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University To Hand Out A’s To Students Thanks To Striking Grad Workers

The Daily CallerMay 19, 20230

University To Hand Out A’s To Students Thanks To Striking Grad Workers Alexa Schwerha on May 19, 2023 University of Michigan departments will give students A’s after striking graduate workers failed to input final grades for the semester, Inside Higher Education reported. UM graduate students, who serve as instructors in some classes, launched their strike on March 29 over wage concerns after multiple failed contract negotiations and have refused to perform responsibilities including issuing exams or entering grades, according to the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) frequently asked questions list. Multiple university departments confirmed that they would assign students A’s if

Yellen, at G7, to underscore U.S. commitment to Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

ReutersMay 10, 20230

By Andrea Shalal NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday will underscore the United States’ commitment to continue supporting Ukraine for as long as needed, while working with other rich nations to degrade Russia’s ability to wage war against its neighbor. Yellen identified redoubled support for Ukraine as one of her three core priorities – along with bringing down inflation and bolstering long-term economic resilience – in excerpts of remarks she will give later Thursday ahead of meetings with her counterparts from Group of Seven rich nations in Japan. “I look forward to coordinating with other G7

U.S. will back quake-hit Turkey “as long as it takes”, Blinken says

ReutersFebruary 20, 20230

ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States will support Turkey “for as long as it takes” after its devastating earthquakes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, while his Turkish counterpart said there was no need to wait for a disaster to improve ties. Blinken was speaking after his visit on Sunday to the quake zone, where rescue work was winding down two weeks after the worst disaster in the country’s modern history. The quakes killed more than 46,000 people in Turkey and northwest Syria. “The United States and Turkey do not agree on every issue but it is a

Australian bank performance ‘as good as it gets’ as economy starts to cool

ReutersFebruary 7, 20230

By Scott Murdoch and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – A run of strong earnings and stock market outperformance at Australia’s “big four” banking giants is set to fade later in 2023, investors said, as funding costs rise while a cooling economy portends slower credit growth and more bad debt. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), ANZ Group Holdings Ltd, National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) and Westpac Banking Corp are on track to book huge profit in their current financial years as the economy booms and rising interest rates reflate margins. The biggest of the four by market capitalisation, CBA, is forecast

Multiple Blue State School Districts Implement Mask Mandates As Students Return To The Classroom

The Daily CallerJanuary 11, 20230

Multiple Blue State School Districts Implement Mask Mandates As Students Return To The Classroom Reagan Reese on January 10, 2023 More school districts are implementing mask requirements to combat an increase in COVID-19 cases at the start of the New Year. School districts in Massachusetts and Michigan are requiring masks, while an Illinois school district is asking students and educators to take a COVID-19 test before returning to class. The mandates come as schools fear the “tripledemic” of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza (flu) and coronavirus. Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan, which is the state’s fourth largest school

‘Completely Unprecedented’: Hours Before Biden’s Arrival, El Paso Is In Crisis As Illegal Immigrants Sleep On Streets And Crime Runs Rampant

The Daily CallerJanuary 9, 20230

‘Completely Unprecedented’: Hours Before Biden’s Arrival, El Paso Is In Crisis As Illegal Immigrants Sleep On Streets And Crime Runs Rampant Jennie Taer on January 7, 2023 EL PASO, Texas — Hundreds of illegal immigrants are sleeping on the streets and on city buses in the cold weather and crime is rampant the night before President Joe Biden is set to visit El Paso, the Daily Caller News Foundation observed. Biden’s visit Sunday will be his first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, which has been overwhelmed by record surges of illegal immigration. Just hours before his arrival, there’s a dire

China Smiles As America Falls Deeper Into The TikTok Trap

The Daily CallerJanuary 9, 20230

GORDON CHANG: China Smiles As America Falls Deeper Into The TikTok Trap Gordon Chang on January 8, 2023 TikTok, the extremely popular video-sharing app, is in the midst of another round of negotiations with the U.S. federal government over data security. The Biden administration should terminate the seemingly endless discussions and either require TikTok to stop operations in the U.S. or force its Chinese owner to sell the app lock, stock and barrel to American parties. No other solution is acceptable from national security and First Amendment points of view. President Joe Biden’s failure to counter the known threat of

