House Republicans claimed a victory Wednesday after a vote to support the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency passed by an overwhelming majority. Taken 244-35, the nonbinding resolution was an exercise designed to embarrass. As NPR and POLITICO report, few expected Democrats to take up arms overtly. Even as liberals continue to berate ICE and
Part of Michigan State University’s massive $500 million settlement with the victims of former physician Larry Nassar includes a provision that’d stop the state legislature from passing related reforms on sexual assault. MLive.com indicates that previous reports had suggested that the victims themselves would be prevented from lobbying for reform. In reality, the settlement documents
Imprisoned Minnesota Murderer is Running for Office…Again
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Earlier this week, Defense Distributed and the company’s owner, Cody Wilson, got the go-ahead to continue publishing “designs and other technical files” for 3D printed guns after the U.S. Department of State agreed to “waive its prior restraint order against Wilson and Defense Distributed.” The decision also brings an end to a lawsuit that Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) filed in 2015 over the restraint order.
If you’re a fan of spam, listen up. Hormel Food Corp., based in Fremont, NE, just issued a recall of “approximately 228,614 pounds of canned pork and chicken products” over concerns that the products may be contaminated with chunks of metal and other foreign matter. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the issue was discovered after the company “received four consumer complaints stating that metal objects were found in the canned products.” FSIS was later notified of the issue on May 25, 2018.
Free Market Founders Battling it Out in Court
Missouri’s Struggle with Opioid Addiction Detailed in New Report
Officials from the Trump administration are trying to block the so-called ‘Climate Kids’ lawsuit from moving forward. Entitled Juliana v. United States, the suit assumes that the United States and its government is responsible for man-made climate change. KOIN.com notes that, importantly, the plaintiffs aren’t arguing that fault stems from a failure to act—rather, the
A Wednesday report from POLITICO suggests that the costs of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy may be more than just moral. The Department of Health and Human Services, charged with overseeing detained migrants and youth, has ‘quietly dipped into tens of millions of dollars to pay’ for consequences of stringent border security. Since May, the