‘Inconvenient Minority’ author: How are Asian Americans succeeding if US is systemically racist?
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‘Inconvenient Minority’ author: How are Asian Americans succeeding if US is systemically racist?

Asian Americans are an “inconvenient minority” to the critical race theory narrative because their community succeeds based on merit alone, the author of a new book argued Wednesday on Fox News. “Critical race theory asserts that the world and America are divided into a racial caste system, Whites on the top, Blacks on the bottom,”…

Pennsylvania Sen. Mastriano Invited Biden to Meet, Discuss Election Audit
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Pennsylvania Sen. Mastriano Invited Biden to Meet, Discuss Election Audit

In anticipation of President Joe Biden’s Tuesday visit to Philadelphia to discuss voter rights, Pennsylvania state Senator Doug Mastriano, a Republican, sent a letter requesting a meeting with Biden to discuss a full audit of Pennsylvania’s 2020 election. “Millions of Pennsylvanians have serious doubts about the accuracy of the 2020 general election,” Mastriano said in…

Fmr top US general in Afghanistan gets ‘well done’ upon return, as Taliban take key border post with Pakistan
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Fmr top US general in Afghanistan gets ‘well done’ upon return, as Taliban take key border post with Pakistan

Gen. Austin Scott Miller, commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, arrived home in the U.S. on Wednesday to a congratulatory reception, as the Taliban’s momentum grows in the wake of the American withdrawal from the country. Miller, who stepped down from his post on Monday in Kabul, was received by Secretary of Defense…

Biden Rips GOP Election Integrity Laws, Claims They’re ‘Racially Discriminatory’
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Biden Rips GOP Election Integrity Laws, Claims They’re ‘Racially Discriminatory’

President Joe Biden on Tuesday disparaged laws and proposals that proponents say are aimed at strengthening election security, claiming they are “racially discriminatory.” Biden, a Democrat in his first term, said the bill Georgia’s governor signed was a “vicious anti-voting law” and claimed Texas Republicans’ are proposing “to allow partisan poll watchers to intimidate voters…

Biden nominee claims Trump-era Title IX regs protecting due process allow students to ‘rape with impunity’
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Biden nominee claims Trump-era Title IX regs protecting due process allow students to ‘rape with impunity’

President Biden‘s pick to head the civil rights division under the Department of Education (DOE) testified Tuesday that she would uphold a Trump-era Title IX regulation even though she claimed it lets students “rape and sexually harass students with impunity.” Title IX is the 1972 law barring discrimination based on sex in education and has…

Biden administration to relocate Afghans who aided US military effort as they await visa process
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Biden administration to relocate Afghans who aided US military effort as they await visa process

The Biden administration is launching an operation to relocate Afghan nationals who aided the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan and are in the process of applying for residency in the United States. “At President Biden’s direction, the United States is launching Operation Allies Refuge to support relocation flights for interested and eligible Afghan nationals and…

Rand Paul, GOP senators introduce bill to prohibit federal mask mandates on public transportation
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Rand Paul, GOP senators introduce bill to prohibit federal mask mandates on public transportation

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rand Paul, along with several Republican colleagues, is introducing legislation to prohibit federal mask mandates on public transportation related to the coronavirus pandemic. The bill, “Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2021,” is set to be introduced by Paul, R-Ky., Wednesday, and is co-sponsored by Republican Sens. Mike Braun of Indiana, Tom Cotton…

EU Launches New Plan to Tax Foreign Companies For Pollution Created

EU Launches New Plan to Tax Foreign Companies For Pollution Created

The proposals by the European Commission, which is the EU’s executive branch, will cover everything from tougher caps on car pollution to new national limits on gases from buildings. It will see a revamp of the bloc’s emissions trading scheme under which companies pay for the gases they send into the air. The new legislation…