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A Canadian charity recently conducted a bold social experiment: giving people experiencing homelessness a one-time cash infusion of $7,500. The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and, according to one researcher, could challenge stereotypes about people “living on the margins.” The New Leaf project isContinue reading “Interesting Results From New Leaf Project”

The Trump Justice Department secretly seized the phone records of three Washington Post reporters who covered the federal investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, the newspaper said Friday. They also tried to obtain the email records for the three reporters: Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller, and Adam Entous, who now worksContinue reading “Trump Caught Spying On Reporters”

Donald Trump has launched a new “communications” website, which says it will publish content “straight from the desk” of the former US president. The former president launched his own Twitter-like platform Tuesday that allows followers to retweet, like, or post to Facebook his latest political missives. The site URL is donaldjtrump.com/desk. The page is trademarkedContinue reading “Trump Launches Social Media-Like Platform”

Caitlyn Jenner, the Republican former Olympian and prominent transgender activist, announced on Friday that she would challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom of California in this year’s recall election. Ms. Jenner, whose candidacy represents one of the most prominent bids for public office by an openly transgender person in the United States, said she had filed initialContinue reading “Caitlyn Jenner Running For Gov.”

McConaughey has been flirting with the idea of a gubernatorial run for months but hasn’t committed either way yet. A new poll from the Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler shows a double-digit advantage over Gov. Greg Abbott in a hypothetical match-up between the actor and the incumbent Republican governor. TheContinue reading “Matthew McConaughey Outpolls Tex Gov.”

President Biden is requesting a $753 billion defense budget for next fiscal year, with $715 billion of that going to the Pentagon. The fiscal 2022 proposed budget represents a slight increase over this year — likely to upset both progressives, who had sought cuts to Pentagon budgets, and defense hawks. The budget outline released FridayContinue reading “Biden Proposes Military Budget”

Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, was one of President Donald J. Trump’s most vocal allies during his term, publicly pledging loyalty and even signing a letter nominating the president for the Nobel Peace Prize. In the final weeks of Mr. Trump’s term, Mr. Gaetz sought something in return. He privately asked the White HouseContinue reading “Gaetz had asked former White House for Preemptive Pardon”

Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN Friday he believes the virus that causes COVID-19 was accidentally released from a lab in Wuhan, China. The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slammed China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic — admitting that he could useContinue reading “Former CDC Director Believes COVID-19 Was Created In Lab”

Sidney Powell, a former attorney for the Trump campaign, is at the center of a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit filed by voting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems back in January. On Monday, she filed for dismissal of the suit, saying that her statements about rampant voter fraud were opinion and legal theory and that “noContinue reading “Sidney Powell Backtracks?”

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is working with her counterparts around the world to forge an agreement over a global minimum tax on multinational corporations, as the White House looks for revenue to help pay for President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. This effort could be one of Yellen’s biggest accomplishments if an agreement is reached andContinue reading “Treasury Secretary Pushes for Global Corporate Tax”