday, Austin’s sworn police officers will no longer be responding in…
By Jack Phillips The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican amendment that attempted to block President Joe Biden’s announced mandate for private businesses with 100 or more workers. Sen. Roger…