Five ways to survive air travel this summer
Air travel has become a participation sport. The days of enjoying air travel are long gone. We now need to survive it, and there are five steps we can take to improve our chances during the chaotic summer of 2022. The first step starts at home as we pack. Not only do we need to make sure we have identification attached to the outside of our luggage, but it is also recommended to place a copy of your itinerary inside your bag just before you close it. This way if all tags are torn off during the baggage transfer process, the airlines have a way to identify and find the passenger. Th
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President Biden on Tuesday took an apparent swipe at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for declining to devote state resources to help providers pre-order COVID-19 vaccines for young kids ages 5 and under. Biden spoke at the White House to celebrate the day vaccines became available for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years, the last group of Americans to be granted vaccine eligibility. Biden said he understands some parents may have questions, but the decision to vaccinate a child shouldn't be a political one. "Let's be clear, elected officials
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CNN's Dana Bash said former President Trump and his top personal confidant Rudy Giuliani oversaw a campaign of "racist terror" against a pair of African-American elections workers in Georgia following his loss in the 2020 election. After watching testimony Tuesday from Shaye Freeman Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Bash said the allegations Trump and his allies were making against the two election workers and the threats they faced as a result were "beyond comprehension." "But
Read MoreCongress can do better than the Howey test for crypto regulation
Cryptocurrencies are generally not subject to federal regulation unless they are deemed to be “securities,” in which case the Securities Act of 1933 requires them to abide by disclosure requirements and antifraud regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) if they are offered to the public. The test the SEC uses to determine whether a cryptocurrency is a security was laid out by the Supreme Court in Securities and Exchange Commission v W. J. Howey Co
Read MoreJohnson 'had no foreknowledge' about fake elector slates sent to office: spokesperson
A spokesperson for Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) claimed that the Wisconsin Republican was not involved in a fake elector scheme and “had no foreknowledge” the electors would be sent to their office, responding to a revelation from the Tuesday hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “The senator had no involvement in the creation of an alternate slate of electors and had no foreknowledge that it was going to be delivered to our office. This was a staff to staff exchange. His new Chief of Staff contacted the Vice President’s office,” Alexa He
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