Year: 2023

The Ukraine war has had traumatic and devastating consequences for children in residential institutions, including forcible transfers to Russia and separation from their families. A new report by Human Rights Watch has found that children […]

US Space Program Budget Higher Than the Rest of the World Combined

The U.S. government spent 51 percent more on space programs than the rest of the world combined in 2022. The data analysts at Fair Betting Sites have crunched the space budgets from countries around the world […]

White House: Saudi and Iran Relations Not Adverse to US Interests

A newly brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran could reduce violence and instability in the region, as both countries have long engaged in proxy wars across the region. The White House said that while […]

The GOP’s Bubble of Trump Denial

Top Republicans keep saying that there is no way that former president Donald Trump can win the 2024 GOP nomination. But polls say otherwise. The GOP is in denial on whether the former president could be […]

Child Labor Laws Are Under Attack in States Across the Country

States across the U.S. are dismantling long-standing child labor laws. Legislators in Republican states are invoking a widespread labor shortage to push bills that would weaken child labor laws. Some bills go beyond expanding eligibility or […]

Trump Shifts Responsibility for January 6 on Pence

“You can blame him.” Former president Donald Trump is shifting responsibility for the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the Capitol to his former vice president, Mike Pence. His remarks come after Pence said that history will […]

Election-Denying Donors Pour Millions into Key Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

Millions are being poured into the supreme court race in Wisconsin from donors involved with promoting election disinformation and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The stakes in the judicial race are monstrous. More […]

Biden to Reinforce Background Checks for Gun Buyers

President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order on firearm background checks. It aims to move the U.S. “as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation”. Biden will order the attorney […]

Trump Returns to Iowa with Plan to Avoid Missteps He Made in 2016

Donald Trump is back in Iowa. On his third run for the White House, he is attempting to avoid missteps he made the first time around in the 2016 election. In 2016 Trump lost the […]

Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Surged Among Black Babies in 2020

Despite a record-low infant mortality rate in 2020, a new study found an unexpected jump in unexplained deaths in Black babies during the first year of the Covid pandemic. The rate of SIDS, or sudden […]

US Dominates Arms Exports, Saudi Arabia in Top 10 Importers

The United States’ share of global arms exports rose to 40 percent from 33 percent in the past five years. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt ranked among the top ten largest importers of weapons in the […]

Biden Says “Banking System is Safe” after SVB Collapse

President Joe Biden addressed the U.S. following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). It comes as the U.S. government is taking steps to try and prevent an escalating financial crisis. Biden said that “Americans can […]

Michelle Yeoh Becomes First Asian Best Actress Winner at Oscars

Michelle Yeoh made history on Sunday night at the Oscars. The actress became the first Asian woman to receive the Academy Award in the Best Actress category. Yeoh won the award for her performance as Evelyn […]

GOP Senator: Only Way to Improve Biden’s Budget ‘is With a Shredder’

Sen. John N. Kennedy took aim at President Joe Biden’s proposed $6.8 trillion budget on Sunday. The Republican senator from Louisiana mocked the proposal, which the White House unveiled on Thursday. “The president says that his […]

Women in the Workforce Have Rebounded, But They’re Still Facing Big Headwinds

The number of women in the workforce in February was higher than pre-pandemic levels for the first time. According to the latest jobs data, the number of women in the workforce rebounded. However, they still face […]

Republican Response to the January 6 Capitol Attack Divides Party

Lines are being drawn inside the Republican Party once again, this time over responses to the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection on the Capitol. The extremist wing of the party is splitting away from those […]

Biden Administration to Approve Controversial Alaskan Oil Project

The Biden administration will approve a massive and controversial oil drilling project in Alaska. The decision to move ahead with the project by authorizing three drill sites in northwestern Alaska would come a day after […]

Trump Continues to Suck the Air Out of the GOP Primary

It wasn’t long ago that many Republicans believed the party might finally be ready to move past former President Donald Trump. But Trump continues to be the axis around which the GOP 2024 primary continues to […]

Trump-Appointed Judge Limits Information on Medication Abortion Lawsuit

A judge in Texas overseeing a lawsuit in which a conservative group is challenging the legality of the abortion drug mifepristone scheduled the first hearing in the case for Wednesday. The suit could determine whether […]

Hundreds of Migrants Try to Force Their Way into US at Mexico Border

Hundreds of people tried to enter the U.S. from Mexico on Sunday. U.S. officials stopped the hundreds of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, after a large group broke through Mexican lines to demand asylum in the U.S. […]

Saudi Aramco Reports Monster 46% Increase in Profit on Crude Prices

The world’s largest oil-exporting company and second most valuable firm, Saudi Aramco reported record-high earnings for 2022 driven by higher crude prices. Saudi oil giant’s regulatory filing on Sunday to the Tadawul stock exchange, where […]

Arizonians Offered Hotline to Report ‘Inappropriate’ School Lessons

The Arizona Department of Education informed Arizonians in a press release on Saturday that they now have the ability to report K-12 class curriculum and lessons that they deem “inappropriate,” using the hotline that Arizona’s […]

SVB Collapse Forces US to Seek Ways to Secure Bank Deposits

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday in the largest bank failure in the US since the 2008 financial crisis has shaken the US regulators who are afraid that more insolvencies could follow […]

Pence Says History Will Hold Trump Accountable for US Capitol Attack

History will hold Donald Trump accountable for his role in January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, former Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday in his most forceful rebuke to date of his […]

Syrian Camps are Incubator for Radicalism, US General Warns

A top US Middle East commander warned on Saturday that Kurdish forces- run prison camps for Islamic State fighters and their families could harbor an army in detention, being an incubator for radicalism. Tens of […]

China Accuses the US of Worsening Syria ‘Humanitarian Disaster’

After American lawmakers voted to continue US troop deployments in Syria, China slammed on Friday the US military occupation of Syria, stressing that it has only deepened the country’s humanitarian crisis. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson […]

Texas Women Sued after Helping Friend Obtain Abortion Pills

In a first case of its kind since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, three women in Texas have been sued for wrongful death over allegations that they helped one of their […]

FDA Approves Pfizer’s Nasal Spray Zavzpret to Treat Migraine

People suffering from migraines who can’t take pills or injections due to nausea or vomiting will soon have access to pain relief in the form of a nasal spray designed for quick relief of migraine […]

Washington Welcomes Saudi-Iranian Deal to Restore Ties

The United States has long encouraged direct dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Iran and welcomes the recent deal between to re-establish ties between the two countries, a White House official pointed out on Friday. Per […]

US Regulators Seized Silicon Valley Bank, Put It Into Receivership

The tech-heavy lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Financial Group was closed on Friday by California banking regulators in the largest bank failure in the US since Washington Mutual during the height of the 2008 financial […]