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Supreme Court may not rule for Trump, but it could give him a win by putting off his trial until after the election. LA Times
VOA VIEW: A partial win would be good.
For first time in 25 years, San Diego is the top spot in the nation for migrant border crossings, surpassing Tucson. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Bad news for San Diego.
A trio of Republican senators are demanding answers about reports that potentially dangerous immigrants are allegedly infiltrating Uber Eats, DoorDash, and GrubHub food delivery services and obtaining Americans' personal information, including home addresses. Newsmax
VOA VIEW: Illegal migrants are threating US security.
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A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's claims that the $83.3 million in damages he was ordered to pay writer E. Jean Carroll for defamation were excessive and also denied Trump's request for a new trial. Newsmax
VOA VIEW: There is still an appeal.
Two Columbia University students who hastened to join the pro-Palestinian protest at New York University have gone viral on social media for admitting they "don't know" the purpose of the protest. Newsmax
VOA VIEW: They are all fools.
The Environmental Protection Agency, under the direction of President Joe Biden, released its final regulations for power plants on Thursday amid warnings from industry experts that the mandates will have a deleterious effect on the nation's energy needs. Newsmax
VOA VIEW: Biden and his EPA are destroying energy.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., traveled to Columbia University on Wednesday, along with several other GOP lawmakers, to meet with Jewish students and to deliver a speech amidst the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on campus. Newsmax
VOA VIEW: Good to have support on the right side.
However, airfares have only increased by 2.6% during the last five years. New York Post
New regulations could spell the end for plants that burn coal, the fossil fuel that powered the country for more than a century. New York Times
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Former President Donald Trump downplayed the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, against the backdrop of the mass college demonstrations over the war in Gaza. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The pro-Palestinian protests are anti America.
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level since late November, another setback for home shoppers in what's traditionally the housing market's busiest time of the year. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The US economy is growing worse.
The rates of colon and rectal cancer in people under 55 continue to rise. Now millennials get colon cancer twice as much as other adults, and rectal cancer four times as much. Washington Times
The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access. Washington Times
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An estimated 53 million Americans are unpaid caregivers, many as part of the "sandwich generation" — simultaneously raising children and caring for aging parents. CBS
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has updated its testing of vehicles’ ability to avoid crashes. The results show there is some concern for smaller SUVs, as most models did not do well. CBS
To stop the virus from spreading, dairy cows will be tested for bird flu more closely. This comes after the FDA reported finding fragments of the bird flu virus in pasteurized grocery store milk. Regulators say there is little risk to humans. CBS
VOA VIEW: A toss up of information.
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Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2024. CBS
VOA VIEW: People are scared of spending money.
CDC's provisional figures show a 2% decline in births from 2022 to 2023. CBS
VOA VIEW: The illegal migrants make up the loss - HA, HA.
Donald Trump was not at the Supreme Court to hear the immunity arguments because he was required to attend his New York criminal hush money trial. CNBC
VOA VIEW: The Supremes made good questions and this will help Trump in the long run.
Many U.S. cities are facing substantial financial challenges as inflation lingers and pandemic-era stimulus dries up. CNBC
VOA VIEW: The economy is in poor shape.
A Columbia student from Tel Aviv describes a climate of fear and intimidation on campus as school administrators allow a group of anti-Israel agitators to camp out. FOX News
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University of Southern California, Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin and Columbia University all had student riots on Wednesday, as anti-Israel hostility on college campuses grows. FOX News
VOA VIEW: They should be deported to Gaza.
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban noncompete agreements, and the Biden administration has finalized a rule that will allow more workers to be eligible for overtime pay. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Both are foolish and unconstitutional.
U.S. senators are demanding accountability for the rapid closure plan of a troubled women's prison in California where sexual abuse by guards was rampant. FOX News
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The Pentagon announced a military package worth $1 billion for Ukraine, as the United States rushes to send new weaponry to the besieged ally following months of delays. UPI
A grand jury in Arizona has indicted 18 Republican allies of former President Donald Trump on charges of attempting to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election. UPI
VOA VIEW: Liberal stupidity.
Russia vetoed a U.S.- and Japan-sponsored U.N. resolution, opposing the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, during a Wednesday vote among the United Nations' 15-member security council. UPI
Gradually improved nutrition standards for school meals will help promote the health of the nation's schoolchildren, the United States Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. UPI
VOA VIEW: It might be good.
House Speaker Mike Johnson met with Jewish students at Columbia University on Wednesday and called on president Nemat "Minouche" Shafik to resign during a tense campus news conference before pro-Palestinian activists. UPI
VOA VIEW: Shafik is a major obstacle.
The departure of U.S. military personnel in Chad and Niger comes as both countries are turning away from years of cooperation with the United States and forming partnerships with Russia. New York Times
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The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed a widely anticipated antitrust case against Amazon, alleging the retailing giant illegally wields monopoly power to maintain higher prices, harming customers and weakening competition. They have had a monopoly from the beginning.
"Our complaint lays out how Amazon has used a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies," FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. "The complaint sets forth detailed allegations noting how Amazon is now exploiting its monopoly power to enrich itself while raising prices and degrading service for the tens of millions of American families who shop on its platform and the hundreds of thousands of businesses that rely on Amazon to reach them."
She added, "Today's lawsuit seeks to hold Amazon to account for these monopolistic practices and restore the lost promise of free and fair competition."The lawsuit, filed in Western Washington district court, takes aim at a company that started as a scrappy online bookseller in 1994 but has since transformed into an internet and retailing behemoth. The complaint alleges that Amazon regularly exploits its size and reach to block lower prices and compel merchants to use the e-commerce company's logistics and advertising services.
"Amazon is a monopolist that uses its power to hike prices on American shoppers and charge sky-high fees on hundreds of thousands of online sellers," said John Newman, Deputy Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, in a statement.Millions of people visit Amazon.com each day, but that's no guarantee for third-party sellers that their products are seen, according to Molson Hart, the seller of educational building-toy brand, Brain Flakes. "We spent nearly $100,000 to advertise our products in Amazon searches last year," Hart noted in an April blog post in which he argues the company's pricing policies are helping to fuel inflation.
The states joining the FTC in the lawsuit are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
