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Family members of violent-crime victims plead for tougher criminal justice policies during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP video: Erik Verduzco).
🇺🇸 HOUSE DEMS UNVEIL UKRAINE BILL—MORE AID, TOUGH SANCTIONS, AND A MESSAGE FOR D.C. Democrats including Greg Meeks, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and Ritchie Torres just rolled out the Ukraine Support Act—a bill packed with military aid, reconstruction funds, and major sanctions on… https://t.co/hs4TgMks5b pic.twitter.com/K6ajEkMHjp — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 14, 2025
GERMANY 🇩🇪 AND FRANCE 🇫🇷 PUSH FOR A MORE AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE TO TRUMP 🇺🇸 TARIFFS – Bloomberg — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) April 3, 2025
Jean-Noel Barrot: “Either the European Commission applies with the greatest firmness the laws that exist to protect our unique space or it does not, and in that case, it should think about giving the capacity to do so back to the member states of the European Union, to France.” Source: RT 🚨FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER: THE …
The measure is aimed in part at making good on a promise from the governor and lawmakers to change the state’s HOA laws following a Colorado Sun investigation last year Colorado homeowners associations will have a tougher time foreclosing on their residents for unpaid debt starting in August. House Bill 1337, signed by Gov. Jared …
Higher Taxes: Labour plans to raise taxes on North Sea oil and gas producers. Specifically, they intend to increase the existing windfall taxes from the current 75% to 78%. This move aims to fund their ‘green prosperity plan’, which includes investments in renewables through a state-owned vehicle called Great British Energy. Ban on New Licenses: Labour has pledged …
Bad news for ‘lazy girl’ employees: A boss who axed 90% of his staff and replaced them with AI says ‘copy and paste’ jobs are done. For Gen Z workers, 2023 has been the year of rejecting hustle culture. First came “quiet quitting,”, and then “loud quitting,” “Bare Minimum Mondays,” and “lazy girl” jobs …
Credit Crunch Alert! Rejection rate for Americans applying for credit – whether it’s a mortgage, new car loan, or a credit card – increased to 21.8%, the highest level since June 2018. Borrowing money is getting tougher, folks! — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) August 2, 2023 https://t.co/KWFwz5TumF — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) August 2, 2023 The …
The climate tards are banning together to get stricter standards for wood burning stoves/heating. The states involved are Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, as well as the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. They allege that the EPA’s current standards aren’t good enough and that even if they …