Christmas ‘Ceasefire’ Quickly Broken As Russia, Ukraine Claim Continued Attacks

The Daily CallerJanuary 6, 20230

Christmas ‘Ceasefire’ Quickly Broken As Russia, Ukraine Claim Continued Attacks Micaela Burrow on January 6, 2023 Moscow’s one-sided ceasefire on the front lines appeared to fail just hours after going into effect as Ukrainian and Russian troops claimed continued assault from the opposing side, according to media reports. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a unilateral 36 hour ceasefire “along the entire line of contact” in observance of Orthodox Christmas beginning noon Moscow time on Friday, although Kyiv rejected the proposal as a sham, according to Reuters. While the outlet could not confirm whether fighting continued, Russian troops claimed they came

Private Job Growth Smashes Expectations As Labor Market Stays Stubbornly Hot

The Daily CallerJanuary 6, 20230

Private Job Growth Smashes Expectations As Labor Market Stays Stubbornly Hot John Hugh DeMastri on January 5, 2023 Private firms shattered investor expectations for job growth in December, adding 235,000 workers mostly in customer-facing industries, according to payroll firm ADP. After posting their worst job growth since January 2021 in November, with payrolls growing by 127,000 jobs, the labor market surged in December, with companies adding 235,000 jobs, according to ADP. Investors anticipated just 153,000 jobs would be added, and the upside surprise comes as the Federal Reserve struggles to slow a stubbornly hot labor market that some economists argue

Hillary Clinton To Join Columbia University As Professor

The Daily CallerJanuary 5, 20230

Alexa Schwerha on January 5, 2023 NEW YORK, NY – Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will join Columbia University in February as a Professor of Practice at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and a Presidential Fellow at the Columbia Worlds Project (CWP). During her tenure at the SIPA, Clinton will “work closely with Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo and other senior faculty and administrators on a number of major initiatives, particularly those focusing on global politics and policy, as well as supporting female leaders in those fields” according to an email sent by university president

Biden To Visit El Paso As City Struggles With Migrant Crisis

The Daily CallerJanuary 5, 20230

Biden To Visit El Paso As City Struggles With Migrant Crisis Jennie Taer on January 5, 2023 President Joe Biden is set to visit El Paso, Texas, in the coming days as the city struggles to deal with the recent influx in illegal immigrants that have paralyzed key municipal functions. Biden will potentially arrive as soon as Sunday and Secret Service is already scouting the area, people familiar told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Axios reported Thursday that Biden plans to visit the El Paso area before later heading to Mexico for the North American Leaders’ Summit. El Paso officials

California Law School Drops Founder’s Name As Part Of ‘Restorative Justice’ Plan

The Daily CallerJanuary 5, 20230

California Law School Drops Founder’s Name As Part Of ‘Restorative Justice’ Plan Alexa Schwerha on January 5, 2023 The University of California Hastings College of the Law will now be rebranded as University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (UC Law SF) as part of an on-going effort to distance itself from the school’s founder for reported atrocities against native tribes in the 1800s. A 2017 investigation into the school’s founder, Serranus Hastings, found that he played a role in “seizing” California land and accused that he “perpetrated genocidal acts against Native California Indigenous Peoples,” according to Assembly

Dem Mayor Claims His City Is On ‘Good Trajectory’ As It Struggles To Fight Rising Crime, Homelessness

The Daily CallerJanuary 5, 20230

Dem Mayor Claims His City Is On ‘Good Trajectory’ As It Struggles To Fight Rising Crime, Homelessness Trevor Schakohl on January 4, 2023 Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell told KOMO News that he thinks the city is on a “good trajectory” after his first year in office, despite rising crime and continued homelessness problems. Harrell said in an interview with KOMO News reporter Chris Daniels that his administration has a “holistic approach to our public safety.” Daniels pointed out that Seattle’s own data showed increases in many crime sectors including homicides, motor vehicle thefts and broader property crimes, with shootings

FORMER REP. JASON LEWIS: No Matter Who Emerges As Speaker, Republicans Must Give Dems A Taste Of Their Own Medicine

The Daily CallerJanuary 5, 20230

FORMER REP. JASON LEWIS: No Matter Who Emerges As Speaker, Republicans Must Give Dems A Taste Of Their Own Medicine Former Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.) on January 4, 2023 Despite a disappointing midterm, Republicans squeaked out a victory in the House — barely. But the chaos in unifying around a speaker, not to mention an obstinate Joe Biden at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and a Democrat-controlled Senate is already tempering expectations. But Republicans have always looked at power differently than liberals. When Democrats have it they do as much as possible to change society, culture and the country.

