Month: January 2023

The third day was not the charm. Hardline conservative Republican lawmakers have blocked fellow Rep. Kevin McCarthy through 11 straight votes. It marks the lengthiest search for a speaker in 159 years. McCarthy’s team insists there […]

How GOP Lawmakers Contributed to Jan. 6

A handful of Republicans who contributed to the Jan. 6, 2021, violent insurrection on the Capitol are using their power to bring the House of Reps to a standstill. The House select committee investigating Jan. […]

Biden Toughens Border, Offers Legal Path for 30,000 a Month

President Joe Biden announced new border rules, tightening the border. Biden said the U.S. would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally. It marks his strongest move to […]

Non-Compete Agreements Could Soon Be Banned

Millions of workers are subjected to non-compete agreements. That could be coming to an end. The Federal Trade Commission took a bold move aimed at shifting the balance of power from companies to workers. The FTC […]

Killings by US Police Reach Record High in 2022

Police in America killed at least 1,176 people in 2022. It was the deadliest year on record for police violence since experts first started tracking police killings. Police across the U.S. killed an average of more […]

Russian Ambassador: US Doesn’t Want Political Solution in Ukraine

Washington does not want a political settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Russian Ambassador in the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Thursday, commenting on the White House’s decision to deliver Bradley fighting vehicles to Kyiv. […]

IMF: Too Early for US to Abandon Restrictive Monetary Policy

Stressing that there is a very narrow path for the United States to avoid a recession in the coming months, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the United States to stick with last year’s […]

Six Weeks Abortion Ban Removed by South Carolina Supreme Court

South Carolina’s ban on abortion after six weeks violates constitutional rights to privacy that extend to the decision whether to terminate a pregnancy, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Thursday striking down the ban. […]

Psaki Deposition in Social Media Lawsuit Blocked by Appeals Court

Efforts by Republican-led states to force former White House press secretary Jen Psaki to testify about the Biden administration’s efforts to urge social media platforms to bar users from posting and to take down certain […]

Ukraine, US, and Germany Reject Putin’s Christmas Truce Declaration

Ukraine, the United States, and Germany rejected on Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a ceasefire on the eve of Orthodox Christmas which is celebrated this week by both countries involved in the war. […]

McCarthy Loses 7th Vote for Speaker as Drama Shrinks Congressional Agenda

Representative Kevin McCarthy lost his bid for House speaker for a seventh time. It leaves the chamber deadlocked for a third day at the start of the Republican rule. The latest loss came even after his […]

Oil Rises After Fuel Stocks Draw Down

Oil prices rose nearly 2 percent on Thursday after posting the biggest two-day loss for the start of a year in three decades. Fears of a global recession looming caused the big declines in the […]

RNC’s 2022 Election Audit Will Scrutinize Trump’s Role in the GOP’s Losses

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is going to examine what role former president Donald Trump played in the party’s poor performance in the 2022 midterm elections. The investigation into its own losses comes as part of […]

U.S. Defends Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan in Supreme Court Brief

The Department of Justice filed a brief with the Supreme Court defending President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans. The court filing marks the beginning of a high-stakes battle […]

Government Approves Use of World’s First Vaccine for Honeybees

The world’s first vaccine for honeybees has been approved by the U.S. government that helps protect honeybees from a deadly bacterial disease. The new vaccine raises hopes of a new tool to help fight diseases […]

Newsome Declares Emergency as Powerful River Storm Hits California

California has been plagued by heavy rains, damaging winds, and a significant amount of mountain snowfall Wednesday through Thursday as a result of a potent atmospheric river storm associated with a bomb cyclone, the latest […]

US to Oppose Israel at UNSC Temple Mount Meeting

In light of the Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit Tuesday morning to the Temple Mount that has sparked angry reactions and condemnation, US State Department speaker Ned Price said that Washington will speak […]

CENTCOM: US Army Base in Eastern Syria Targeted with Two Rockets

In an attack for which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights accused pro-Iranian groups, an army base in eastern Syria hosting a US-led anti-extremist coalition was targeted Wednesday with two rockets that have caused no […]

Irish Data Regulator Slaps Meta with Massive Fine

After it has established that Facebook and Instagram violated EU privacy law, the Irish data regulator fined their parent firm Meta $416 million on Wednesday, bringing the total penalties Dublin handed to Meta in just […]

New Report Shows Quarter of US Servicemen Have Been Food Insecure

According to a new report from the RAND Corporation based on research requested by the Defense Department, more than a quarter of active-duty military personnel have experienced food insecurity in recent years. The DoD commissioned […]

FDA Makes Abortion Pills More Widely Available at Pharmacies

The Food and Drug Administration finalized a new rule change that makes abortion pills more widely available to more pharmacies across the U.S., including large chains and mail-order companies. The new rules allow certified pharmacies […]

Stars of 1968’s “Romeo and Juliet” Sue for More Than $500Mil Over Nude Scene

The two stars of 1968’s “Romeo and Juliet” sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million over a nude scene in the film shot when they were teens. Olivia Hussey, then 15 and now 71, […]

Social Media Use Linked to Brain Changes in Teens

Is social media a brain-changer? A new study has found that the frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescents’ brain develops. Teenagers who check their social media platforms more often were found to […]

Ron DeSantis Inaugurated for a Second Term as Florida Governor

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was inaugurated for his second term. It comes as the conservative continues to rise as the leading potential alternative to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. DeSantis spoke […]

House Continues To Reject McCarthy As Speaker Despite Trump Pleas

The House of Representatives has rejected Republican Kevin McCarthy’s bid for a speaker for a fourth time. There remains a small group of holdouts in the Republican party, which is now actively defying the demands […]

Washington Strongly Opposes Syria’s Assad Rehabilitation

Several days after the Syrian defense minister held a breakthrough meeting with Turkey, the United States called Tuesday on all nations to think twice about rehabilitating the country’s brutal President Bashar al-Assad. State Department spokesman […]

Missouri Executes First Openly Transgender Person with Lethal Injection

Missouri has put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday Amber McLaughlin, carrying out the first known US execution of an openly transgender person, the Missouri Department of Corrections said in a written statement. In […]

Washington Slams Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount Visit as Unacceptable

After Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked a global fury and condemnation with his Temple Mount visit on Tuesday morning, the Biden administration slammed his move as unacceptable. Noting that the United States finds […]

Political Ads Ban on Twitter to Get Lifted in Coming Weeks

Political advertisements will return on Twitter in the coming weeks while the issue-based paid content would be immediately allowed on the platform, the company said Tuesday announcing its plans to lift its restrictions on political […]

Conservative Hardliners Nominated Jim Jordan for House Speaker

Amid Republican floor infighting for House leadership on Tuesday, conservative hardliners nominated Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to be speaker of the House during the chamber’s second and third votes. A close ally of former […]