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A Free Press Can’t Expect a Free Lunch

The perils and pitfalls of a government bailout for local media

Still from His Girl Friday

Among the endless provisions in House Democrats' hastily passed stimulus bill, one has drawn surprisingly little scrutiny. Some 800 pages in, the bill's authors have buried a dramatic expansion of the pandemic loan program, making hundreds of local news stations eligible for loans.

Senate Passes $500 Billion More for Coronavirus Bailout

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved $484 billion in additional coronavirus relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals treating patients sickened by the pandemic, sending the measure to the House of Representatives for final passage later this week.

Trump Urges Congress to Approve Small Business Funding

President Trump Meets With GOP Lawmakers On Capitol Hill On Coronavirus Plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the funding measure to help small business should be approved by Congress with no additions, as a partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed $250 billion in new assistance.

Impeachment Hearings Are Boring. No One Cares. Get Over It.

The media doesn't matter as much as the media thinks. Cry more, lib.

The journos are at it again. They are paid to pretend that politics is fascinating and meaningful, that they are indispensable members of an indispensable institution without which democracy itself would cease to exist.

Congress Warns E.U. Against ‘Warning Labels’ for Jewish-Made Products

Landmark case mandating labels on Jewish goods to be decided this week

Boycott Israel

Leading lawmakers in Congress are warning the European Union that issuing a mandate that Jewish products made in contested areas of Israel carry consumer warning labels could trigger American anti-boycott laws and jeopardize U.S. trade with Europe.