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[ October 1, 2022 ] Washington Split Over Ukraine’s Demand for Accelerated NATO Accession Politics
[ October 1, 2022 ] Biden Averts Government Shutdown, Signs Funding Bill Administration
[ October 1, 2022 ] DOJ Pushes for Expedited Ruling in Trump Special Master Case Administration
[ October 1, 2022 ] Elon Musk Showcased Humanoid Robot Optimus at Tesla AI Day Technology
[ October 1, 2022 ] Moscow Slapped with Severe Sanctions after Annexing Ukrainian Regions Foreign Policy

Politics

Washington Split Over Ukraine’s Demand for Accelerated NATO Accession

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s unexpected demand to fast-track NATO membership talks has been met with a mixed reaction in the United States, where US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stopped short of unequivocally endorsing the move, [...]
Technology

Elon Musk Showcased Humanoid Robot Optimus at Tesla AI Day

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off Friday the prototype of humanoid robot Optimus – developed in February – at the electric vehicle maker’s AI Day event at a Tesla office in Palo Alto, California. Noting [...]
Foreign Policy

Moscow Slapped with Severe Sanctions after Annexing Ukrainian Regions

After Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday, Washington slapped Moscow and Putin’s allies with another round of sanctions, also warning anyone outside of Russia against providing Moscow political [...]
Politics

2020 Election Conspiracists Could Soon Oversee Voting in Battleground States

Two far-right politicians who want to upend the way votes are cast and counted are tied or leading in races to become the top election administrators in their states. Republicans Jim Marchant of Nevada and [...]
Administration

Former NSA Employee Arrested on Espionage-Related Charges

A former National Security Agency (NSA) employee was arrested on espionage-related charges for allegedly trying to sell U.S. secrets, the Justice Department announced. The Colorado Springs man made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday [...]

Biden Averts Government Shutdown, Signs Funding Bill

October 1, 2022

Just hours ahead of a midnight deadline on Friday when funding was set to expire, the House of Representatives averted a government shutdown by approving a stopgap bill to fund the government through December 16. [...]
DOJ Pushes for Expedited Ruling in Trump Special Master Case

October 1, 2022
Liberal Justice Jackson Joins a Rightward-Moving Supreme Court

September 30, 2022

Monkeypox Jab May Be Working, CDC’s Early Data Suggests

September 30, 2022

Individuals who received a single dose of the monkeypox two-dose vaccine – Jynneos’ vaccine designed to prevent smallpox- were 14 times less likely to be infected than unvaccinated people at risk for monkeypox, early data [...]
New FDA Rules to Define Which Food Can Have ‘Healthy’ Label

September 29, 2022
Pfizer Files for New EUA for New COVID Booster for Children

September 27, 2022

Moscow Slapped with Severe Sanctions after Annexing Ukrainian Regions

October 1, 2022

After Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday, Washington slapped Moscow and Putin’s allies with another round of sanctions, also warning anyone outside of Russia against providing Moscow political [...]
US Confirms American Killed in Kurdistan, Announces Sanctions for Iran

September 30, 2022
US Condemns Putin’s Plan to Annex Seized Ukrainian Territory

September 29, 2022

‘Unprecedented’ Nord Stream Leaks has Massive Environmental Impact

September 29, 2022

Both Nord Stream gas pipelines were apparently sabotaged, making it one of the worst industrial methane accidents in history, scientists said. While the sabotage has massive environmental impacts, it falls short of being a major climate [...]
Activists Push to Make Ecocide an International Crime

September 26, 2022
Florida Mobilizes National Guard as Ian Nears Hurricane Strength

September 26, 2022

Elon Musk Showcased Humanoid Robot Optimus at Tesla AI Day

October 1, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off Friday the prototype of humanoid robot Optimus – developed in February – at the electric vehicle maker’s AI Day event at a Tesla office in Palo Alto, California. Noting [...]
Meta Removes China-Based Propaganda Operation Targeting Midterms

September 28, 2022
NASA Successfully Crashes Spacecraft into Asteroid in Defense Test

September 27, 2022

Alabama Activists Press Voting Rights in U.S. Supreme Court Showdown

September 26, 2022

The new congressional map in Alabama devised by the Republican-controlled state legislature realistically only lets Black voters elect their preferred candidate in just one district. Evan Milligan, a voting rights activist and organizer, has sued [...]
Venezuela Accused of Crimes Against Humanity in UN Report

September 22, 2022
We Are Going in the Wrong Direction on Climate, the WMO Warns

September 14, 2022

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