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Public discussion is no longer organic. There is now a system that decides which stories can be reported by news outlets, which topics politicians are willing to comment on, and which topics should be deemed untouchable. We now have no-go topics. The environment of “acceptable speech,” contrasted with the topics nobody dares to touch, frames

As of mid-afternoon July 17, at least 666 prospective amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) have been filed by senators as the chamber prepares over the next two weeks to deliberate and adopt its version of the proposed $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 United States’ defense budget. How many will be debated on

Wall Street is closing higher ahead of a week full of updates about where profits for U.S. companies are heading. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent Monday. The Dow and the Nasdaq also rose. Stocks elsewhere around the world slipped after China reported weaker economic growth for the spring than expected. While that’s helped to

LOS ANGELES—A man was shot to death in the early morning on July 17 at a recording studio in downtown Los Angeles. The shooting was reported just after midnight at 924 S. San Pedro St., according to a dispatcher at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. Arriving officers found the 25-year-old man suffering from

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $1.27 to $74.15 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for September delivery fell $1.37 to $78.50 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for August delivery fell 1 cent $2.63 a gallon. August heating oil fell 4 cents to $2.56 a gallon. August natural gas fell 3 cents to $2.51 per

Moms for Liberty, a parental rights advocacy group that gained national prominence pushing back against pandemic restrictions and radical sex and gender indoctrination in public schools, has become a target for attacks after being labelled as an extremist movement, its co-founder said. “We’re on the [same] hate map with the KKK,” Moms for Liberty co-founder

U.S. President Joe Biden talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a wide range of issues—just days before Mr. Biden meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Mr. Biden “underscored his iron-clad, unwavering commitment to Israel’s security and condemned recent acts of terror against Israeli citizens,” according to a readout by the White House on

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Nike confirmed it has permanently ended its sponsorship of Hockey Canada after putting a pause on its marketing support to the national sports body last year. “Nike is no longer a sponsor of Hockey Canada,” reads a statement by the sportswear brand on July 17, though it did not mention the specific date when the

Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould will head the Canadian delegation to the United Nation’s High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, which will focus on the theme of accelerating the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “As we cross the halfway mark of