‘Magic’ Mushrooms Are Now Legal In Oregon As State Begins Training ‘Facilitators’ To Supervise Use

The Daily CallerJanuary 4, 20230

‘Magic’ Mushrooms Are Now Legal In Oregon As State Begins Training ‘Facilitators’ To Supervise Use Bronson Winslow on January 3, 2023 Oregon’s Ballot Measure 109, the first legislation to legalize hallucinogenic or “magic” mushrooms for therapy, took effect Jan. 1, and the application for licensed facilitators has already begun, according to The New York Times. The measure, codified as ORS 475A, will allow the manufacture, delivery and administration of psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic” mushrooms to adults at supervised, licensed facilities, according to the legislation. The law, originally passed in 2020, legalizes the use of psilocybin, but mandates that those

‘You Can Protect Yourself’: Zeke Emanuel Tells MSNBC Viewers To Mask Up As New COVID Strain Spreads ‘Very Rapidly’

The Daily CallerJanuary 3, 20230

‘You Can Protect Yourself’: Zeke Emanuel Tells MSNBC Viewers To Mask Up As New COVID Strain Spreads ‘Very Rapidly’ Harold Hutchison on January 2, 2023 A MSNBC guest told viewers Monday that the best way to prevent infection from a new strain of COVID-19 was to use masks, and characterized travel bans as a “delaying” tactic that won’t “help.” “A travel ban isn’t going to end, the negative test results are just going to — they’re delaying tactics. They’re trying to give us information. They’re not going to help,” Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel told MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell. “Individually for your

DEROY MURDOCK: As The Left Sacrifices Natural Gas At The Altar Of Climate Nirvana, Americans Freeze To Death

The Daily CallerJanuary 2, 20230

DEROY MURDOCK: As The Left Sacrifices Natural Gas At The Altar Of Climate Nirvana, Americans Freeze To Death Deroy Murdock on January 1, 2023 The just-departed polar vortex confirmed that when Mother Nature is enraged, it’s wise to have options. Maddeningly, today’s “pro-choice” Democrats want Americans to have one energy choice. Neo-totalitarian, Left-wing eco-extremists are banning new natural-gas access in scores of locales. If not reversed, this cruel, stupid, needless policy will kill Americans. The Christmastime deep freeze that transformed much of the U.S. into the North Pole illustrates the deadly folly of forcing citizens to rely solely on an increasingly fragile electric grid (Plan A)

Enby, Brotherboy and Genderf**k: Here Are 13 Genders You Could Identify As In 2022

The Daily CallerJanuary 2, 20230

Enby, Brotherboy and Genderf**k: Here Are 13 Genders You Could Identify As In 2022 Reagan Reese on January 1, 2023 In 2022, numerous gender options were presented for individuals to choose from and identify by in school surveys and program applications. Throughout the year, dictionaries and government surveys have expanded beyond “female” and “male” gender options to provide selections and definitions of more than 100 gender identities; gender identity is “not visible to others” and can differentiate from the gender an individual is assigned at birth, according to the It Gets Better Project, an international organization focused on supporting the

Pope Benedict Leaves Lasting Legacy As Millions Of Catholics Mourn His Loss

The Daily CallerJanuary 1, 20230

Pope Benedict Leaves Lasting Legacy As Millions Of Catholics Mourn His Loss Carl DeMarco on December 31, 2022 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away at the age of 95 in Rome Saturday, leaving a lasting legacy as an architect of key Church doctrine and proponent of conservative values for many Catholics. Benedict became the first pope in almost 600 years to resign from the papacy in 2013, paving the way for Pope Francis to be elected. He played a key role in reforming the Church during the Second Vatican Council, and his work on theology has helped inform current Church

