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Chase Bank to discontinue Chase Pay from merchant apps and websites
March 9th, 20210 Chase Bank is discontinuing its Chase Pay digital wallet service at the end of March, the company announced on its website. The option to pay through Chase Pay will...
CDC: Vaccinated people can socialize without masks, distancing
March 8th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced new guidelines that say people who are fully vaccinated — meaning two weeks after they...
$1,400 checks will start to go out this month
March 7th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden said on Saturday that the U.S. Senate passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill means that $1,400 payments to most......
Biden is on the verge of making the same dangerous mistakes as his predecessors
March 7th, 20210 By Frank Giustra and Andrew Bacevich If the escalating tensions between the United States and China aren't causing you concern yet, you've not been paying...
Study: Michigan car ownership is the most expensive in the nation
March 6th, 20212 A new study reveals that Michigan is the most expensive state in which to own a car. Michigan residents pay $9,304 annually. They spend $2.37 per gallon of gas, drive an......
Activist wins defamation suit brought against her by Israeli soldier over FB post
March 5th, 20212 CALIFORNIA — Palestinian activist Suhair Nafal has won a defamation lawsuit brought against her by a former Israeli soldier who claimed Nafal’s Facebook post...
Delta employee tells man who missed flight he may have been flagged due to his Muslim name
March 5th, 20211 ST. LOUIS, MO — The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported this week an incident involving a Muslim man who says a Delta Air Lines employee told him he may have missed his......
Senate delays debate on Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill while it is read aloud
March 5th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to take up President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, but put off the start of a contentious debate...
Fewer people will receive full $1,400 payments under Senate, Biden deal
March 3rd, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Under a deal struck with President Biden, Senate Democrats plan to give $1,400 direct payments to fewer Americans, as part of the government's......
Biden’s foreign policy: No joy in Mudville
March 3rd, 20210 By Thomas L. Knapp Well, at least he hasn't started any NEW wars! For four years, that was the excuse I got from anti-war Donald Trump supporters every time he...
Biden, Dems, hide behind Senate rules to abandon $15 minimum wage
March 2nd, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Democratic party has effectively abandoned a push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of President Biden’s coronavirus......
Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine could be in arms within two days
March 1st, 20210 Eligible Americans can expect a shot of the new single-dose Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine in their arms in the next day or two, the company’s CEO...
Tlaib reintroduces legislation to end discrimination in car insurance rates
February 28th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A proposed legislation would end the car insurance industry’s practice of setting higher rates based on income, credit score, education levels......
Science puts into question return to in-person learning, despite Democratic push
February 27th, 20210 A study conducted in elementary schools in a Georgia school district shows mask use and social distancing are sometimes inadequate in controlling the spread of the virus...
House Dems pass $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, including $1400 direct payments
February 27th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Democratic controlled House passed a sweeping COVID-19 relief bill early Saturday, by a mostly party-line 219 to 212 vote, and sent it on to the......
Pentagon: U.S. carries out airstrikes against Iraqi militia facilities in eastern Syria
February 26th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, President Biden ordered U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria, on the border with Iraq, against facilities belonging to what the...
Vaccines begin showing results, new COVID-19 cases decline and flatten
February 26th, 20210 With a third COVID-19 vaccine around the corner, current vaccination efforts have already begun proving effective in curbing the pandemic in the U.S. and the world. A......
D.C. Police chief: Trump supporters want to “blow up” Capitol at State of the Union
February 25th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in D.C. testified this week that Trump supporters want to “blow up” the building and kill “as...
Dingell, dozens of law makers ask Biden for more transparency on U.S. involvement in Yemen war
February 25th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) is joining dozens of lawmakers in urging transparency from the Biden administration regarding U.S.......
U.S. Senate confirms former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as secretary of energy
February 25th, 20210 WASHINGTON D.C. — In a vote of 64-35, the Senate confirmed former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to be secretary of energy. Granholm was President Biden’s...
U.S. Supreme Court paves way for release of Trump’s tax returns
February 22nd, 20210 NEW YORK — Donald Trump suffered a major setback on Monday in his long quest to conceal details of his finances as the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a New York......
Yemenis in the San Joaquin Valley: The embodiment of pride, duty and loyalty
February 22nd, 20210 By Nikhil Misra-Bhambri Most visitors to California, “The Golden State”, are unfamiliar with the large swath of barren farmland covering the state’s entire...
Peters, others, call on postmaster general to restore on-time mail delivery
February 19th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is leading 33 of his colleagues to press the......
