Author: Jeremy Beaman
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Majority thinks VP Kamala Harris unprepared to be president: Poll
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A majority of likely voters lack confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris’s readiness to be president, according to a new poll. A survey administered by Convention of States Action and the Trafalgar Group found 58.6% of respondents said they were “not confident at all” that…
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Caitlyn Jenner planning 2022 California governor run if unsuccessful in Newsom recall
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Caitlyn Jenner anticipates running in 2022 should California Gov. Gavin Newsom prevail in his Sept. 14 recall election, saying it’s time to “take him out” of office. “That is the plan,” said the 71-year-old former Olympic decathlete at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas. “Once this…
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Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s assassination: What we know so far
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Haitian authorities are working hard to determine how and why a group of armed “mercenaries” gunned down 53-year-old President Jovenel Moise at his home on Wednesday. Multiple suspects have been arrested in connection to the…
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Judge halts minority-only USDA debt forgiveness program
The Department of Agriculture may not use a farmer’s race or ethnicity as a determinant of his or her eligibility for debt forgiveness, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. Judge Reed O’Connor issued a preliminary injunction to stop the Biden administration from discriminating on account of race or ethnicity in administering a provision of the…
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American Airlines cancels hundreds of flights due to staffing shortages and weather
American Airlines canceled 450 flights over the weekend and is planning more cancellations in an effort to adjust its summer schedule to accommodate a surging number of travelers headed for the skies. Weather and labor shortages were responsible for the need to cancel so much of its weekend schedule, including 122 scheduled flights on Monday,…
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Ruling against baker Jack Phillips a ‘repeat of earlier mistakes,’ attorney says
Counsel for Jack Phillips, the baker whose refusal to bake a cake celebrating a same-sex union led him to the Supreme Court, insisted a Colorado judge’s ruling this week against him was a “repeat of earlier mistakes” made in separate decisions against Phillips that were eventually overturned. District Judge A. Bruce Jones “got fundamental things…
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Masterpiece Cakeshop owner looks to deliver a lesson in American civics
A dessert artist cannot simply appear before the Supreme Court as part of a historic First Amendment rights case and not venture to tell the tale. That’s the impression given off by Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips, who, following his December 2017 appearance before the high court, said he wanted to show people the brilliance…
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‘It’s never the person ordering the cake’: Masterpiece Cakeshop owner details nearly decadelong legal fight
Jack Phillips can’t seem to keep himself out of the courtroom. Over three years after appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop and petitioner in the eponymous case was back in Colorado state court March 22 to participate in a civil trial after an attorney sued him for refusing to bake a custom…
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Judge agrees to pause order vacating national eviction moratorium as DOJ decides to appeal
A federal judge granted a temporary stay as the Justice Department moved to appeal her decision on Wednesday to vacate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national eviction moratorium. D.C. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich ordered the pause on Wednesday hours after ruling the CDC lacks the authority under federal law to authorize such…
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Newsmax apologizes to Dominion executive who sued over 2020 election allegations
Newsmax apologized to an executive at Dominion Voting Systems, one of the companies at the center of former President Donald Trump’s election fraud claims, for airing allegations that he was involved in the manipulation of voting machines used during the 2020 election. The media company, which was among several defendants in a defamation lawsuit filed…