• Local View: 'We all need to stand up for our Constitution'

    From the column: "It is time we all become Americans, united in a common goal of saving this great nation."

  • Want to Protect Your Documentary from the Federal Government? Read On

    Congress has passed serious protections for non-fiction filmmakers with the

  • Pinkerton: Why Only 16% of Americans Have Confidence in the Federal Government and What to Do About It

    If more than four in five Americans mistrust the federal edifice, the phenomenon is bipartisan and far-reaching. What should we do about it?

  • US House passes bill to avoid government shutdown

    The US House of Representatives has passed a government funding bill with more support from Democrats than the majority Republicans, leading to a fresh threat by a hardline conservative lawmaker to oust the Speaker. The House’s 286-134 vote sends the $US1.2 trillion ($A1.8 trillion) bill to the Democratic-majority Senate, which has hours to act ahead […]

  • Local View: Navigate your anxiety to break chains of financial avoidance

    From the column: "Financial therapists are professionals with training in mental health and finances, who help people understand the emotional winds that drive their financial habits."

  • Reader's View: Democracy-challenged US must avoid 'bloodbath'

    From the letter: "We must demonstrate that Americans can and do hold free and fair elections and that we will continue our 200-plus-year tradition of peaceful and respectful transfer of power."

  • Op-Ed: As federal government collapses, states offer solutions

    The increasingly obvious incompetence of President Joe Biden is clearly a serious problem, yet many people see it as a one-off, easily solved if the Democrats can find a way to jettison him and run somebody else this fall, or if the Republicans can defeat him and win control of both houses of Congress. Unfortunately, the rolling disaster that is our current federal government is much more than that. It is the inevitable outcome of a widespread, thorough rejection of the plain...

  • How many zebrafish constitute a school? 'Three,' say physicists

    Physicists are also interested in fish—above all when they are researching the formation of structures. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Bristol (United Kingdom) has examined the schooling behavior of zebra danio (Danio rerio, also known as "zebrafish") using methods from the field of multi-particle physics. They explain that groups of just three fish already move in a similar way to large schools while, by contrast, two fish display...

  • Voting on Final Budget Measure to Keep the Federal Government Open

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  • CBO reports grim long-term outlook for federal government

    (The Center Square) – The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released a bleak outlook for the federal government with new projections that show debt levels will reach their highest levels ever in five years. "Debt held by the public, boosted by the large deficits, reaches its highest level ever in 2029 (measured as a percentage of GDP) and then continues to grow, reaching 166% of GDP in 2054 and remaining on track to increase thereafter," according to the CBO report. "That...

  • Illegal aliens have constitutional right to carry gun: Federal judge

    A federal judge in Illinois has declared unconstitutional a federal statute prohibiting illegal aliens from owning a firearm.In June 2020, Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, who is in the United States illegally, was arrested in Chicago for carrying a handgun in violation of Title 18 of the U.S. Criminal Code, which prohibits illegal immigrants from possessing firearms or ammunition. Carbajal-Flores and his attorneys argued that he carried the gun for self-defense "during a time of documented civil...

  • Federal Government Investigating Meta For Role In Alleged Drug Sales

    Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is reportedly being investigated by the federal government for its role in illicit drug sales on its platforms. In a Federal grand jury subpoena obtained by ABC News, federal prosecutors are claiming that companies like Meta are not doing enough to stop the sale of illegal drugs. The Department of Justice […] The post Federal Government Investigating Meta For Role In Alleged Drug Sales first appeared on The Source.