Giorno: 8 Maggio 2023

White House press secretary slips up and says US averages 1 shooting a week, after saying more than 1 per day

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a press briefing on Monday that the U.S. has averaged more than one mass shooting per day since the start of 2023, before later saying the country averages one per week. At the top of the White House press briefing on Monday, Jean-Pierre told reporters that May […]

Princeton Review, Tutor.com Sold to Chinese Private-Equity Firm

Test-prep company Princeton Review and online tutoring platform Tutor.com have been sold to Chinese private-equity firm Primavera Capital Group, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Trump Touts Bud Light Boycott Success in Weekend Post

Former President Donald Trump praised the recent boycott of beer maker Anheuser-Busch for using transgender personality Dylan Mulvaney in an advertising promotion for its Bud Light brand, saying in a social media post this weekend that “money does talk.”

Republicans urge investigation into Biden’s ‘mismanagement’ of emergency oil stocks

Republican leaders on Senate and House committees with oversight of federal energy policies are requesting a watchdog investigation into the Biden administration’s depletion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The lawmakers – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member John Barrasso, R-Wyo. – […]

North Dakota bill letting teachers ignore pronouns becomes law

North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill into law that allows public school teachers and state government employees to ignore the pronouns their transgender students and colleagues use, the governor’s office announced Monday. The new law also requires teachers to tell a parent or legal guardian if the student identifies as transgender. […]

Source: Army Booted Alleged Mall Gunman Over Mental Health

The man accused of killing eight people and wounding several others in a mass shooting at a suburban Dallas shopping mall was discharged from the Army in 2008 because of mental health issues and apparently had been working as a security guard, according to neighbors and an…

Census Bureau suggests ‘significant’ number of noncitizens missed in 2020 tally

New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation suggests a significant number of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 census, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried but failed to prevent people in the country illegally from being tallied. A simulated head count by the statistical agency utilized 31 types of administrative […]

Pandemic-Era Eviction Bans Linger in California

Several cities in California with high housing costs are still enforcing eviction bans enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, even though the national public health emergency is expiring Thursday.

Mexico: Smugglers Using Title 42 Expiration to Lure Migrants

The Mexican government warned last week that human traffickers are already preparing for the imminent expiration of U.S. Code Title 42 Section 265 expulsions on Thursday.

Disney Expands Lawsuit Against DeSantis, Florida

The Walt Disney Co. amended its federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, adding claims that the Republican governor and GOP-led legislature have worked to cancel development contracts between the city of Orlando and the entertainment giant.