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Intel plans US building spree with $20B federal CHIPS subsidies

In “The Claman Countdown,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger details how $8.5 billion from CHIPS and the Science Act will be used for four projects, including a factory in Ohio. Semiconductor giant Intel announced Wednesday that it will receive approximately $20 billion in federal grants under the CHIPS and Science Act to advance semiconductor manufacturing projects […]

NAACP calls for federal probe into police shooting of unarmed Black man in Pittsburgh

The NAACP is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the death of Jim Rogers, a 54-year-old Black man who died in an October 2021 incident with a Pittsburgh police officer. Mr Rogers died a day after police officer Keith Edmonds shocked him repeatedly with a Taser. “Jim Rogers deserves better, and black Americans deserve […]

Illegal aliens have constitutional right to carry gun: Federal judge

A federal judge in Illinois has declared unconstitutional a federal law that prohibits illegal aliens from possessing firearms. In June 2020, Heriberto Carvajal-Floresis in the United States illegally and was arrested in Chicago for possessing a handgun, in violation of Title 18 of the U.S. Penal Code, which prohibits possession of firearms and ammunition by […]

Trump officially asks Supreme Court to dismiss federal Jan. 6 indictment

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that a federal indictment accusing him of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results and remain in power despite losing to Joe Biden requested that it be dismissed. Attorney John Sauer said in a 67-page brief filed ahead of oral arguments scheduled for April […]

Progressives call on Federal Reserve to lower interest rates

Nearly two dozen progressive Democrats in both houses of Congress have called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates at a meeting scheduled for this week. Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday joined Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and more than 20 House Democrats to say no more. He argued that […]