Biden to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs as he works to outfox Trump
President Joe Biden is upping the ante in his trade war with China — and with former President Donald Trump. Biden opposed Chinese tariffs during the 2020 election but is now not only matching but exceeding Trump’s tariffs on the world’s second-biggest economy. “The president is taking important enforcement action to raise tariffs in key sectors […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Corporate Media Appears To Just Now Be Learning How Fundraising Works
When we learned that Donald Trump hosted a roundtable at Mar-a-Lago with guests from the oil and gas industry, many traditional media platforms reported that politicians make promises at fundraisers. The news reacted in America as if it had never happened before. Some of the reports reminded me of the famous scene in Casablanca, where […]
Republicans believe college campus chaos works in their favor
On October 7, 2023, a series of pivotal events unfolded that could shape the landscape of the upcoming November election. It was then that Hamas launched a bold and terrifying attack on Israel, sparking a Middle East conflagration that dwarfed the wars of 1967 and 1973. The issue of abortion remains a key factor in […]
Johnson works to turn down House temperature as rebels weigh revolt
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is moving to cool House tensions as a band of hard-line Republicans weigh whether to set in motion an attempt at his ouster. Conservatives are livid with Johnson over a series of bills he put on the floor, most recently foreign aid for Ukraine that a majority of Republicans opposed. Rep. […]
Potential Trump Case Juror Has Son Who Works for a House Democrat
A woman whose son works for a House Democrat said in court that it would not affect her ability to serve as a juror in Trump’s hush-money case and be fair and impartial. When Trump’s lawyer Susan Necheres was asked about her feelings toward former President Donald Trump, she insisted she had “no feelings” toward […]
Suri Cruise celebrates her 18th birthday in rainy NYC as estranged dad Tom works in London
Suri Cruise was photographed celebrating her 18th birthday in New York while her estranged father Tom Cruise was working overseas in London. The birthday girl stepped out in the rain with friends on Thursday, according to photos obtained by Page Six. Suri’s friends chatted while Suri held a pink umbrella over her head. The teenager, […]
Former TikTok Employees Say Company Works Closely with China’s ByteDance Despite Claiming Otherwise
Former TikTok employees reportedly say the app has worked closely with its parent company, Chinese tech giant ByteDance, despite claims to the contrary. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told U.S. lawmakers in January that the app had severed most ties with ByteDance, which is beholden to the Chinese Communist Party, but former employees He said […]
Trump ‘Has Simple-Minded Ideas About How the World Works’
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton told MSNBC’s “Deadline” on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump had “simple ideas about how the world works.” “I think it’s important to understand that he has no philosophy, and this is especially important for Trump’s critics to understand,” Bolton said. He does not think in terms of policy, […]
California $20 wage increases for fast food works to begin Monday
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour starting Monday, but the new law provides additional economic security for a historically low-wage occupation while already A new law is set to come into force that threatens to raise prices in the United States. It is known […]
An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works | Rural Australia
Australia’s first carbon-neutral cattle sale took place this week. On Thursday, 700 Angus breeding cows and heifers raised using carbon-neutral farming methods were slaughtered at a saleyard in the small town of Gloucester, a three-hour drive from Sydney. In theory, the farm sequesters more carbon than the cows emit, so every cow at auction has […]