Tag: Strait of Hormuz

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    Catch Them While You Can: Here’s What House Has to Tackle in Brief Return

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House of Representatives has a short window of time in September to pass its legislative agenda as the midterm elections inch closer. The House will return from August recess on Monday and attempt to pass several pieces of legislation since they will be out of session to campaign ahead of the…
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    Poll: Independents Sour on Country’s Direction Before Midterms

    THE CENTER SQUARE—Most American voters say the country is on the wrong track heading into the midterm elections, and the independent voters who often decide close races are among the most dissatisfied, a new national poll finds. The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found 60% of registered voters say the country is going in the…
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    Venezuela’s Interim President Says US Energy Deal Will Last 25 Years

    CARACAS, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the U.S. would remain in force for 25 years, target an increase in crude output to 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) and preserve the country’s sovereignty over its natural resources. Rodriguez hailed the accord in a…
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    ‘There’s No Portland Exception to the Constitution’: Mom Sues School Over Trans Policies

    A Christian mom asked a court for an emergency order preventing Portland Public Schools from excluding her from her daughter’s school and reversing its policy on keeping gender transitions secret from parents. Portland, Oregon, native Allison Roberts sued her school district earlier this month, alleging retaliation for her free speech in opposition to the school’s…
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    Nick Shirley Rally at California Capitol Ends With Arrest After Clashes Over Newsom-Signed Law

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of people gathered in front of the California Capitol on Wednesday for a rally tied to the so-called “Stop Nick Shirley Act.” Counterprotesters also showed up. Limited clashes between the two sides left three people detained and one person arrested, according to the California Highway Patrol. Assembly Bill 2624 was introduced…
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    Experts on Data Centers, Media Strategy, Research Speak at SPN Meeting

    ORLANDO, Fla.—Attendees of the State Policy Network Annual Meeting held in Orlando, Florida, this week were treated to dozens of informative breakout sessions in which experts spoke on data centers, navigating the media landscape, and the role of research in effecting change, among other topics. While SPN’s meeting featured influential keynote speakers who spoke on…
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    From ‘All In’ to Tap the Brakes: Josh Shapiro Redefines Pennsylvania’s Tech Boom

    HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—In June 2025, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, stood in Berwick and described a new economic horizon for Pennsylvania: Amazon’s plan to invest at least $20 billion in cloud-computing and artificial intelligence campuses across the Commonwealth. “Pennsylvania is competing again—and I’m proud to announce that, with Amazon’s commitment of at least $20 billion…
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    Common Good Versus Stakeholder Capitalism

    Amid the on-going debates about capitalism, it is worthwhile to flesh out some distinctions between common good capitalism and stakeholder capitalism. Let’s start with some definitions. Capitalism is generally associated with free enterprise and free market exchange whereby producers and traders generate profits by providing value to counterparties. It can perhaps most starkly be contrasted…
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    Gearing Up for Back to School

    Across the nation, students and parents are preparing for the beginning of the school year or have just begun the academic calendar year. This time is often chaotic and includes the explosion of the fast-paced schedule of family life. There are assignments to guide our children through for homework as well as back to school…
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    Hasan Piker to Dems: Don’t Quit Me

    Hasan Piker, two weeks ago, delivered this message: “Democrats, listen to me, I know we don’t always see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but you have to literally, at some point—I know you don’t want to do this—defend me. Not because you love what I have to say, not because I’m part…
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  • The Subtle Deception of the LGBTQ Movement’s Legal Strategy Roadmap on Parental Rights

    The LGBTQ+ Bar Association, the largest membership group for LGBTQ+ legal professionals, claimed in a parental rights strategy memo that the Supreme Court has “muddied the doctrinal waters” on the issue. While critics say the opposite is true, the claim hints at the movement’s likely legal strategy. The document seems meant to accompany a panel…
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    Catholic Bishops Sound Alarm Ahead of November Vote

    Virginia’s most populous Catholic diocese is planning a coordinated effort in churches next month, urging parishioners to reject constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage that will appear on the ballot this fall. Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington hosted a webinar for priests and asked them to read a message at Masses on…
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    Mamdani Turns Rikers Murderer Into Victim in Larger Plot to Abolish Prisons

    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demonstrated yet again this week how much of his ideology ultimately leads to mass mercy to the guilty and cruelty to the innocent. On Tuesday, he posted a tribute on X to an unnamed prisoner at the Rikers Island facility. “I am deeply saddened by the death of a…
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    Florida Is the New Ground Zero for Both Political Parties’ Civil Wars

    Florida, you might have heard, is no longer a swing state. Since Ron DeSantis became governor, Republicans have gained nearly 2 million registered voters on Democrats in the Sunshine State. It is an astonishing change in partisanship for the state that famously decided the 2000 presidential election by 537 votes. The outcome of the statewide…
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    National Media Skip Extreme Pro-Abortion Law in Massachusetts

    On Aug. 10, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy. Abortion advocates call it “closing the gaps” in “abortion rights protections.” Abortion foes call it “abortion until birth,” making it legal to dismember fully formed babies, limb from limb. The “mainstream” media called it nothing. You couldn’t find…
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    Why Hasan Piker Mocks the Murdered Charlie Kirk

    Hasan Piker is deeply envious of Charlie Kirk. The hard-left influencer debated Kirk in 2017 and was set to do so again before Kirk was murdered last year. Yet now Piker is going around mocking Kirk’s assassination, leading a crowd last weekend, during his live podcast tour, in a sarcastic singalong of an AI-generated song…
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    Hunter Biden’s Lawyer: DOJ Would Not Have Prosecuted Without Pressure From IRS Whistleblowers

    Hunter Biden’s lawyer asserted that the Justice Department was on the cusp of a “non-prosecution resolution” with his client had it not been for the two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers. IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler had alleged the Justice Department slow-walked the probe of the 46th president’s son. Shortly after going public with…
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    Buried NIH Trans Report Did DEI Search for ‘Youth of Color’ and Males for Study

    Researchers examining the effects of puberty blockers and transgender hormones for ages 8 through 20 set a goal of enrolling “additional youth of color” and more “assigned male at birth” participants for a taxpayer-funded study. This is because the participants getting these treatments skewed overwhelmingly white, as well as toward a majority of young females…
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    Trump Admin Links Jane’s Revenge to Foreign Network Supporting Antifa Violence

    An Italy-based organization provided key infrastructure for violent leftist movements in the U.S., including Antifa and Jane’s Revenge, the Trump administration announced this week. The State Department and the Treasury Department exposed how Autistici/Inventati, also referred to as the A/I Collective, provided key online services for Rose City Antifa in Portland, the Stop Cop City…
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    Virginia Farmers Struggle Amid Drought

    The state’s Drought Monitoring Task Force lifted its advisory for most of Southwest Virginia, including Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, and Wise counties, as well as the cities of Bristol and Norton. It’s the first time since April 16 that any portion of the Commonwealth has been listed as having a “normal”…
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