California faces potential record heatwave as wildfires burn 1.5M acres
Firefighters in California on Wednesday battled to contain wildfires burning in the northern part of the state ahead of an oncoming heatwave.
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CBO warns Social Security, Medicare and Highway Trust Funds will be ‘exhausted’ within 10 years
The balances in three federal trust funds – Social Security, Medicare and the Highway Trust Fund – will be “exhausted within the next 10 years” without congressional action, the Congressional Budget Office warned Wednesday.
CBO: Deficit will hit $3.3 trillion this year, debt will exceed size of economy by 2021
The deficit is projected to hit a record $3.3 trillion this year, and the national debt will exceed the size of the U.S. economy by 2021, according to a Congressional Budget Office report published Wednesday.
Trump orders review to redirect federal funds from cities ‘that permit anarchy’
President Trump signed a memo that initiates a process to defund large cities that permit “anarchy.”
Federal agencies launch investigation into “left-wing” unrest in Democrat-run cities
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice are starting a joint investigation into what the president called “left-wing civil unrest” in “Democrat-run cities,” VOA News reports. Trump added that over 200 people have now been arrested by federal agencies, including 100 in Portland, Oregon alone.
Biden Now Endorses Law and Order for Riot-Plagued Cities, Questions Mount Over Who’s Funding It All
With his numbers starting to sag in the polls, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden looks to be trying to reinvent himself as the kinder, gentler, law and order candidate.
Trump Wins Delay in Handover of Tax Returns to Manhattan Prosecutor
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday granted President Donald Trump’s request to delay Manhattan’s district attorney from accessing his tax returns in connection with a criminal probe of his business practices.
Apple, Google build coronavirus-tracing technology directly into phones
Apple and Google are trying to get more U.S. states to adopt their phone-based approach for tracing and curbing the spread of the coronavirus by building more of the necessary technology directly into phone software.
‘No Tolerance for Anarchy’: Trump Visits Kenosha, Blames Media for Spike in Violence Nationwide
President Donald Trump traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin Tuesday in the wake of the violent protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Sheriffs reject Gov. Kate Brown’s plan to curb Portland violence
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s plan to calm violence in Portland is falling apart after two neighboring sheriffs said they won’t supply personnel to help out, saying the answer isn’t more police but rather a get-tough policy of charging and prosecuting rioters.
Kenosha mayor lauds ‘extremely helpful’ National Guard in quelling violence
The Democratic mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin, lauded the National Guard for helping quell violence seen in the city since the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Trump: ‘The Only Path to Unity’ Begins With ‘Patriotic Education’
“The left’s war on police, faith, history, and American values is tearing our country apart, which is what they want,” President Donald Trump warned on Monday.
FBI-Chicago warns that gang cabal may be targeting police officers
A federal intelligence alert obtained by the ABC7 I-Team has gone out to Chicago-area law enforcement with an ominous warning: nearly three dozen cold-blooded street gangs “have formed a pact to ‘shoot on-sight any cop that has a weapon drawn on any subject in public’.”
DHS to Portland Mayor: ‘Your Inaction’ Has ‘Fueled Senseless Violence and Destruction Night After Night’
In a letter to Portland’s Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler — who has blamed President Trump for the riots and violence in his city — Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf states that Wheeler’s failure to take action against the radical activists “has fostered an environment that has fueled senseless violence and destruction.”
WHO Special Envoy Heaps Praise on Sweden’s Covid Strategy
One of the World Health Organization’s six special envoys on Covid-19 has highlighted Sweden’s virus response as a model that other countries should be emulating in the long run.
Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots
A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth. And he knows this because he’s been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades.
98% of Americans who prefer socialism over capitalism reject ‘biblical worldview’: survey
A full 98% of Americans who hold socialist beliefs reject a “biblical worldview” while a strong majority of those who subscribe to biblical beliefs support conservative policies, according to data released by a research group headed by noted evangelical pollster George Barna.
Forty-four different cities: Majority of people arrested during Kenosha protests from out of town
A majority of the people who were arrested last week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, were from out of town.
Trump visits areas hit by Cat. 4 Hurricane Laura that killed 16, left 650K without power
President Donald Trump on Saturday assured Texas and Louisiana that the federal government “will take care of you” as he toured areas hit by Category 4 Hurricane Laura, which killed at least 16 people and left more than 650,000 without power.
39 missing Georgia children found during “Operation Not Forgotten”
Thirty-nine missing children from the state of Georgia have just been found, the US Marshals Service (USMS) confirmed Thursday. Nine people were arrested as the two-week long multi-agency “Operation Not Forgotten” rescued 26 children and ensured 13 others were in safe locations, Just the News reported.