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Daily News Digest - Summary for May 14 2025

Daily News Digest - Summary for May 14 2025
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Mapped: The Income Needed to Buy a Home in Every U.S. State

As home prices continue to climb and mortgage rates remain elevated, buying a home in the U.S. has become increasingly out of reach for the average household.

This visualization maps the annual income required to buy a typical three-bedroom home in every U.S. state.

By Bruno Venditti Graphics/Design: Amy Kuo

As home prices continue to climb and mortgage rates remain elevated, buying a home in the U.S. has become increasingly out of reach for the average household.

In 2025, buyers now need six-figure salaries to afford a median-priced home in all but 15 states…

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The Forgotten History of Neurological Vaccine Injuries

Crippling brain injuries used to be a well recognized complication of vaccination. What changed?

by A Midwestern Doctor

One of the most frequent complications of vaccination is neurological injury, and ever since the smallpox vaccine hit the market over two centuries ago, severe and unusual injuries have been reported throughout the medical literature.

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Is Israel’s Government the world’s most dangerous?

In the only two international polls that have asked people in a wide range of nations such questions as “Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in the world today?”

by Eric Zuesse

In the only two international polls that have asked people in a wide range of nations such questions as “Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in the world today?”, America was overwhelmingly the country that (in that particular case) the 67,806 global respondents volunteered to write into the blank as being the top-most dangerous of all countries…

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Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak

Founded 54 years ago, Amtrak set out on a bold adventure to see if passenger trains could be profitable.

by Mises Wire•J.D. Wong

Founded 54 years ago, Amtrak set out on a bold adventure to see if passenger trains could be profitable. Fast forward to today, this experiment has been unsuccessful. Politicians have often crafted routes to win votes rather than attract riders. As a result, Amtrak has been squandering taxpayer money since its start in 1971…

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Former Qatar Lobbyist Pam Bondi Approves Jet Deal

Attorney General Pam Bondi, a former lobbyist for Qatar and principal at a lobbying firm for L3Harris

By David Moore, Donald Shaw, readsludge.com

Attorney General Pam Bondi, a former lobbyist for Qatar and principal at a lobbying firm for L3Harris, has given the go-ahead for President Trump to accept Qatar's gift of a $400 million luxury jet, a deal that will benefit both the foreign nation and the defense contractor…

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Florida Troopers Now Federally Credentialed to Arrest Illegal Immigrants on Their Own

Florida officials announced that 1,800 state Highway Patrol troopers are the first in the nation to receive federal credentials under an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

By Darlene McCormick Sanchez

Florida officials announced that 1,800 state Highway Patrol troopers are the first in the nation to receive federal credentials under an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreement allowing them to arrest illegal immigrants on their own…

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