Wall Street Bonus Pool Hits Record Despite "Domestic And International Upheavals"

Trump Wants To Slash Child Care Costs By Getting Government Out Of The Way Child care in America has become a significant financial burden. For many families, it now rivals rent, a mortgage, or student loan payments. Democrats have been framing child care as a key issue for them heading into the midterms. “Child care continues to get more expensive," said Jaelin O'Halloran, a DNC spokesperson. "While Trump and Republicans have offered no plans to follow through on their promises to lower costs, Democrats are focused on bringing down costs and...

9th Circuit Kills California's ICE Unmasking Law The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Trump administration a significant legal victory Wednesday, issuing a formal injunction blocking California's No Vigilantes Act from being enforced against federal law enforcement officers. The court ruled that the state law - which required non-uniformed federal agents to visibly display identification while performing their duties - likely violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The No Vigilantes Act, part of a two-bill package signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in...

Fear Is Overwhelming Us Authored by Guy de la Bédoyère via DailySceptic.org, Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannise in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror or to beset life with supernumerary distresses. Samuel Johnson in the Rambler (1761) No-one’s disputing that very hot weather can be challenging, even dangerous, for some people. But I’ve been fascinated by the news coverage of the heatwave over the last...