The Justice Department today announced that California Auto Finance, a subprime auto lending company based in Orange County, California, has agreed to enter into a court-enforceable consent order to resolve allegations that it illegally repossessed two servicemembers’ cars without court orders while they were on active duty. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against California …
Preventing Iran from getting the capability to manufacture nuclear bombs is obviously high on the list of concerns for the White House, and will be for the foreseeable future. Finding a way to do that is another issue entirely. While pundits from the U.S. often talk about the concept of “spin” in news reports, our …
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has yet to enter the 2020 race for president. Some recent media reports have suggested that his son’s checkered private life could be part of the reason for the Democrat’s hesitation. Hunter Biden, the former VP’s 49-year-old son, would inevitably become campaign fodder if Biden were to join an increasingly …
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Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer assured lawmakers that as part of the service’s efforts to modernize the force, it was moving forward on plans to upgrade and improve the Navy’s public shipyards, during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s seapower subcommittee. 1) The Navy’s four public shipyards: Norfolk Naval Shipyard at Norfolk, Virginia; Portsmouth Naval …
Merkel and Sarkozy, Plotting the protectionism of Germany and France while the rest of Europe is bankrupt A package addressed to Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann was intercepted in Frankfurt, Germany on Wednesday that contained explosives and shrapnel, with a return address of the European Central banks headquarters, which is located just a few blocks away from Deutsche …
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Image: Gary Cohn at World Economic Forum (New York, NY) — President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to appoint Gary D. Cohn as Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council. A renowned business leader, Mr. Cohn will help to both design and coordinate the President-elect’s America …
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A day after seeing William Shatner at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, the next day I got to see “The Illusionists” a spectacular magic show and great family entertainment. Actually, my wife got the tickets for us for my birthday back in February and they happen to fall on this …
A 40-foot Celtic cross sits in the center of a roundabout in Bladensburg, Maryland. On its pedestal are inscribed the names of 49 local boys killed in the First World War. The American Legion seeks motion to intervene in lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 100-year-old Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial. (PRNewsFoto/Liberty Institute) That veterans memorial …
The free-market think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released its conservative list of demands for policymakers on energy and environment issues in the 116th Congress Tuesday. CEI’s list contains ten policy goals to promote accessible and affordable energy by repealing and opposing burdensome regulations, encouraging fossil fuel energy development and cutting subsidies and other market-distorting …
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