Unlicensed food trucks have taken over prime spots around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and this problem persists at the Great American State Fair. A small group of operators runs most of these illegal trucks as a coordinated network, Washingtonian reported. Longtime licensed food truck operator Zack Graybill walked around the National Mall during…
Nearly two dozen Democrats voted with Republicans Tuesday to reject Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s war powers resolution. The resolution would direct President Donald Trump to remove troops from hostilities in Lebanon, with 22 Democrats joining Republicans who voted against it. The resolution failed to pass in a 189-235 vote. Tlaib introduced a concurrent resolution,…
“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…
