Will a single European airspace cure air traffic control woes – and cut CO2? | Airline industry
debtOr the air traffic control services that govern Europe’s skies, which have repeatedly emerged as a target of predictable frustration for airlines struggling to balance their stated goals of reducing carbon emissions with carrying ever more passengers and making billions of dollars in profits. Annoyance over years of strikes in Europe that upended peak-season schedules […]
Harris Claims Trump ‘Tried to Cut Medicare Every Year’
The claim: Vice President Kamala Harris argued in a speech on Friday that former President Donald Trump had tried to cut Medicare “every year.” Verdict: False. President Trump did not try to cut Medicare while in office. The Biden-Harris Administration cut Medicare Advantage, which the vast majority of Medicare beneficiaries use over traditional Medicare. In […]
Tren de Aragua gangbanger was cut loose by a Chicago judge before Denver jewelry heist
A member of Venezuela’s notorious Tren de Aragua gang has been released by a Chicago judge despite a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain him, just a month before he is to be indicted in a Dever jewelry store robbery, The Washington Post has learned. Jean Torres Roman was arrested this month for […]
State funds to Dolton cut as embattled ‘supermayor’ Tiffany Henyard tries to reinstate indicted police chief
Tiffany Henyard is accused of extravagant spending that drove the village of Dalton, Illinois, into bankruptcy (photo illustration). (Dalton Village | stylemebrandon – Instagram/Screenshot) The Illinois State Comptroller’s Office has suspended some funding for the village of Dolton after the village failed to turn over financial records, the latest development in an ongoing saga in […]
Housing Supply Booms in Argentina Since Javier Milei Cut Rent Control Law
One of the first acts of liberal President Javier Milley after winning Argentina’s presidential election last November was to repeal the country’s notoriously clumsy and counterproductive rent control. The results are in: rents are plummeting in Argentina as housing supply explodes. Rent control is a policy favored by leftists in the United States and Europe, […]
US to support global goal to cut plastic production
Welcome to the Hill’s Energy and Environment Newsletter {beacon} Energy and Environment Energy and Environment Full text Missouri judge strikes down anti-ESG rule A federal judge has struck down a Missouri rule aimed at limiting the influence that environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies can have on investment advice. Full text Inspector General […]
‘We Have to Cut Ties’ with ‘Dangerous’ Netanyahu Entirely
During Thursday’s MSNBC broadcast of “The ReidOut,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “dangerous” and that “we should cut ties with his administration and no more.” “Vice President Harris has shown compassion and consideration, but I believe a policy shift, a detailed policy shift, is going to be really […]
US weekly job claims fall, boosting case for Fed to cut rates
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, surprising economists and raising hopes that the Federal Reserve will finally start cutting interest rates next month. The Labor Department said new claims for state unemployment insurance fell to a seasonally adjusted 227,000 for the week ended Aug. 10, below the 235,000 […]
July inflation drops below 3% as Fed considers September rate cut
Housing costs remain high, but insurance premiums are finally starting to stabilize. (iStock) Annual inflation fell below 3% in July for the first time in more than three years. Consumer Price Index The Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). On an annualized basis, prices rose 2.9% in July, slowing […]
How to fix, not cut, the Social Security benefits tax
Donald Trump questions why the federal government should tax Social Security benefits. Strictly speaking, this is not a tax on benefits. We already Tax on additional income It is the income that a Social Security recipient earns while receiving their Social Security check. If Social Security is their only source of income, an individual does […]