"We Don't Need Canada": Loonie Limps Lower As Trump Unleashes (More) Tariffs

USC Cancels Gubernatorial Debate Due To Absence Of Candidates Of Color Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, The University of Southern California (USC) is under fire after canceling the California gubernatorial debate with less than 24 hours’ notice.  The reason? None of the polling candidates are people of color. It was a crushingly revealing moment in a state where universities have long defied voters who demanded an end to affirmative action in admissions. USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future and ABC/KABC Los Angeles were scheduled to co-host the debate at Bovard...

Hurricane Isaias Slams Gulf Coast, Knocks Out Power To 830,000 As Major Refineries Are Spared Hurricane Isaias knocked out power to about 830,000 homes and businesses across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia and disrupted oil and natural gas operations in the Gulf of America, but the good news: it narrowly missed major refineries. The Category 2 hurricane made landfall near Destin, Florida, at 8:30 local time, with sustained winds of 105 miles per hour before weakening into what the National Hurricane Center calls a "post-tropical cyclone." Strong winds damaged roofs, toppled trees...

Over 150 years ago, Congress passed a statute that criminalized home distilling—the practice of setting up a still in one’s home or backyard to manufacture alcoholic beverages. Last week, however, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that this statute was unconstitutional. In other words, the Court of Appeals recognized that my clients—the nonprofit Hobby Distiller’s Association […]