Pedestrians in Washington pass a “We Are Open” restaurant sign during the Covid-19 outbreak on May 12. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters When it comes to the next coronavirus stimulus package and providing more direct financial aid, the question on the lips of most Americans is, “Will they or won’t they?” …
Read More »Hong Kong National Security Law Protest: 370 Arrested
Protesters sing for five demands during street protests on Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China on July 1, 2020. Tommy Walker | NurPhoto | fake pictures About 370 protesters were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday, 10 of them were detained for violating the new security law just a …
Read More »UK CMA seeks to curb dominance of online advertising from Google and Facebook
The logos of the Facebook and Google applications are displayed on a tablet. Denis Charlet | AFP via Getty Images Britain’s competition regulator has established recommendations for new regulations to address the dominance of Google and Facebook in the online advertising market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on …
Read More »Pence donors helped fund the vice president’s legal defense fund for the Mueller investigation
Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing in the White House Oval Office on May 28, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | fake pictures Many of Vice President Mike Pence’s former donors and allies in the business world helped back a legal fund aimed at helping the Indiana Republican …
Read More »How the momentum of police reforms meets powerful police unions
After the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, advocates of police reform called for the police to be removed, banned from strangleholds, and more effectively punished officers who abuse their power or display racial bias. Before any of those proposed reforms can take effect, lawmakers and department heads would first …
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