Year: 2022

Snap announced today that it will lay off 20 percent of all staff and shut down projects, including mobile games and novelties like a flying drone camera, as high inflation and a deteriorating economy ravage […]

Rights Groups Sue to Block Indiana Abortion Ban

Indiana abortion rights groups and medical providers filed a new lawsuit on Tuesday to stop the state’s ban on the procedure from going into effect. The lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf […]

DOJ Opposes Trump’s Request for Special Master for Seized Documents

Arguing that former President Donald Trump lacks the legal standing for his request, the US Department of Justice urged on Tuesday the judge to reject Trump’s request to have more than 100 classified documents and […]

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev Dies

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a severe and long illness and has been in failing health for some time. The former leader […]

Netherlands Slams US Gun Violence after Dutch Soldier Killed

Netherlands’ defense minister expressed serious concern over American gun violence after one Dutch commando was killed and two other soldiers were wounded in a shooting incident in Indiana over the weekend. The three Dutch soldiers, […]

Raul Ortiz: Biden’s Border Policies Sparked Immigration Crisis

The Biden administration’s decision to walk back Trump-era enforcement measures has caused the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border over the past 18 months, Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz admitted under oath in a […]

Lucid to Boost Capital by Raising $8Bn Through New Offerings

In its efforts to boost production and working capital, the luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Group plans to raise $8 billion through new offerings at a time when supply chain disruptions and shortages of parts […]

Pfizer and BioNTech revealed that a supplemental dose of their coronavirus vaccine restored complete protection

COVID Jabs, Treatments to Be Moved to US Private Markets in 2023

Americans will have to obtain Covid-19 vaccines and treatments through insurers or pay for them out-of-pocket as soon as January 2023 since the Biden administration plans to move them to the private markets once its […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Student Loans – Abortion Voting – Biden, Trump Personality Contest – Better Party Next Door – Arizona

August 30, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, August 30, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters) to 45% (Rasmussen, CBS). Biden’s disapproval […]

Sweeping Children’s Online Safety Bill Passed in California

California has adopted new rules that will require many online services to increase protections for children. The rules could change how popular social media and game platforms treat minors. Social media and game platforms often use […]

The US to See Renewable Energy Boom

Renewable energy is set for an unprecedented boom after the first-ever climate bill was signed into law. Solar and wind projects are expected to double their capacity by the end of the decade and provide the […]

Musk Sends Fresh Letter to Get Out of Twitter Deal

Elon Musk is still trying his hardest to get out of his deal to purchase Twitter. He has now sent an additional letter of deal termination after he subpoenaed a whistleblower seeking documents on how the […]

More Than 40% of Americans Think Civil War Likely Within Decade

More than two-fifths of Americans believe that a civil war is at least somewhat likely in the next decade. The figure increases to more than half among “strong Republicans.” New research released by YouGov and […]

Republicans in Disarray as Trump and Abortion Scramble Midterms

There is massive in-fighting within the Republican Party over the direction of the midterms. While the G.O.P. is still favored to take the House in the midterm elections in November, both former president Donald Trump and […]

The US Denies Evacuating Baghdad Embassy, Calls for Dialogue in Iraq

The White House denied on Monday the reports that it had begun evacuating diplomats from the US Embassy in Baghdad amid mass unrest in Iraq which protesters stormed Iraq’s parliament building and the presidential palace. […]

US Oil Reserves Near Four-Decade Low

The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) fell to 450 million barrels at its lowest level since 1984 in the week to Aug. 26, with the crude oil inventory falling by 3.1 million barrels, according to […]

Ukraine Aid Brought US Artillery Stockpiles to Uncomfortable Low

After the White House approved and delivered billions of dollars in lethal aid for Ukraine since February, the US military is running uncomfortably low stockpiles of some types of ammunition. Several military officials told the […]

Ex Saudi Aramco VP: American LNG No Alternative to Russian Gas for EU

The former executive vice president at Saudi Aramco, Sadad Al-Husseini, believes that there is not enough capacity in the world to replace Russia’s gas supply to the European Union with LNG. In an interview for […]

LUNCHTIME POLITCS: New Polls from Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico, Missouri, California

August 29, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, August 29, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43%Up 1 from Aug. 18 RON’S COMMENT: Biden continues to inch up the approval scale…. Today’s average is based on four polls, […]

Strong US Labor Market Amid Resilient Demand May Mean Aggressive Rate Hike

The most recent US jobs report ahead of the Federal Reserve’s September policy meeting indicated that employers continued to add jobs at a healthy, but more moderate, pace in August. This underscored the durability and […]

How Polio Returned to the US

A mutated virus, anti-Vader’s, and a vulnerable population. Polio has returned to the United States. The disease was snuffed out of the country in the 1970s. But now, it’s come back. This June, a young man in […]

Moderna’s Covid Vaccine Lawsuit Looks Ahead to Future Markets

The unexpected lawsuit from Moderna filed against Pfizer and BioNTech over patent infringement for its Covid vaccination technology shows more about the future market for mRNA shots than the current state of the Covid pandemic. […]

Bitcoin Drops Below $20,000 Over Concerns on Fed Rate Hikes

Bitcoin made another fall on Monday, extending its drop below $20,000, amid concern over the Federal Reserve’s rate-hike path. The largest crypto token fell as much as 2.3 percent today to $19,527. This means the […]

Ukraine Using Resistance Warfare Developed by the US to Fight Back

The Russian war in Ukraine has passed the six-month mark. U.S. and European officials say that Ukraine has successfully used a method of resistance warfare that was developed by U.S. special operations forces to fight back […]

Grossi: IAEA to Visit Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Later This Week

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is on its way to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which has been the target of strikes in recent weeks, the agency’s chief Rafael Grossi announced on […]

Another American Reportedly Killed Fighting in Donbas

A 24-year-old Memphis native fighting alongside Ukraine soldiers in the hotly contested Donbas region of the besieged country is the latest American killed by Russian-backed militias, the State Department confirmed, declining to reveal the American’s […]

Saudi Arabia Increases Female Workforce Participation to 33.6%

According to a report released by the Small and Medium Enterprises Authority – also known as Monsha’at – the total female workforce participation in Saudi Arabia rose to 33.6% in the first quarter of 2022. […]

UN Rights Chief Worried About the Effects of Assange’s Extradition

Julian Assange’s potential extradition raises serious concerns for media freedom and could have a chilling effect on investigative journalism, United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet has warned, noting that his prosecution could hurt future whistleblowers. […]

Mississippi Mayor Reiterates Evacuation Call as River Waters Rise

As record-setting rain threatens to flood streets and creep into homes in the course of today and tomorrow, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi’s biggest city, reiterated his calls for citizens to evacuate, warning them not […]

August 28, 2022 Maja Popovska

More than Half of Democratic Voters Think Biden Should Not Run Again

Republican and Democratic voters have different ideas about the essential qualities needed to accomplish the job, according to a recent USA TODAY/Ipsos poll. Republican voters regard first and foremost a warrior who will fight for […]