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The facts of the so-called fertility crisis are well publicized: Birth rates in the United States have been trending down for nearly two decades, and other wealthy countries are experiencing the same. Among those proposing solutions to reverse the trend, the conventional wisdom goes that if only the government were to offer more financial support to parents, birth rates would start ticking up again.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland dodged an inherent contempt resolution after four Republicans locked arms with Democrats to oppose the effort. The House of Representatives voted against holding Garland in inherent contempt, 209 to 207. The House, in June, held Garland in contempt after he refused to turn over audio recordings of Special Counsel Robert […]
Sheinbaum’s landslide victory is thanks to her commitment to continue policies that put the interests of the working class first. Ad Policy Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president-elect, announces her cabinet picks at the Interactive Museum of Economics in Mexico City on June 20, 2024.(Gerardo Vieyra / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Mexican voters gave an undisputable mandate […]
Add in political gadflies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West and you have a clear recipe for a Trump win. Real Clear Politics is giving Kennedy about 16 percent and West nearly 4. That gives Trump a 39-32 lead over Biden. That would produce one of two outcomes. First, a narrow Trump Electoral College […]