Month: February 2023

The government could default in July, or even earlier. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued a new estimate of how long the Treasury Department can sustain its extraordinary measures to prevent a debt default: Five to […]

Republicans Take Aim at Risque Jokes and Romance Novels with Anti-Sex Bills

Republicans are pushing a wave of proposed legislation across the U.S. to outlaw aspects of sexuality. The state bills could have enormous impacts on Americans’ private lives and businesses. The laws are already receiving backlash. The […]

Rep. Gaetz Says No Charges for Him in Sex Trafficking Case

Far-right Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said the Department of Justice has ended a sex trafficking case against him. Gaetz is known for his staunch support of former president Donald Trump, and his membership in the […]

Panel Backs Moving Opioid Antidote Narcan over the Counter

A life-saving opioid overdose drug – Narcan – could be hitting store shelves. The overdose-reversing drug naloxone should be made available over the counter to aid the national response to the opioid crisis, U.S. health […]

Tesla Recalls 362,000 U.S. Vehicles over Full Self-Driving Software

Tesla is recalling all 363,000 US vehicles with its so-called “Full Self Driving” driver assist software due to safety risks. It is yet another blow to the feature that is central to the automaker’s business model. […]

Biden Says He Will Speak to China’s Xi about Balloon Incident

President Joe Biden said he expects to speak with China’s president, Xi Jinping, about the spy balloon. The United States says it was a Chinese spy balloon that a U.S. fighter jet shot down early this […]

Saudi Arabia Pours Money Into Gaming

Saudi Arabia is looking to invest billions into the gaming industry. It recently increased its investment in EA and Take-Two Interactive while pouring more money into esports as well. A series of financial disclosures this week […]

US Lack of Medical Leave in Focus as Spain Passes New Law

Spain has passed a new “period pain” law that allows women to take medical leave. The new law has brought the lack of U.S. medical leave into focus. Spanish women suffering from “period pain” will now […]

Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty

Marking the first time a governor has formally asked the General Assembly to abolish the controversial practice, Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro called on the state legislature to end the death penalty in Pennsylvania. Addressing […]

Free Covid Care for Uninsured to Continue After Biden’s Push

While plotting a quicker wind-down of its broader Covid pandemic response, the Biden administration is mulling a plan to keep vaccines, tests, and treatments free for the uninsured into 2024. The plan aims to calm […]

GOP Guide for Hearings Outside of DC Revealed

House Republicans are planning a series of attention-grabbing hearings outside of Washington D.C. on a range of issues. Republicans are sending subpoenas, planning trips to the southwest border, and encouraging committees to find fresh, TV-friendly […]

Youngkin Clears Path for ‘Extreme’ Bill Allowing Police to Seek Menstrual Histories

Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is taking aim at abortions. Youngkin blocked a bill that was passed in the state senate that banned search warrants for menstrual data stored in tracking apps on mobile phones and […]

Pence Moves to Claim Culture War Lane in 2024 Race

Former Vice President Mike Pence is positioning himself to be the Republican candidate tough on culture war issues. Pence is trying to make it clear that no other 2024 Republican presidential candidate will outflank him […]

US, UK Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity in Chagos Islands

The U.S. and the United Kingdom are guilty of crimes against humanity in the forced displacement of indigenous people from the Chagos Islands, Human Rights Watch said. Human Rights Watch published a scathing new 106-page […]

Saudi Ports Authority and Maersk to Develop $346m Logistics Park at Jeddah Port

The Saudi Ports Authority and Danish shipping company Maersk announced the establishment of the Middle East’s “largest logistics park” at the Jeddah Islamic Port. The Saudi Ports Authority, also known as Mawani, announced the new […]

DeSantis Signs Bill Expanding Controversial Migrant Transportation Program

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill to expand a controversial state program to transport migrants. The law is used to relocate migrants from anywhere in the country to Democratic-led cities. The […]

Al Qaeda’s New Leader Adel Has $10 Million Bounty on His Head

The United Nations has identified a new leader of the al Qaeda terrorist group. He has a $10 million bounty on his head. Seif al-Adel is a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking […]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Rejects ‘Bush in Heels’ Haley

Far-right Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene jabbed at fellow Republican Nikki Haley on Twitter Wednesday, calling the former South Carolina Governor a “Bush in heels.” “Nikki Haley is just another George (or Jeb!) Bush,” Greene […]

First Among Social Media Platforms, Twitter to Allow Cannabis Ads

After updating its advertising policies on Wednesday, Twitter will now allow – in accordance with federal guidelines – cannabis ads to run on its service in states where cannabis is legal. In part due to […]

CBO Warns Catastrophic Default Imminent if Debt Ceiling Isn’t Raised

If the United States does not raise its debt ceiling, it can expect to default on payments between July and September, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warned on Wednesday. In what the CBO calls “extraordinary […]

Online content policing loses steam

Big tech platforms are splintering on their efforts to limit undesirable content, Reuters reports. Major online platforms once competed to display their vigilance against misinformation, abuse, and hate speech. Now, the platforms are choosing decidedly […]

Banning ideas and authors is not a ‘culture war.’ It’s fascism.

Republicans are enthusiastic to ban concepts, authors, and books, The Guardian reported. The bans are sweeping across the U.S. Forty-four states have proposed bans on the teaching of “divisive concepts”, and 18 states have passed […]

EU lawmakers approve effective 2035 ban on new fossil fuel cars

The European Union is blocking gas-powered cars, Reuters reports. For years, the bloc has been looking for ways to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global warming by trapping heat […]

Thanksgiving food prices rising over inflation

Inflation rose 0.5% in January, more than expected

There has been a bump in the road to squash inflation, Axios report. Inflation turned higher to start 2023, as rising shelter, gas, and fuel prices took their toll on consumers, the Labor Department reported […]

Michigan State students grew up with school shootings

Multiple students at Michigan State University relived a horror of a school shooting, having already lived through previous school shooting massacres, NBC News reports. It shows a generation of children being continuously haunted by school […]

Drastic emissions cuts needed to avert multi-century sea level rise

Human-caused global warming must be limited in order to avert a huge increase in sea levels, ABC News reports. A new study found that only by limiting global warming to 1.5°C or less can a […]

America turns against immigration

Americans are showing increased concern over immigration, Axios reports. A new poll by Gallup shows that more Americans want less immigration. The polling says that the share of Americans who want less immigration has spiked […]

Michigan Republicans blocked gun reform laws a year before school shooting

Republican lawmakers in Michigan rejected an opportunity to change gun reform laws less than a year before the school shooting at Michigan State University, The Guardian reported. After the mass shooting at an elementary school […]

New details shared about Michigan State University shooter

Information about the lives of the victims and the shooter is becoming available less than 24 hours after a shooting spree that left three Michigan State University students dead and five others gravely injured, The […]

The chairman of the House Select Committee probing the tragic Jan. 6 brawl at the Capitol revealed on Thursday that the panel had subpoenaed four top government officials of Donald Trump's administration, together with Mark Meadows and Steve Bannon.

Manhattan judge upholds Trump contempt order in civil case

A decision placing Donald Trump in civil contempt for disobeying a subpoena issued by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, in her investigation into his business operations, was upheld by a state appeals court […]