Wall Street Journal on Trump and Houthis
One of the Biden Administration’s worst failures was letting Iran’s terror proxies in Yemen shut down a crucial global shipping lane and shoot at the U.S. military with impunity. President Trump sent a better message on the weekend by ordering significant air strikes against the Houthis that are a step toward restoring deterrence in the region. Mr. Trump on Saturday announced on his Truth Social site “decisive and powerful” military action against the Houthis in Yemen. Its attacks “on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have ...
Michigan updates data sharing tool on environmental justice
MARQUETTE — The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has updated an online tool that maps which communities may be most susceptible to adverse effects from pollution. The department first released MiEJScreen as a draft in 2022 and released an updated version in August after ...
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants despite a judge’s ruling to stop
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Trump administration transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said. Flights were in the air ...
Supporting local musicians important
Last week, a New York Times article was published that looked at the current state of live music and the costs associated with it. One of the individuals interviewed in the piece was a 20-year-old college student from California who was looking to purchase tickets to a Beyonce concert for himself and his sister. The problem? Tickets were priced at a minimum of $600, with most of the tickets costing well over $1,000. While artists like Beyonce and Taylor Swift are at the higher end of the cost spectrum, anyone who has attended a concert in recent years will tell you that the cost of ...
Wapo says Americans need the CFPB
Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened in 2011 with a mandate to regulate financial institutions, its detractors have tried to eliminate it. They have questioned its constitutionality, dismantled its board and slammed it for all sorts of shortcomings. The second Trump administration, however, might have devised a more effective attack: Just walk in and pull the plug. Trump officials often cast this as a fight to rein in bureaucratic overreach, but in reality they are disappearing an agency that plays a crucial role in protecting the economy. In recent weeks, ...