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The president of Guatemala said that the White House had not contacted him about the migrant crisis since he had a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris in June. President Alejandro Giammattei made the comments in an interview with John Roberts of Fox News. “Other than your meeting with Kamala Harris in June?” asked Roberts who appeared shocked. “That is the only one," replied Giammattei. “That is the only communication you’ve had with the Biden Administration about illegal immigration?” asked Roberts. “Yep," Giammattei replied. Roberts asked him if he thought that was odd, and Giammattei admitted that he had spoken...

With the passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, federal construction projects just received a massive infusion of taxpayer money. And, because of the high cost of building infrastructure in America, even small additions or repair jobs on roads and bridges can cost taxpayers dearly. These costs have skyrocketed over the past few decades. A team of Brown University and New York Federal Reserve Bank researchers found that the cost of constructing a, “lane mile of infrastructure increased five-fold” between 1990 and 2008, and costs have increased even more in the 13 years since the end of that period. And...

U.S. coal miners, who have already benefited from rising demand from utilities this year, are in for at least another year of strong sales and cash flows.. Much higher natural gas prices are making more power generators switch to coal.. Annual U.S. coal-fired electricity generation is set to rise this year for the first time since 2014.. ... coal is making a comeback this year as high natural gas prices incentivize more coal use in electricity generation. .. U.S. coal miners, who have already benefited from rising demand from utilities ... Annual U.S. coal-fired electricity generation is set to rise...

New York Attorney General Leticia James announced on Thursday that she is suspending her campaign for governor. "I have come to the conclusion that I must continue my work as attorney general," James said on Twitter, adding that she would instead run for re-election. "There are a number of important investigations and cases that are underway, and I intend to finish the job," she wrote.

Seventy-two senators and 302 members of the House of Representatives cashed a check from the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the 2020 election The analysis includes contributions made directly to candidates’ election committees as well as to PACs affiliated with individual candidates. For example, data visualizations include pharmaceutical contributions to the campaign committee of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and to the Believe in America PAC, a separate, Romney-affiliated campaign group. Contributions to both organizations are attributed to Romney.Several top Republicans, like Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) — the GOP leaders of the Senate and House, respectively —...

In the summer of 1561, Spanish explorers abducted a Powhatan Indian youth from the Chesapeake Bay tidewater region and brought him to the royal court of Spain. The kidnapping set off a chain of events that would alter the course of American colonial history. The abduction itself wasn’t unusual, since the Spanish in America often trained Native youth to serve as interpreters, or pressed them for information about local peoples and perhaps the whereabouts of gold or silver. But “Paquiquineo,” as Spanish officials rendered the young man’s name later that year, would in time re-emerge as Opechancanough, the most formidable...

Dr. Oz is running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Mehmet Oz, cardiothoracic surgeon, author and television personality, checks all the right boxes on limited government, energy independence, capitalism, the Constitution and free markets for better health care, as he told Fox's Sean Hannity last week. What’s not to like?

HONG KONG – China’s government has gone on the counteroffensive against the United States’ Summit for Democracy in a propaganda campaign replete with newspaper articles, a white paper, a video documentary and doctored images to promote so-called Chinese-style democracy. US President Joe Biden announced in August he would bring together leaders from a diverse group of the world’s democracies at a virtual Summit for Democracy, to be held on December 9-10 and to be followed in roughly a year’s time by a second, in-person Summit. On Saturday, the Communist Party of China (CPC) launched its first salvo against the Summit...

"I believe the plan is for Biden to nominate his wife Jill Biden to replace Kamala as vice president, and then succeed him as president, becoming the first female president in our history. In fact, I think the plan all along was for Jill to run for president in Joe’s place in 2024. However, last month’s election calamity has forced the Dem leadership to move up the timetable. The plan to oust Kamala has been in place for many months. With one or both houses of Congress likely to flip red, Dems must act post-haste."

Source: Credit Perdue for SenateThis 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election is shaping up to be a rough one for Republicans. Democrat Stacey Abrams is opposing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, possibly as a steppingstone to the White House. Former Sen. David Perdue, citing concern that Kemp can't beat Abrams, is running against Kemp in the Republican primary. Former President Donald Trump endorsed Perdue this week, leading to neck-and-neck poll results for the contest between Kemp and Perdue. Both are already running ads that focus on stopping Abrams. Kemp defeated Abrams in the general election in 2018, but Abrams did not concede --...

