Category: Policies & Impacts

Experts Warn Private Real Estate Deals Offer Low-Income Homebuyers False Hope

Many aspiring homeowners see a land contract as the answer to their prayers, but mortgage experts and lawyers say they almost always result in financial calamity. “Land contracts and leases with option to buy are both costly and destructive detours that diminish the likelihood that consumers entering these contracts will ever own a home,” said…


Texas Law Saved Nearly 10,000 Babies From Abortion Over 9-month Period, Study Shows

Nearly 10,000 additional babies were born in Texas over a nine-month period following the state’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The peer-reviewed analysis, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, evaluated the number of live births versus the expected…


Trump’s Tough ‘Vibes’ Kept More Order on the Border: Journalist

Former President Donald J. Trump was famous for talking tough about illegal immigration. In fact, his reputation as an enforcer appears to have resonated south of the Rio Grande. “Trump’s tough-on-the-border rhetoric makes its way down to Mexico and Central America, and it drives people’s decisions. They know it’s going to be a less welcoming…


Biden’s Pick for Top US General Grilled About Memo Seeking Racial Quotas in Air Force Recruiting

President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the United States armed services co-authored an August 2022 memo that stipulated preferred racial quotas for Air Force recruiting efforts—spurring criticism from several Republican senators during a July 11 confirmation hearing. Also touched on at the meeting were military challenges posed by China and Russia—among others—but festered on conservative…


GOP Bill Would Penalize States That Allow Noncitizens to Vote in State, Local Elections

Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to strengthen election integrity and boost voter confidence in American elections by implementing measures like requiring voter ID in some cases and ensuring that only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) introduced the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act on Monday. The legislation…


Supreme Court Justices Warn New York Not to Use Race Again to Ration Medical Treatment

Two conservative Supreme Court justices warned New York officials that if they try again to ration health care based on the patient’s race—as they did with COVID-19 treatments in 2021—they will vote to take a case challenging the policy on an emergency basis. The comments came in a statement Justice Samuel Alito filed when the…


House Republicans Call for Defunding Mayorkas’s Salary Over Border Crisis

House Republicans are contemplating legislation that would eliminate Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s salary in response to mistrust over the failure to enforce the U.S. southern border. Republican legislators are now insisting that Mr. Mayorkas’s salary be part of the impending government funding dispute. Among those Republicans is Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who said in a…


Major Automakers React Negatively to EPA’s ‘Overly Optimistic’ Electric Vehicle Push

Multinational carmakers Stellantis and Toyota criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “extreme” plans to promote vehicle electrification, which they warn is unrealistic and gives rise to a host of issues, including an increase in mining. On April 12, the EPA announced new rules aimed at cutting down greenhouse gasses and other pollutants in motor…


Major Automakers Criticize EPA’s ‘Extreme’ Electric Vehicle Push

Multinational carmakers Stellantis and Toyota criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “overly optimistic” plans to promote vehicle electrification, which they warn is unrealistic and gives rise to a host of issues, including an increase in mining. On April 12, the EPA announced new rules aimed at cutting down greenhouse gasses and other pollutants in…


Child Sex Trafficking Is Not a Conspiracy: Former FBI Agent Marc Ruskin

The movie “Sound of Freedom” is topping the box office in the United States. The independent film from Angel Studios is even beating Indiana Jones. Yet establishment news outlets are now attacking the film. Why? The movie is a dramatic story of exposing global child sex trafficking, and legacy news media are claiming this is…