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Iowa, Washington, D.C.
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Iowan, writer, Outreach Director for Lone Conservative.com and contributor for The Daily Caller

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Leader of Iowa City Protest Group Arrested And Held Without Bail

Leader of Iowa City Protest Group Arrested And Held Without Bail

US (Credit: Screenshot/Twitter, Public User @mobrientv) Mazin Mohamedali, 20, was arrested Sunday on charges …

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Two Buffalo Police Officers Suspended After Elderly Man Was Pushed Down, Left Bleeding

Two Buffalo Police Officers Suspended After Elderly Man Was Pushed Down, Left Bleeding

US Elderly protestor is shoved to ground by Buffalo police officers (Credit: Screenshot/Twitter, Public User …

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Trump's social media executive order is complicated and probably toothless

Trump's social media executive order is complicated and probably toothless

President Trump isn't happy with Twitter, to say the least. On May 26, Twitter added a fact-check label to tw…

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DC Police Officer Punched While Trying To Enforce Social Distancing Orders

DC Police Officer Punched While Trying To Enforce Social Distancing Orders

A viral video shows a man punching a D.C. police officer who was enforcing social distancing regulations, cau…

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Catholic Churches Across Italy Hold Public Masses For First Time In Two Months, Following Coronav...

Catholic Churches Across Italy Hold Public Masses For First Time In Two Months, Following Coronav...

World REUTERS/Remo Casilli Churches in Italy are holding public mass for the first time since the city shut d…

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Wisconsin Bars Open After Stay-At-Home Order Lifted

Wisconsin Bars Open After Stay-At-Home Order Lifted

US USA Today Sports After the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the governor's stay-at-home order, restrict…

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Rebecca Minkoff’s Success: A Testament to the Importance of Personal Credit

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By Patricia Patnode
Nobody likes paying interest on a credit card bill. It may seem like an easy out to just have Congress forbid it. But what people might not realize is using government to impose a cap on those rates will do more to shrink access to credit, especially personal credit, than help people out of debt. Unfortunately, our elected representatives in Congress may not realize this, either, given the looming bills in both the House and the Senate that threaten just such an interest rate cap.
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Reviving Community Banking By Lifting Barriers To New Banks

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By Patricia Patnode
Americans have far fewer banks to choose from than they once did. The American banking industry has consolidated, with the number of U.S. banks falling from more than 8,000 to less than 5,000 between 2000 and 2014 alone. By 2023, the number of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured banks had further decreased to 4,641, marking a substantial decline despite the U.S. population growing significantly during this period.
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Reviving Community Banking By Lifting Barriers To New Banks

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By Patricia Patnode, Ari Patinkin
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Americans have far fewer banks to choose from than they once did. The American banking industry has consolidated, with the number of U.S. banks falling from more than 8,000 to less than 5,000 between 2000 and 2014 alone. By 2023, the number of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured banks had further decreased to 4,641, marking a substantial decline despite the U.S. population growing significantly during this period.
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