Unlike Prior Generations, Analysis Shows Millennials Are Not Getting More Conservative As They Age

The Daily CallerDecember 31, 20220

Kate Anderson on December 30, 2022 Millennial voters, both in the United States and in the United Kingdom, do not follow the typical rule that as people age they become more conservative, but rather become more liberal. According to the Washington Post, millennials are born between 1981 and 1996. According to The Washington Post, they love their pets more than their children and were the last generation to grow up without the internet. Traditionally, voters follow a regular pattern of leaning more liberal until they are 35 and then moving toward more conservative beliefs as they age, but millennials are

Man Gets Life In Prison For Murdering 5-Year-Old As Siblings Watched

The Daily CallerDecember 30, 20220

Trevor Schakohl on December 30, 2022 As part of a plea agreement, Darius Sessoms, 28, of North Carolina, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday for the 2020 murder of a 5-year-old boy. Cannon Hinnant was shot by Sessoms as he rode his bike outside his father’s Wilson, North Carolina, house, according to a witness. His mother Bonny Parker said Hinnant’s 7-year-old and 8-year-old sisters witnessed the shooting. It has been reported that Sessoms, who lived next door to Hinnant’s father, accepted an Alford plea, which allows the defendant to maintain his innocence while admitting sufficient prosecutorial evidence

Schools Are Open, But Students Are Still Missing Class As Chronic Absenteeism Soars

The Daily CallerDecember 28, 20220

Schools Are Open, But Students Are Still Missing Class As Chronic Absenteeism Soars Reagan Reese on December 28, 2022 Though schools are open and are no longer relying on remote learning, many students are still chronically absent from class, according to The Wall Street Journal. In the 2021-2022 school year, states reported seeing an increase in the amount of students who were chronically absent, or missed at least 15 days of school in a year, since the 2018-2019 school year, according to the WSJ. States such as Connecticut, California and Michigan reported a near-doubling of their chronically absent rate from 2018-2019 to

As Other Automakers Push EVs, This Luxury Brand Drove Laps Around Them In 2022

The Daily CallerDecember 28, 20220

As Other Automakers Push EVs, This Luxury Brand Drove Laps Around Them In 2022 John Hugh DeMastri on December 28, 2022 While electric vehicle (EV) startups that once seemed promising saw their stock prices plummet far faster than the rest of the market, Ferrari managed to stay ahead of other automakers as the industry retracted, and is poised to post the smallest decline amongst major automakers in 2022, CNBC reported Wednesday. The FactSet Automotive Index, a measure of the economic health of the auto industry, is down nearly 39% year-to-date at time of writing, whereas Ferrari’s stock is only down about

California Saw Six-Figure Population Drop As Gov. Newsom Ran ‘Join Us’ Ads

The Daily CallerDecember 28, 20220

California Saw Six-Figure Population Drop As Gov. Newsom Ran ‘Join Us’ Ads Alexa Schwerha on December 28, 2022 California residents are still leaving the blue state in droves despite Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s summer ad campaign urging Florida residents to “join” the blue state. California’s population decreased by six-figures as 343,230 people fled the state in 2022, according to data from the United States Census Bureau. The population decline follows a 30-second advertisement from July in which Newsom urged Floridians to move to the blue state where he claimed they “still believe in freedom.” “Freedom, it’s under attack in your

Thousands Of Migrants Weigh Plans To Cross Border As Trump’s Immigration Policy Remains In Place

The Daily CallerDecember 28, 20220

Thousands Of Migrants Weigh Plans To Cross Border As Trump’s Immigration Policy Remains In Place Jennie Taer on December 28, 2022 Thousands of migrants waiting in Mexico are weighing a tough decision of whether or not to cross into the U.S. after the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Biden administration must keep Title 42, a major Trump-era illegal immigrant expulsion public health order, in place. In a 5-4 decision, the high court ruled that Title 42, which was invoked to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, will stay indefinitely after Republican states intervened in a federal judge’s decision to end