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People walk past a poster simulating facial-recognition software at the Security China 2018 exhibition on public safety and security in Beijing, China, October 24, 2018. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) The Internal Revenue Service will require taxpayers to upload videos of their faces in order to access some online functions beginning this summer. In order to log in
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Though I don’t have anything particularly useful to say about the situation on the Ukraine–Russia border, I’ve been closely watching the domestic debate over how we should respond. And despite what I’ve been reading, I strongly suspect two things: 1) Not everyone who expresses concern over the sovereignty of Ukraine is a neocon pining to
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Skyline of Salt Lake City, Utah (Sean Pavone/iStock/Getty Images) In all 14 editions of ALEC’s ‘Rich States, Poor States’ report, Utah has earned the top economic outlook ranking. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE F or the past 14 years, I’ve had the privilege of authoring the annual ALEC publication, Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness
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Hyattsville Mayor Kevin Ward was found dead in Fort Marcy, a park in McLean, Virginia on Tuesday. 44-year-old Kevin Ward died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the city said. It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved #HyattsvilleMayor Kevin Ward passed away yesterday, January 25 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. We
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Denmark will lift all Covid restrictions by February 1 after UK, Ireland and the Netherlands made similar announcements. Reuters reported: Denmark aims to scrap all remaining domestic COVID-19 restrictions next week, following on from similar announcements in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands in the past week despite high numbers of Omicron infections in Europe.
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Service members of the Ukrainian armed forces walk at combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels outside the town of Popasna in Luhansk Region, Ukraine, January 6, 2022. (Maksim Levin/Reuters) On the menu today: A long look at the options the U.S. has to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine, short of
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Trucks loaded with shipping containers leave the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 17, 2021. (Christinne Muschi/Reuters) They won’t impact Covid’s spread; they’re only adding more stress to supply chains. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE V accine mandates for truckers are causing a ruckus north of the border. As of Saturday, both the U.S. and
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On Saturday the Daily Mail reported that Joe Biden told Kamala Harris that he loved her.  The comments on social media in response are priceless.  Joe Biden held an event on Saturday where he shared his love for Kamala Harris. President Joe Biden praised his ‘partner’ Vice President Kamala Harris for ‘always having my back’ during a Democratic National
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Wyatt Earp, in an undated photograph (Public domain/Wikimedia) In response to Wyatt Earp Was a Career Criminal I guess it’s respond-to-Kevin-Williamson-day on the Corner. Kevin makes a very strong anti-Earp case, but I still find his rejoinder a touch strange. I quote a line from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance for the proposition there’s
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Facts are a wonderful thing. Especially when you are talking about Covid and how to fight it. Let’s start with masks. The Worldometers database is very straightforward on this issue. If masks worked as advertised then we would expect that the states that have the toughest mask mandates would have the fewest infections. Conversely, those
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(sakkmesterke/iStock/Getty Images) Amid uncertainty over other Big Tech legislation, legislators should agree on reforms that make the Internet safer for minors. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W ill 2022 be a “do or die” moment for Congress to pass Big Tech legislation before the midterm elections? The prospects for Congress’s doing anything in the next few years on Big
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Television cameras report live from railway tracks littered with the remains of items stolen from passing freight trains, in Los Angeles, Calif., January 14, 2022. (Gene Blevins/Reuters) California governor Gavin Newsom visited downtown Los Angeles on January 20 to see the cleanup of the Union Pacific line where the much-publicized train robberies have occurred. After
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Finally, something newsworthy from the Biden White House spokesperson.Jen Psaki finally admitted that the Democrat Party’s campaign to defund the police increased crime in America. Jen Psaki: “Gun violence is a big problem for the surge in crime. Underfunding of some police departments and their need for additional resources.” WATCH: Jen Psaki admits the “underfunding
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Then-president Donald Trump walks with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Fla., March 9, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) DeSantis and Trump aren’t fighting yet, but it makes sense that they are eyeing one another with concern. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE N ational-politics reporters and pundits have been busy lately trying to incite
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American citizens and permanent residents rescued by Project Dynamo en route to New York (Project Dynamo) Leaders of the civilian rescue group Project Dynamo flew another 23 American citizens and green-card holders out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and into New York over the weekend. Eleven of the 23 people rescued were children, according to Project Dynamo.
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Service members of the Ukrainian armed forces drive armored vehicles at fighting positions on the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels in Shyrokyne in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 21, 2021. (Reuters) President Biden is considering deploying U.S. troops to Eastern European nations due to fears of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. Pentagon officials presented
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