“Don’t California my Texas” is a popular saying that captures the wariness that many in the Lone Star State feel toward the coastal liberal bastion — and in its mudslinging Senate race both candidates are using “Californian” as a pejorative. “[Republican Texas Attorney General] Ken Paxton clearly misses his old home in California,” an account…
A European politician lectured “American journalists” and “influencers” on climate change after some had pointed out her country’s relative lack of air conditioning. Paris Deputy Mayor Audrey Pulvar, herself a journalist, wrote in a Friday post to Instagram that Americans “bear a significant responsibility” for the “consequences” of global warming, days after the French capital…
The Supreme Court accepted Second Amendment cases Tuesday involving a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms. The justices granted writs of certiorari in Viramontes v. Cook County, Illinois and Grant v. Higgins, involving bans imposed by Cook County, Illinois, (which includes Chicago) and Connecticut, consolidating the cases for hearing in its term starting in October. Pro-Second…
Nobel laureate and economist Paul Krugman suggested during a recent interview that certain tariffs on Chinese vehicles may now be a necessity. Krugman said Saturday during an interview with Bloomberg Television that he thinks having some “conditional tariffs” on Chinese cars are “probably going to be necessary.” “I don’t think that the Europeans can allow their…
Authorities took three people into custody after a group attacked a CBS Chicago news crew near Adler Planetarium on Monday. While preparing for a newscast, two men screamed racial slurs at one of journalist, rushed toward them and attempted to direct a dog to attack a victim, NBC Chicago reported. Suspects smashed the CBS news…
