5 things to know for December 15: Capitol riot, debt limit, Covid, Trump taxes, Haiti
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2 Republicans voted to hold Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress – Business Insider
2 Republicans voted to hold Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress Business Insider ‘Need to end this call’: January 6 committee reveals new text messages...
Independent redistricting panels aim to draw fairer maps but still invite controversy
Even independent commissions, which exist in a handful of states and help states avoid the politicization of partisan gerrymandering, can spark a broad array of...
Kraft will pay you $20 not to make cheesecake for Christmas
Kraft is using its cream cheese shortage as a marketing opportunity....
Inside the brand new royal suite at Sweden’s ice hotel
It’s undoubtedly one of the coolest hotels in the world, and Sweden’s ICEHOTEL has just launched its 32nd incarnation with a touch of royal magic....
Britain’s nightmare economy of the 1970s may be making a comeback
Talk of stagflation has been brewing for months. Now that toxic combination of stagnant economic growth and high inflation appears to have arrived in the...
Tanzanian Central Bank Governor: Cryptocurrencies Not Outlawed, Traders Should Invest at Own Risk
The Tanzanian central bank governor recently revealed that cryptocurrencies are not outlawed in the country but warned those dabbling in crypto-related investments that they do...
China was already facing an economic slowdown in 2022. Now here comes Omicron
China’s economy is still struggling with real estate woes and fallout from sporadic Covid-19 lockdowns. Throw the global spread of the Omicron variant into the...
Biden set to surpass Trump in first-year judicial nominees; a window into a major Democratic push
President Joe Biden will soon announce his latest wave of nine judicial nominees, according to a White House official, capping a year where the selections...
Biden administration expected to release some previously classified JFK assassination documents
The Biden administration faces a Wednesday deadline to publicly release a tranche of secret documents that some historians — and conspiracy theorists — hope might...
