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FEC Chairman Trainor: Advocacy groups seek to undermine bipartisan enforcement of campaign finance laws
By John Sammon | Oct 1, 2020
James Trainor, the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), has published allegations that the nation's elections process could be undermined by advocacy groups seeking advantage because the body lacks a quorum.
Downtown D.C. business district becoming ghost town because of COVID-19 pandemic, report says
By John Sammon | Sep 8, 2020
The business district of the nation’s capital Washington D.C. is being denuded of activity, both economic and personal, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report said.
Report: COVID-19 pandemic destroying hotel industry
By John Sammon | Sep 3, 2020
A report issued by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) six months into the COVID-19 pandemic could not be more stark: the drop in room guests caused by the pandemic is devastating the hotel industry with no end in sight.
Mexico's blaming of soft drinks for COVID mortality rate borne out of Bloomberg ideologies, critics say
By John Sammon | Aug 26, 2020
Critics of the Mexican government's failure to gain control of the COVID-19 pandemic claim that federal officials including the president and health director are trying to blame the virus' high mortality high on sugary soft drinks, diabetes and obesity.
Poachers linked to drugs, guns and terrorism steer world wildlife populations toward extinction
By John Sammon | Nov 2, 2018
Drug runners, weapons smugglers and even militant groups are cashing in on the lucrative trade of rare wildlife, pushing an ever-expanding range of animal species toward extinction, according to a Time Magazine special report.