New York lawmaker spotted helping mother duck and ducklings cross busy street
July 4, 2020 inPolitics
Why did the mother duck and her ducklings cross the road? Because they knew their local representative was there to stop the traffic and they'd safely get to the other side. A viral video shows New York Rep. Kathleen Rice (D) and several... ...Read more from our friends at The Hill
Egypt's top court upholds 15-year-sentence for activist
July 4, 2020 inPolitics
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt’s highest criminal court Saturday upheld a 15-year sentence for one of the leading activists behind the country’s 2011 uprising who was convicted of taking part in clashes between protesters and security forces. The Court of Cassation also confirmed a fine of 6 million Egyptian pounds, ...... Read more from our friends at the Washington Times
Help Me Retire: We have $190,000 in retirement savings and want to use the COVID-related distribution…
July 4, 2020 inEconomics
The CARES Act allows some savers to take money out of their retirement accounts — but advisers say they should proceed with caution. ...Read more from our friends at MarketWatch
Congress eyes tighter restrictions on next round of small business help
July 4, 2020 inPolitics
Lawmakers are weighing tightening the qualifications for small business aid as they debate a fifth coronavirus bill. As part of a March $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package, Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which... ...Read more from our friends at The Hill
What We Celebrate On The Fourth
July 4, 2020 inEconomics
What We Celebrate On The Fourth Tyler Durden Sat, 07/04/2020 - 10:00 Authored by Robert Curry via RealClearPolitics.com, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” We have heard these words all our lives. But can we still hear the dynamite in them? According to tradition, when the British under Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, their musicians played...
Americans reflect on Independence Day amid racism reckoning
July 3, 2020 inPolitics
America's leaders are rethinking how they view Independence Day, as the country reckons with the historic, unequal treatment of people of color during a pandemic which has disproportionately affected nonwhite Americans. Why it matters: The country’s legacy of racism has come into sharp focus in the weeks of protests following the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody. From Confederate statues to Mount Rushmore, Americans are reexamining the...
Swalwell: Trump 'makes us look like geniuses every day for impeaching him'
July 3, 2020 inPolitics
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said in a new interview he thinks President Trump makes him and other House Democrats "look like geniuses" for impeaching him, especially in light of reports that Russians offered bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to... ...Read more from our friends at The Hill
Senators push foreign media to disclose if they are registered as foreign agents
July 3, 2020 inPolitics
A bipartisan group of senators are trying to require foreign media outlets to disclose publicly if they are registered as foreign agents.Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), as well as Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ben... ...Read more from our friends at The Hill
