Monthly Archives: January 2023
NIH Spends Millions on Equity, LGBT Issues Instead of Researching Cures
(The Center Square) Congress’ recent $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill increased the budget for medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health to...
Airlines Back More Spending, Staff to Fix Failed FAA System
(AP) Airline executives bristled last year when government officials, led by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, blamed the carriers for causing thousands of flight cancellations...
Yellen Tells Congress US Expected to Hit Debt Limit Thursday
(AP) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then...
Texas Medical Schools Sued for Being Racist and Sexist against White Men
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) America First Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of a would-be medical student against six Texas medical schools for implementing...
Real Wages Fall as Rent and Food Prices Keep Rising
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute) The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new price inflation data... and according to the report, price inflation during...
Report: IRS Delays Made Taxpayers Experience ‘More Misery in 2022’
(The Center Square) Millions of taxpayers were left in limbo as the Internal Revenue Service delayed payouts of refunds for months due to an...
US to Max Out on Debt Soon, Setting Up Political Fight
(AP) The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority as soon as this month, starting the clock...
Cops Hunt for Suspect in Triple Stabbing at McDonald’s
(Daily Mail) Police in Maryland are searching for a suspect who stabbed three men in a McDonald's...
The three individuals were getting breakfast in Silver Spring at...
Innocence Doesn’t Matter When the Government Wants to Steal Your Money
(Joe Setyon, American Institute for Economic Research) There’s a fault line permeating America’s criminal justice system—a built-in defect that the government can use to...
Report: Oil Price Cap Takes Small Slice of Russia’s Revenue
(AP) A price cap and European Union embargo on most Russian oil have cut into Moscow's revenue from fossil fuels, but the Kremlin is...
