Trump Administration’s Fuel Economy Proposal Bucks California in Bid to Spur New Car Purchases

American consumers who want safe, affordable vehicles will find new models with improved technology becoming less costly if a federal rule amending standards for fuel economy and emissions goes into effect, Trump administration officials said Thursday in announcing the proposal. California has been permitted to set its own auto emissions standards under a federal waiver. […]

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Trump Further Chips Away at Obamacare by Expanding Short-Term Health Plans

The Trump administration moved Wednesday to expand health insurance options and affordability for Americans, with a new rule allowing cheaper new and renewable health insurance plans that consumers can use for up to a year. The Department of Health and Human Services, Labor Department, and Treasury Department released the final rule that allows consumers to […]

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‘Father of Texas’ Under Fire in the City Named for Him

The war on history continues in Texas. An agency in the city of Austin recently released a memo suggesting renaming numerous streets and roads, removing statues, and generally eliminating references to the Confederacy. But the recommendations from Austin’s Equity Office didn’t stop with Confederate figures. Perhaps most absurdly, the memo suggested renaming Austin because Stephen […]

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Nicaraguan Regime’s Persecution of Catholic Church Worsening Amid Growing Student Protests

Earlier this month, the Catholic Church of Divine Mercy in Managua, Nicaragua, was under siege. For 15 hours on July 13, government-sponsored paramilitaries opened fire on student protesters at a nearby university. Students have been at the forefront of the demonstrations against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega since they began in April. Explosives, snipers, and machine […]

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Michigan State Football Star’s Next Uniform Will Be USAF’s, not NFL’s

Many college football players dream of achieving fame and fortune in the NFL, but Jalen Watts-Jackson, a star defensive back who made the Michigan State University record books, has a different set of goal posts in mind. Watts-Jackson told an MSU athletics blog, Spartan Nation—on the Fourth of July, no less—that he intends instead to […]

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‘Undocumented Immigrant’ Is a Made-Up Term That Ignores the Law

The news media is reporting that an internal email at the Justice Department has reminded its lawyers that the legally correct term they should be using in their briefs is “illegal alien,” not the euphemism “undocumented immigrant.” The Justice Department leadership is correct. Illegal alien is the correct legal term that should be used. “Undocumented […]

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Media Misses: Trump Proves Pundits Wrong

We break down the top media moments this week—and plenty of misses. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. economy is growing at its fastest rate in four years—something the mainstream media suggested was impossible. Plus: Meghan McCain shut down the left’s arguments on socialism on ABC’s “The View”—but not without backlash. Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]

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