ATM Fees Have Been Pretty Stable Over the Past Decade
Axios published a chart today showing the evolution of ATM fees since 1998 and it’s been making the rounds. What do I have to contribute to this? Just the usual: adjusting it for inflation since it’s a time series of money. Here’s the real average ATM fee over the past couple of decades: In this…
Two Key Figures in the Ukraine Scandal Just Hired Trump’s Former Attorney
John Dowd leaving a federal courthouse.Yana Paskova/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, John Dowd, has agreed to represent two businessmen who helped Rudy Giuliani seek dirt on Joe Biden from current and former Ukrainian officials. Dowd represented Trump in matters relating to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe until March 2018. Dowd’s new…
Lawsuits Against Trump’s Destruction of National Monument Are Allowed to Continue, a Federal Judge Rules
Bob Wick/Zuma In 2017, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that would reduce the size of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent. When environmental groups and five Native American tribes fought back in court, the Trump administration tried to dismiss the legal challenges they raised. But on Monday, a federal judge turned down…
A Federal Judge Just Blocked Georgia’s Insane 6-Week Abortion Ban
Protestors rally outside of the Georgia State Capitol following the signing of HB 481, in Atlanta, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP On Tuesday, a US District Court in Atlanta blocked Georgia’s controversial six-week abortion ban from going into effect. “This is a victory for people in Georgia and a reminder that…
That Viral Study About Red Meat Left Out The Most Important Part
gilaxia/iStock/Getty Americans consume, on average, more than a half a pound of meat per day—more than our counterparts in any other country. Should we eat less? A panel of 14 researchers from seven countries—all of whom claim to receive no meat-industry funding—just produced a study finding no compelling reason to cut back. There’s a catch,…
Trump’s Not Richard Nixon. He’s Andrew Johnson.
For more than a century the official narrative of the first presidential impeachment has been butchered and distorted, reduced to a historical curiosity, a showdown between two irresponsible factions in which voices of reason ultimately triumphed. You were likely taught (if you were taught at all) that the 1868 fight to remove Andrew Johnson from…