Author: The Washington Examiner
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Senate votes to ban intoxicating hemp products nationally
Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate late Monday will ban nearly all hemp-derived THC products, despite Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul’s attempts to block the hemp-ban language from a part of the GOP-proposed deal designed to end the government shutdown. Eight Democrats joined with GOP senators to support a Republican-led stopgap funding deal Sunday, which includes a continuing resolution…
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Senate votes to ban intoxicating hemp products nationally
Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate late Monday will ban nearly all hemp-derived THC products, despite Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul’s attempts to block the hemp-ban language from a part of the GOP-proposed deal designed to end the government shutdown. Eight Democrats joined with GOP senators to support a Republican-led stopgap funding deal last week, which includes a continuing…
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Don’t kill the filibuster to end the shutdown
Senate Democrats voted to shut down the government for the 10th time Thursday, ensuring more paychecks will be lost and services unfunded. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., even brought up bipartisan legislation that would have funded the armed forces, an appropriations bill that passed committee on a bipartisan 26-3 vote, but Democrats voted against it, too. The party of the…
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EDITORIAL: Democrats keep politicizing flags
June is approaching, which means the Supreme Court is set to issue all its most important decisions before justices recess for the summer. Thanks to the Democrats‘ relentless campaign to delegitimize the nation’s justice system, the arrival of June also now means it is time for media hit pieces on conservative Supreme Court justices and…
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Cheney to give opening statement in kick-off Jan. 6 committee hearing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republican Rep. Liz Cheney will deliver an opening statement at Tuesday’s inaugural hearing for the House select committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 riot as Democrats give the Wyoming congresswoman an increased stature on…
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Cheney to give opening statement in kick-off Jan. 6 committee hearing
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney will deliver an opening statement at Tuesday’s inaugural hearing for the House select committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 riot as Democrats give the Wyoming congresswoman an increased stature on the contentious panel. Democrats elevated Cheney, stripped of her No. 3 House leadership position earlier this year due to her…
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Thomas Barrack pleads not guilty to being UAE agent and says he’s ‘100% innocent’
Thomas Barrack, the billionaire fundraiser and longtime friend of former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges that he illegally lobbied the U.S. government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, obstructed justice, and lied to the FBI. As the 74-year-old entered the Brooklyn courthouse, a protester holding up a sign…
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Thomas Barrack pleads not guilty to being UAE agent and says he’s ‘100% innocent’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thomas Barrack, the billionaire fundraiser and longtime friend of former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges that he illegally lobbied the U.S. government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates,…
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Survey finds 1.84M have turned down jobs to collect unemployment benefits
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON • An estimated 1.84 million workers have spurned jobs to live off unemployment benefits, a survey found. Nearly one-third of those receiving unemployment insurance said they had turned down at least one job offer…
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Survey finds 1.84M have turned down jobs to collect unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON • An estimated 1.84 million workers have spurned jobs to live off unemployment benefits, a survey found. Nearly one-third of those receiving unemployment insurance said they had turned down at least one job offer during the pandemic, and out of that group, a weighty 45% cited generous unemployment benefits as a major reason why,…