Year: 2022

EU regulators claim that Apple is breaking competition laws by limiting rivals’ access to technology that is key to making contactless payments, The Guardian reports. The European Commission said today that Apple “set the rules” […]

White House Correspondents’ Dinner Returns with President in Attendance

Washington D.C. got dressed to the nines this weekend for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, ABC News reports. The famous event made its grand return over the weekend following two years of being canceled due […]

Some Evacuated in Mariupol but Several Hundred Civilians Still Trapped

A long-awaited evacuation of civilians began from a besieged steel plant in the Ukraine city of Mariupol, but several hundred civilians are still trapped, Associated Press reports. An operation to evacuate people from the Azovstal […]

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Connecticut Senate OKs Bill That Protects Abortion Providers

Connecticut passed a bill that will make the state a safe haven for abortion, Associated Press reports. The Connecticut Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that abortion rights advocates say is needed in […]

U.S. Inflation-adjusted Consumer Expenditure Surged in March

Despite heavy pricing pressures, inflation-adjusted consumer expenditure in the United States increased in March, demonstrating that people still have strong appetites and financial resources for purchasing, Bloomberg reports. According to March Commerce Department numbers released […]

McConnel Keeps Quiet over 'Sour Relationship' with Trump

McConnell Keeps Quiet over ‘Sour Relationship’ with Trump

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican Leader, has been tight-lipped about his strained relationship with former President Donald Trump, even among his own fellow Republicans, The Hill reports. According to the senators, McConnell, who prides himself […]

Housing Investments Jeopardized as Biden Spending Bill Becomes Stale

The route ahead for the essential housing investments Democrats hoped to safeguard in the Build Back Better Act (BBB) is becoming cloudy, as Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to the party’s partisan package casts doubt on […]

Amazon Hearing May Overturn NY Labor Union Vote

According to a US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officer, Amazon Inc’s objections to a historic union election at a corporate warehouse in New York City necessitate a hearing that might invalidate the outcome. The […]

Civil Rights Activists Gather under Stone Mountain, Blast ‘Racist Traitors’

A large group of civil rights activists rallied and yelled at Georgia’s Stone Mountain on Saturday, carrying posters denouncing “racist traitors” as they protested the restoration of an annual Confederate festival, Reuters reports. The demonstration […]

GOP Slammed Homeland Security Secretary for ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Narrative

Republicans have been outraged by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ inability to identify a single case of domestic terrorism that his department has forwarded to the Department of Justice for prosecution, and their calls for […]

Gabbard Says Obama behind Effort of Forming Disinformation Governance Board

Tulsi Gabbard, a former congresswoman from Hawaii, said that Barack Obama is behind the initiative to form a Disinformation Governance Board, which she equated with George Orwell’s famous “Ministry of Truth,” Fox News informed. Gabbard […]

New Polls Show Republicans in Front of Democrats for Upcoming Midterms

In the run-up to this year’s midterm elections, a new poll finds Republicans to have an advantage, even among those more normally associated with the Democratic Party, Fox News informed. According to the findings of […]

Biden’s Nominee for FEC Claimed Voting Machines in Georgia Switched Votes in 2018 Governor’s Race

President Joe Biden’s recent nominee to the Federal Election Commission represented a group backed by Stacey Abrams in a lawsuit alleging voting suppression on multiple unsubstantiated grounds, Fox News informed. Dara Lindenbaum, the nominee, also signed court documents […]

Honduran Foreign Minister Fears Mass Migration after Title 42 Repeal

With the elimination of the CDC’s public health policy of Title 42, an order that permits federal authorities to promptly expel migrants at US borders declaring a health pandemic, Honduras’ Foreign Minister fears that migration […]

White House Correspondents Dinner Returns with Changed Dynamics

After a pause during the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington D.C.’s yearly tradition of having a party with celebrities, journalists, and politicians returns on Saturday, but the dynamic of mixing humor with politics hasn’t altered, Fox News […]

Republicans Call Out Biden for his Dystopian Disinformation Board

President Biden’s idea to form a “Disinformation Governance Board” to battle “disinformation” in the 2022 midterm elections has been criticized by a slew of conservatives, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Fox News informed. The […]

White House Stands in Defense of New ‘Disinformation’ Board

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, defended a recently announced Department of Homeland Security attempt to address “disinformation” on COVID-19 and election-related problems on Thursday, Fox News informed. “I really haven’t dug into this […]

Progressive Lawmakers Pressure Biden for Title 42 Repeal

Progressive politicians asked that President Biden withdraw the Title 42 border measure on Thursday, and warned other Democrats not to give in to political pressure by adopting Trump’s “xenophobic” immigration policies, Fox News informed. Pressley […]

Donald Trump Joins his TRUTH Social Network

Former President Donald Trump joined his own TRUTH Social on Thursday, publishing a post for the first the very first time in almost a year on a social media site, with a flashback to his infamous 2017 mistake “covfefe,” Fox […]

Russia Tried to Humiliate UN with Kyiv Attack, Says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is trying to “humiliate” the United Nations with its attack on Kyiv. The Ukrainian President condemned Russia’s airstrikes on Kyiv yesterday, which took place while the UN Secretary-General […]

Turkey’s Erdogan Visits Saudi Arabia

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud in Jeddah, marking the Turkish President’s first visit to the Kingdom since 2017. Erdogan’s trip […]

New Gas Pipeline Boosts Europe’s Bid to Ease Russian Supply

The European Union is redrawing the energy map for the region in order to ease its heavy reliance on Russian natural gas. A new pipeline on the Greek-Bulgaria border began construction during the Covid pandemic, with […]

FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new rule to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The ban is a long time coming. Menthol is the last special flavor allowed in cigarettes in the U.S. […]

Amazon Stock Plunges as Company Reports Nearly $4 Billion Loss

Amazon has reported a significant loss in the first three months of 2022, and the announcement has sent the stock plunging. The giant tech company said that it had a net loss of $3.8 billion in […]

Guterres Says UNSC Failed to Do Everything to End Ukraine War

The Security Council failed to do everything in its power to prevent and end this war, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday while visiting Kyiv, stressing that it makes him feel great disappointment, […]

Oklahoma Gov. Expected to Sign Abortion Ban the House Approved

After the GOP-led Oklahoma House gave final approval Thursday with a 68-12 vote – without discussion or debate – to a Texas-style abortion ban, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign the bill within […]

Manafort Sued by DOJ Over Failing to Disclose Offshore Accounts

The former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is facing a lawsuit accusing him of failing to report financial interests held in foreign countries. The Justice Department has filed the lawsuit – which could result in […]

IAEA: Iran Set Up Underground Centrifuge-Parts Workshop at Natanz

In a move apparently aimed at protecting their assets from possible attacks, Tehran has set up its new workshop for making parts for centrifuges – machines that enrich uranium – underground at Natanz, UN nuclear […]

Referendum on NATO Membership Is a Bad Idea, Swedish PM Says

Suggesting that putting the matter to a vote would be a bad idea, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Thursday that if the parliament approves of the measure, Sweden will not hold a referendum […]

April 28, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Gazprom Claims Poland Still Buys Russian Gas – via Germany

After it was grandly announced that Poland no longer needs Russian gas and would not buy it anymore, it continues to buy Russian natural gas from Germany via reverse flows, Russia’s energy giant Gazprom said […]