by Shawn Meehan | Sep 25, 2021 | News
Thousands of Americans are seeking religious exemptions to vaccine mandates. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, U.S. employers are required to accommodate their employee’s “sincerely held” religious beliefs — including...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 22, 2021 | News
The highest-ranking Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee slammed Democrats’ massive trillion-dollar budget reconciliation package, arguing it raises taxes on working class Americans. Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady said the $3.5 trillion...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 22, 2021 | News
House Democrats will remove a provision replenishing Israel’s Iron Dome defense system from their government funding bill after progressives objected to it, even though the bill has no chance of passing the Senate regardless. Democrats unveiled the bill earlier...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 22, 2021 | News
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the powerful organization that oversees Middle Eastern oil production, blamed high gasoline prices on the shift toward renewable energy worldwide. “I have talked about a new premium that is emerging in the...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 18, 2021 | News
The U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate fell to 5.2%, according to Department of Labor data released Friday. Economists projected 720,000 Americans would be added to payrolls prior to Friday’s report, The Wall Street Journal reported....
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 18, 2021 | News
Facebook is aware that Instagram, an image-sharing social media platform it owns, has harmful effects on the self-esteem of teen girls, according to leaked research seen by The Wall Street Journal. Internal research, documents and research reportedly show that...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 14, 2021 | News
The Biden administration will offer nearly $500 million dollars to hundreds of aircraft manufacturing companies, the Department of Transportation announced Monday. The $482.3 million in funding will be awarded to 313 U.S. companies based in 37 states and Puerto Rico,...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 14, 2021 | News
The White House contacted union presidents in the lead up to President Joe Biden’s announcement of new vaccine mandates that could affect 100 million people, the Associated Press reported. Labor unions, an important group within the Democratic Party, are split on...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 13, 2021 | News
“To reason with governments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected.” – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man The Age of Enlightenment or the “Age of Reason” was the intellectual...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 13, 2021 | News
The Department of Defense Inspector General’s office will review how Afghan evacuees were vetted before leaving their country and upon arrival in the U.S. The evaluation will look into the biometric screening process, the handling of individuals flagged as “security...
