Day: May 19, 2023

Cori Bush’s $14 trillion reparations proposal would equal nearly 7 Afghanistan wars in spending

11:13 pm May 19, 2023

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., said that if the U.S. can finance trillion-dollar wars, it can fund reparations. But Bush’s astronomical $14 trillion reparations proposal would cost nearly seven times that of the Afghanistan war. The Missouri Democrat introduced her reparations proposal this week to compensate for what she believes are racist government policies that created a […]

Virginia police say missing man’s car found in Shenandoah National Park

11:13 pm May 19, 2023

Virginia police say that a car belonging to a missing man was found at a national park. The Virginia State Police issued a “critically missing adult alert” for 21-year-old Mateo Luis Cobo Zevallos, who was last seen on May 5 at 1 p.m. in Oakton, Virginia. At the time, according to officials, he was heading […]

Woman accused of hiding dead 5-year-old in suitcase seeks change of venue for trial

11:06 pm May 19, 2023

A Louisiana woman charged in the death of a boy whose body was found last year inside a suitcase in rural southern Indiana is seeking a change of venue, arguing that public outrage over the child’s death would prevent her from getting a fair trial. Dawn Coleman’s attorney, Ryan Bower, filed the venue change request […]

Durham probe shows feds had an agenda, not ‘inadvertent sloppiness,’ in pursuing Trump: Bill Barr

11:01 pm May 19, 2023

Former Attorney General Bill Barr expounded on the Durham report, saying it is clear those involved in Russiagate were not trying to stop Russia from purportedly meddling in U.S. politics, but to stop Donald Trump from attaining the presidency. “It shows that there appear to have been two different standards used, obviously — one that […]

Michigan to sustain $883M revenue blow after tax cuts

10:08 pm May 19, 2023

Michigan’s revenue will be nearly $900 million less this year than forecasted in January due to new tax cuts, state officials said Friday, leaving lawmakers with less money to spend as they work toward the state’s next budget. The new projections, released Friday at a revenue estimating conference, show that the state’s revenue will be […]