Chicago: Murders Up 139 Percent From July 2019
Chicago saw a 139-percent increase in its murder rate during July 2020 over the murder rate for July 2019 — with 105 murders reported during July 2020 compared to 44 reported...
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Taiwanese Economist Offers Suggestions for U.S. to Counter China
Taiwanese economist Wu Chia-lung on July 24 offered his opinion that the United States has at least 10 ways to counteract China’s aggressive global expansion. ...
Research Indicates That More BLM Protestors Are White Than Black
Numbers from a recent Pew Research Center survey indicate that almost half of those (46 percent) who said they attended a Black Lives Matter protest were white ...
Cruz Says Democrats Seek to Hurt Trump Politically by Extending Lockdowns
During an interview on Face the Nation, Senator Ted Cruz accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of “shoveling cash at the [coronavirus] problem and shutting America down.” ...
Pressures Following George Floyd Death Prompt Resignations of Many Minneapolis Police
Following the anti-police activism that began in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, nearly 200 officers have applied to leave the police force. ...
Poll on Nation’s Founders Shows Weak Regard for Them as Heroes
A recent Fox News poll indicated that only 63 percent of those polled regarded our Founders as heroes, while 15 percent said they were villains. ...
UN Secretary General Proposes “New Social Contract” to Combat “Inequality”
During a speech to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, UN Secretary General António Guterres proposed a new worldwide social contract that he called a New Global Deal. ...
Georgia Democrat Thanks Trump, Criticizes Black Lives Matter and Biden
Georgia State Representative Vernon Jones, a Democrat, thanked President Trump for defending law and order and condemned the Black Lives Matter movement for being “hypocritical.” ...
Trump HHS Ends ObamaCare Rule That Included Abortion Under “Healthcare”
The HHS ended the Obama administration’s definitions of sex discrimination that protected abortion, and gender identity based one’s “internal sense,” rather than biology. ...
Turkey Turns Secular Hagia Sophia Museum Into Mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on July 10 that the Hagia Sophia — built in 537 as a Christian cathedral — would be converted into a mosque. ...
Georgia Governor Says “Peaceful Protests Were Hijacked by Criminals,” Sends National Guard to Atlanta
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp authorized the activation of 1,000 Georgia National Guard troops in response to violence in Atlanta that wounded 30 people and killed five. ...
China Says U.S. Has “Ulterior Motives” for Naval Operations in South China Sea
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is conducting naval exercises in the South China Sea, an operation China criticized as being conducted “totally out of ulterior motives.” ...
Pride in America Has Declined in Recent Years, Poll Finds
A recent Gallup Poll showed the percentage of U.S. adults who said that they are “extremely proud” to be Americans is only 42 percent, down from a high of 65-70 percent....
Rand Paul Critical of Anthony Fauci and Other “Government Health Experts”
During a Senate hearing, Senator Rand Paul was strongly critical of Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the Trump administration’s White House Coronavirus Task Force. ...
Mike Pence Explains Why He Won’t Say, “Black Lives Matter”
During an interview with Vice President Mike Pence, CBS News’ John Dickerson tried to pressure the vice president into embracing the phrase “black lives matter.” ...