Peter Navarro Appeals to Supreme Court to Avoid Prison

TL/DR - Peter Navarro, a senior aide to former President Donald Trump, has asked the Supreme Court to keep him out of prison while he appeals his conviction for refusing to testify before Congress about his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Navarro is due to report to a Miami prison after a US Court of Appeals ruled he had not…

Kari Lake & My Pillow CEO’s Latest Election Fraud Claim Deemed Unlikely

TL/DR - Kari Lake and Mark Finchem are continuing their quest to outlaw Arizona’s vote counting machines, claiming to the U.S. Supreme Court that they have “new evidence” that warrants a "do-over" of the 2022 election. The lawsuit, underwritten by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, was previously dismissed by U.S. District Court John J. Tuchi in August…

Crisis in Primary Care: Physician Shortage & Underfunding Issues

TL/DR - A new report shows that a lack of investment in primary care is contributing to stagnant or declining life expectancy in the US and health disparities in primary and preventive care. The 2024 scorecard report, published by the Milbank Memorial Fund, The Physicians Foundation, and the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Robert Graham…

Samsung May Get $6B CHIPS Act Funding for U.S. Expansion

TL/DR - Samsung Electronics is set to receive a $6 billion federal grant from the US Commerce Department to expand its chipmaking plants in the United States. The grant, part of the $28 billion set aside for manufacturers under the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) and Science Act of 2022, comes after Samsung announced…