Year: 2022

President Joe Biden will announce today the approval of the first $900 million in U.S. funding to build Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations in 35 states. The funding is a part of the $1 trillion infrastructure […]

Moderates Fleeing House, Setting Stage for More Washington Gridlock

The political scene in the United States is set to get even more fraught. Moderate members of the U.S. House of Representatives are leaving office at twice the rate of their more partisan peers this year, […]

Judge Orders Girl to Pay $150K to Family of the Rapist She Killed

An Iowa court sentenced on Tuesday a teenage sex trafficking victim who stabbed her rapist to death to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered her to pay $150,000 restitution to the family of […]

Sanctioned Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Issued US Visa for UN Visit

Despite being under US sanctions, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other high-level diplomats of the Russian UN delegation will be allowed to travel to New York after Washington has granted them visas. According to […]

West Virginia Lawmakers Adopt Near-Total Abortion Ban

The West Virginia Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that, with few exceptions, would significantly curtail access to abortion in a state where it is currently legal up to 20 weeks post-fertilization. The bill passed […]

Oath Keepers Leader’s Request for Special Master Denied

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes’s requests to delay the trial and get a special master appointed in his Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case were denied Tuesday by the US District Judge Amit Mehta hours after […]

September 13, 2022 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Brits Rate Royal Family Members – UK Party Politics – Ohio, Arizona

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, September 13, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42%Down 1 from Saturday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 39% (Reuters, Trafalgar-R) to 46% (IBD/TIPP). Biden’s […]

EPA Watchdog to Probe Jackson, Miss., Water Crisis

The EPA inspector general office is now probing the federal response in Jackson, Miss., where a public water system crashed and left 150,000 people without safe drinking water. The office previously issued a scathing report […]

DOJ Issued Dozens of Subpoenas Last Week Related to Trump and Jan. 6

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been busy over the past week, reportedly subpoenaing around 40 of former president Donald Trump’s associates. It is considered to be a significant escalation in the ongoing investigation by […]

Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence Kicks Off in Riyadh

The Global AI Summit began this morning in Riyadh, bringing together 100,000 policymakers, specialists, stakeholders, and academics to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. It marks the second edition of the Global AI Summit in […]

Thousands of Minnesota Nurses Launch 3-Day Strike Over Pay

Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike, making it the largest protest in American history involving private sector nurses. The nurses are pressing for salary increases they say will help improve patient care […]

In Utah, Drying Great Salt Lake Leads to Air Pollution

The driest period in human history has crashed down on the American West. The mega-drought being experienced by the West threatens health, agriculture, and entire ways of life. In Salt Lake City, Utah, the air […]

Responding to a request from President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed on Saturday that he had approved $200 million in military aid for Ukraine

Blinken Calls Iran’s Response to Proposed Nuclear Deal Step Backward

With Tehran’s response to the proposal put forward by the European Union being a clear step backward, the prospects for a new nuclear deal between the US and Iran are unlikely any time soon, US […]

Moscow Accuses US of Involvement in Kyiv’s Strikes on Nuclear Plant

The head of Russia’s Security Council Nikolay Patrushev has accused Washington of involvement in Ukrainian strikes on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by supplying Kyiv with crucial intelligence to designate targets for shelling around the […]

Police Arrest Texas Woman Behind Death Threats to Judge Cannon

Texas police has arrested last week the woman who allegedly made death threats against the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s court fight over national security documents the FBI seized from his Florida resort. […]

Ukraine is Dependent on the US, Ukraine’s Zelensky Admits

Without the continued financial and military help from the United States, Ukraine could face defeat in its military conflict with Russia, Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky has said in his interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. Responding […]

DOJ Supports One of Trump’s Nominees for Special Master

The US Department of Justice made a step toward an agreement with Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday noting in its court filing that the retired US District Court Judge Raymond Dearie, one […]

VP Kamala Harris Says ‘Everything on the Line’ in Midterm Elections

Vice President Kamala Harris said that the upcoming midterm elections in November will ultimately determine whether the “age-old sanctity” of the right to vote would be protected in the United States or whether “so-called extremist […]

Biden to Sign Order Boosting Biotech as Part of Cancer Moonshot Update

President Joe Biden will announce today the director of a new agency focused on biomedical innovation and sign an executive order on biotechnologies. The move comes as a part of an overall update on his […]

DOJ, Trump Team Deeply Divided Over Special Master Appointment

The Department of Justice and Donald Trump’s attorneys said they are deeply divided over whether classified records seized by the FBI from the former president’s Florida estate Mar a Lago should be reviewed by a […]

Abortion Clinic Moves Up the Street to Escape One State’s Ban

Tennessee banned abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, ending the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy. A women’s health clinic in Bristol, Tennessee, came up with […]

Supreme Court to Reopen to Public After Long COVID Closure

The U.S. Supreme Court will reopen to the public, allowing the public to hear arguments live and in person for the first time in about two and a half years following a closure due to […]

The US Might Actually Benefit from the Recession in Europe

While Washington believes that the effect of a recession in the EU on the US economy would be modest, some US economy experts believe Europe’s troubles may actually be good for America in the current […]

Over 50 Million Stuck in Modern Slavery, Forced Marriages, UN Says

Nearly one out of every 150 people in the world is caught up in modern forms of slavery or forced marriage, a UN report said, noting that compared to the last count, the number of […]

Quadrupling in Size, Oregon Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 2000+ Homes

The Cedar Creek Fire that is raging south of Portland, Oregon, grew to nearly 86,000 acres on Sunday after it burned for over a month across Lane and Deschutes counties, prompting the evacuation of 2,230 […]

Treasury Secretary Warns of Another Spike in Gas Prices This Winter

Gas prices may spike again this winter, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on Sunday, explaining the rise with the fact that on top of halting most of its Russian oil purchases this winter, the European […]

Washington to Toughen Restrictions on Semiconductor Exports to China

In the latest chapter of the chip war between the United States and China, new restrictions will be placed next month on US shipments of semiconductor chips used for artificial intelligence and chipmaking equipment. Previously […]

September 11, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Kyiv Based Its Counteroffensive on US Intelligence

In preparation for its counteroffensive against the Russian forces in the Kharkiv Region, Kyiv had stepped up intelligence-sharing with the US in order to gain more support and to obtain better and more relevant information […]

September 11, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

High Court Allows Jewish University to Deny LGBTQ Group

An Orthodox Jewish university in New York was granted temporary permission by the US Supreme Court for to deny official recognition to an LGBTQ student group as an official campus club. Yeshiva University asked for […]

September 11, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Visa, Mastercard to Start Categorizing US Gun Shop Sales Separately

In a major win for gun control advocates, the world’s largest payments processor Visa Inc announced on Saturday it will start using the new merchant category code for US gun retailers, which will identify transactions […]