Corporations’ thirst for profits isn’t to blame for inflation, economists say
There’s growing agreement among economists that companies have become more powerful and more profitable over the past several decades — a fact they say pokes a hole in some lawmakers’ arguments that greed for profits is what’s behind spiking inflation. The logic among lawmakers about the causes of inflation falls largely along party lines. Most Republicans blame inflation fiscal stimulus sent out during the early days of the pandemic. “Democrats’ $2 trillion in so-called COVID ‘stimulus’ spending fueled inflation long before Russia invad
Read MoreFDA temporarily suspends order banning sales of Juul
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday announced it had temporarily suspended its ban on sales of the popular e-cigarette maker Juul. “On July 5, 2022, FDA administratively stayed the marketing denial order,” the agency Tabacco division wrote in a tweet. “The agency has determined that there are scientific issues unique to the JUUL application that warrant additional review.” “This administrative stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order durin
Read MoreJudge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As attorneys argued about abortion laws across the South on Tuesday, a Mississippi judge rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a law that would ban most abortions. Without other developments in the Mississippi lawsuit, the clinic will close at the end of business Wednesday and the state law will take effect Thursday. One of the clinic's attorneys, Hillary Schneller of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said the judge should have blocked the law. “People in Mississippi who need abortions right now are
Read MoreHarris visiting Highland Park after July 4th shooting
Vice President Harris is visiting Highland Park, Ill., following a mass shooting there on the Fourth of July that resulted in the death of seven people. In a statement on Tuesday, the White House said that Harris will be joined by the city’s mayor, Nancy Rotering (D); Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.); and Illinois state Sen. Julie Morrison (D). Harris’s visit follows in the wake of Monday's shooting, in which seven people were killed and more than 30 others
Read MoreDez Bryant on Demaryius Thomas: 'A lot of us living with CTE and the NFL know it’
NFL wide receiver Dez Bryant on Tuesday said many professional football players are living with encephalopathy (CTE) but are afraid to speak out about their symptoms. Bryant's tweet came the same day as a New York Times report that said former Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who played a key role in the team's 2015 Super Bowl championship run, had been posthumously diagnosed with Stage 2 CTE. “DT88 my heart weak bro… it’
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