Year: 2022

World leaders are congratulating French President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election win and the defeat of the far-right opponent Marine Le Pen. It marks the second five-year term for Macron, who is a centrist. Allies […]

A Covid Outbreak in Beijing Prompts Panic Buying and Fear of a Lockdown

Residents of Beijing are flooding supermarkets to stock up for food in fear of a looming lockdown as the capital records a growing number of Covid infections. Food stockpiling is happening in an effort to […]

Biden Nominates an Ambassador in Kyiv

In a move to fill a void in the U.S.-Ukraine relationship, President Joe Biden nominated Bridget Brink as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, a position that has been empty for more than a year. The […]

Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself on Fire at Supreme Court

A man set himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court in an apparent Earth Day protest against climate change. The Colorado man, Wynn Bruce, 50, died from his injuries after being airlifted to […]

Twitter Nears a Deal to Sell Itself to Elon Musk

Twitter is close to selling to Elon Musk after he put together a $46.5 billion funding package to acquire the social media platform. The company is close to agreeing to the offer price of $54.20 […]

The US to Return Diplomats to Ukraine, Blinken Says in Kyiv

In a strong message of solidarity from the United States, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an unannounced trip to Kyiv that US diplomats will return to Ukraine this week after leaving over […]

Fears Grow That UNRWA May End Refugee Services to Palestinians

A Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official said on Sunday that Palestinians have been angered by the announcement that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) might allow other UN agencies to help service Palestinian […]

Amazon’s Expansion Plans Okayed by Virginia County Council

Amazon has received a green light to begin its 3.3 million square foot development plans to build its new second headquarters in the region by a Virginia county council on Saturday. Amazon’s plans – referred […]

Biden Provokes Turkey’s Ire Calling Armenian Tragedy Genocide – Again

US President Joe Biden has angered Turkey on Sunday, during Armenian Remembrance Day, describing the mass atrocities by Ottomans in Armenia as genocide after he ended decades of American equivocation a year ago by using […]

The Netherlands Aims to Stop Using Russian Gas by the End of 2022

Focusing on saving energy, sustainability, and importing energy from other countries might help the Netherlands plans to end its reliance on Russian gas by the end of 2022, the Dutch Climate Minister Rob Jetten said […]

Ukraine to Ask for Heavy Artillery from Pentagon

Ukraine will ask U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for more heavy artillery during an expected visit by the officials to Kyiv on Sunday as the Russian invasion enters its […]

Senior Republican Senator Likely to Back Trump if Nominated for Re-election

Senator Roy Blunt said on Sunday that if ex-President Donald Trump is the Republican nominee in 2024, he will certainly support him. While Blunt stated on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that he won’t be part […]

Senator Warren to Support Biden if He Runs for President Again

Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Sunday that if President Joe Biden stands for re-election in 2024, as he has stated, she will support him, The Hill reported. Biden’s poor approval ratings in addition to his […]

New Mexico Wildfires Rage, Destroying Several Settlements

As blazes blazed incredibly early in the year in the arid United States Southwest, wind-driven wildfires damaged hundreds of houses and drove thousands of people to leave mountain settlements in northern New Mexico, Reuters reports. […]

Congressman Kevin McCarthy Scolded over Trump Audiotapes

After an audiotape surfaced showing Congressman Kevin McCarthy, declaring that then-President Donald Trump should hand in his resignation amid the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, the leading Republican in the House of Representatives […]

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April 23, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Saturday, April 23, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42%Up 1 from Thursday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 40% (Trafalgar-R) to 43% (Reuters, Economist). Biden’s […]

Nancy Pelosi Makes Second Cameo on RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is gearing up to rejoin the Glamazons for a comeback appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars, The Hill reported. According to Paramount+, Pelosi will make a “special cameo” on the forthcoming […]

COVID-19 is The Third Most Common Cause of Death in US: CDC

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy explained why he still wears a mask on aircraft despite the lack of a mandate in a Twitter conversation, noting that “our actions impact others,” The Hill reported. Today, we’ll look […]

Biden Takes Dig at Republicans, Calls it ‘The MAGA Party’

During his Earth Day speech on Friday, US President Joe Biden called the Republican opposition the “MAGA party,” referring to the infamous slogan used by former President Donald Trump “Make America Great Again.” During statements […]

House Committee Says Meadows Was Warned About Jan. 6 Riot

On Friday, the House committee probing the Capitol riot urged a federal court to execute its subpoena of former White House top staff, Mark Meadows, presenting new proof that the former White House chief of […]

Strong Winds Spread Wildfires Across US Southwest

On Friday, howling winds drove wildfires near settlements in northern New Mexico, forcing hundreds of people to abandon their homes as fires raged across the arid United States Southwest, Reuters reports. According to local officials, […]

Shanghai Lockdown Gets Even Stricter

Shanghai has further tightened its already strict lockdown, which has been ongoing for nearly a month. Chinese authorities further tightened the Covid restrictions and warned the massive city’s 25 million residents that strict measures would […]

Earth Day: Now Or Never For The Planet

Today is Earth Day, and experts say the earth is hurting. This year’s Earth Day theme is “Invest in our Planet,” with a focus on encouraging world leaders, businesses, and individuals to invest and switch […]

Federal Judge Halts Kentucky’s Restrictive New Abortion Law

Kentucky’s restrictive new abortion law has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, handing a win to abortion providers challenging the harshest abortion restrictions in the country. Louisville-based U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings, an […]

French Presidential Election is a Battle of Bad Reputations

The French presidential election is looming. The decisive election is to be held on Sunday, and in the run-up, posters across France for either of the top candidates have all been defaced, the BBC informed. […]

Supreme Court Upholds Excluding Puerto Rico from Benefits Program

The Supreme Court has decided to uphold the differential treatment of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress can exclude the U.S. territory from a benefits program that is available to all 50 states and the District […]

Trump Blasts Biden’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan

In a speech on Thursday, former President Donald Trump stated that US President Joe Biden had left the US more vulnerable to its adversaries, particularly by evacuating US soldiers from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, […]

Ocasio-Cortez Warns the Republicans Would Overturn Election

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, warned that if Republicans retake the House of Representatives this year, they would be able to overturn a future presidential election, Fox News informed. Thousands of Trump supporters left his […]

Appeals Court Finds that Democrats Illegally Drew New Congressional Districts

Late Thursday, a New York State mid-level appeals court found that Democrats illegally created new congressional districts to unjustly benefit their own party, Fox News informed. Democrats created congressional districts unconstitutionally “to hinder competition or […]

Democrats from Florida Protest Legislation on House Floor

Despite protests from Democratic members who staged a sit-in to put the legislative body into break, the Florida House of Representatives approved the state’s new congressional map on Thursday, Fox News informed. According to The […]