This is the second in a six-part series on “two years and counting” for the coronavirus. The federal government’s compensation fund for people who say they have been injured by a COVID-19 vaccine lists more than 5,600 claims, includin…
Author: Kery Murakami
Whole Foods protests federal rules allowing workers to wear Black Lives Matter mask
Whole Foods Markets says the National Labor Relations Board of trampling its constitutional rights by trying to force the company to let employees wear “Black Lives Matter” masks at work. The independent federal agency accused the high-end supermarket …
Conservatives warn of dangers in medical associations’ woke advice on how to talk about race
An attempt by the American Medical Association to get healthcare workers to use “racially-equitable” language is being assailed as unethical and potentially dangerous. Several conservative researchers and lawmakers with ties to the medical …
Democrats end the year empty-handed on racial justice but won’t call it a loss
Congressional Democrats are ending 2021 without delivering on a promised racial justice agenda but refuse to concede defeat, and instead told Black voters that they will keep trying next year. Democratic lawmakers, who promised an overhaul of policing …
Biden extends pause on student loan payments until May
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday a pause in student loan repayments for at least another three months for roughly 41 million Americans. The repayments, which were suspended last year as part of COVID-19 relief, were set to resume on Jan….
Biden considers extending break from repaying student loans
The Biden administration is considering whether to continue excusing about 40 million Americans from making payments on their student loans during the pandemic, an Education Department spokeswoman confirmed to The Washington Times. The department will …
Biden on green group’s naughty list, gets taunted for ‘Oily Christmas’
An environmental group isn’t feeling much holiday cheer toward President Biden. Friends of the Earth has plastered downtown Washington and Capitol Hill neighborhoods with posters depicting Mr. Biden as Ebenezer Scrooge holding a wad of cash. Envi…
Sen. Warren accuses supermarket chains, execs of profiting from inflation
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday accused three supermarket chains of cashing in on rising grocery prices to give huge payouts to top executives and shareholders. The far-left Massachusetts Democrat wrote to the CEOs of Kroger, Alberston and Publix sayin…
Biden’s big bill cuts hospital funds for poor in red states, shifts money to Obamacare
President Biden plans to pay for some of the massive spending in his social welfare and climate bill by cutting billions of dollars from hospitals in Republican-led states. The plan punishes the 12 red states that haven’t expanded Medicaid by slashing …
Democrats offer plan to free more prisoners by overhauling presidential clemency process
Democratic lawmakers on Friday proposed changes to presidential clemencies that would help release more people from federal prison. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts Democrat, said the Justice Department is notoriously slow in reviewing requests and …