Remember when NBC News senior business correspondent Stephanie Ruhle tried to claim Americans could afford inflation and were just bellyaching? Well, her company’s sister network doesn’t appear to agree. Ruhle claimed during the Nov. 14 edition of NBC’s Sunday Today that “the dirty little secret here, Willie [Geist], while nobody likes to pay more, on average we have the money to do so.” That's easy for her to say, since her net worth currently sits at $6 million, according to Market Realist. Her condescending comments came just after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that inflation hit a 30-year high...

OK - here is a story very few people outside the Middle East can even fathom.... where the story of the movie is even better than the movie itself! It is difficult to count the number of items in the Palestinian media in the last day around the issue of the film "Amira", a film that is expected to represent Jordan in the Oscar competition. The movie plot is about a Palestinian security prisoner in Israel who smuggles his semen to his wife. To the chagrin of the Palestinians, the movie tells how a naughty "Israeli Zionist officer," replaced the...

October-December, 2021 (Mixed cities: Lod, Acre, etc.) Oct-Dec 2021: Epidemic of racist Arab Islamic anti-Jewish attacks inside Israel: marking Jews' homes, swastikas, arson, rock throwing, beatings... Israeli security too overwhelmed w violence from Arab-Muslim sector against Jews - less time left to its racist motives. _______"Police not at the incident": Knesset discusses violent crime against Jews Knesset members from right and left discussed escalation in violence, incitement and protection against Jews since the Guardian of Walls riots By Atara German --- 08/12/2021 ... The conference was attended by many Knesset members from right and left, including Bezalel Smutrich and Shlomo...

Colorado regulators will kick off a series of hearings Wednesday that could determine how the state’s largest utility generates its energy in the coming decades — and how much it will contribute to global warming. Xcel Energy, which supplies electricity to 1.5 million people across Colorado, announced plans to phase out its remaining coal plants earlier this year and instead rely more on natural gas, renewable energy, and emerging technology such as hydrogen power. The utility’s plans came as the state, pushed by activists and environmental groups, set a goal to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by half of its...

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Punishing success is not a path to a better America. Legislation seeking to attack ‘Big Tech’ recently introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) in the Senate and Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) in the House has little to do with regulatory policy to protect competitive markets and everything to do with punishing success. The bills are playing on populist sentiment in both parties to change the behavior of big successful companies. If a version of this legislation is passed, it will make the Internet more difficult to use and will diminish competition. Using government power to break up companies merely because...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — On the final day of the Josh Duggar child pornography trial, the jury found Duggar guilty on both charges of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Duggar, 33, faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 for each count. Judge Timothy Brooks announced that sentencing will happen at a later date, which has not been set. Closing arguments began the morning of Dec. 8 and the verdict was reached on Dec. 9 after two days of deliberation. The trial lasted six days and saw two witnesses called for...

A new poll should ring alarm bells in the White House after showing Americans don’t want President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket in 2024. The new poll, from I&I/TIPP, asked respondents who they wanted to run in 2024, and just 22% said they wanted Biden, while 12% said they wanted Harris. But, the Boston Herald pointed out, there is some good news for the administration, since “no favorite has emerged among the large field of potential challengers to run against Biden in the 2024 primaries.” The latest poll comes on the heels...

Democrats have been increasing their preference of socialism over capitalism in recent years, according to a recent Gallup survey released Monday. Both Republicans and Democrats have positive views of capitalism, though it is rated higher by Republicans, according to the survey. In the 2021 survey, 72% of Republicans and 52% of Democrats said they have a positive image of capitalism. That is about the norm since 2010.

New York's attorney general is seeking a deposition from former President Trump as part of an investigation into alleged fraud within the Trump Organization. The Washington Post, citing sources close to the investigation, reported on Thursday that New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) will ask to interview Trump and take his testimony at her office in Albany on Jan. 7. James and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office are investigating whether Trump lowered property values on his forms for tax agents but raised them to look better for financial lenders.