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The second anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol is approaching this week. U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger released a statement two years later, calling it one of the darkest days in the […]

Republicans Explode in Meeting Before Speaker Vote

There’s a new Congress coming today, and it still remains unclear who will run things. The new Congress begins today with a Republican majority in the House. First up on its to-do list is to vote […]

NATO Members Berated by Former US National Security Advisor Bolton

The former US national security advisor John Bolton has slammed several NATO members for their supposed reluctance to support Ukraine – singling out Germany, France, and Türkiye – in a scathing op-ed in The Telegraph […]

Recession Threatens Third of World Economy, IMF’s Georgieva Warns

The year 2023 is going to be a tough year– tougher than the year we leave behind- for much of the global economy as the United States, Europe, and China, the main engines of global […]

Manchin Wants to Pause Implementation Of New Electric Vehicle Tax Credits

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chair Joe Manchin wants the U.S. Treasury to pause the implementation of commercial and consumer electric vehicle tax credits. The Treasury issued guidance today that will allow automakers to […]

U.S. Sues AmerisourceBergen Over Opioid Epidemic

The U.S. government filed a civil lawsuit accusing the massive drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp of contributing to fueling the nation’s deadly opioid crisis. The Department of Justice has said AmerisourceBergen contributed to the deadly opioid […]

Migrants from Haiti, Nicaragua, and Cuba to Become Title 42 Victims

Several days after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump-era restriction of Title 42 must stay in place for what could be months as a legal battle over their future plays out, sources say that the […]

Washington Urges Calm in Balkans Amid High Tensions on Kosovo Border

Amid soaring tension with Serbia that Kosovo has fueled by arresting a former Serb police officer, the United States on Wednesday expressed its concerns over the continued tense situation and appealed for calm in the […]

ExxonMobil Files Lawsuit Against EU Over Windfall Profit Tax

In a bid to force European Union to scrap its new windfall tax on oil groups and energy companies, US oil giant ExxonMobil is suing the bloc, arguing that, by imposing the levy, Brussels exceeded […]

December 28, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

First Gen Z Congressman Says He’s Of “Mass Shooting Generation”

The first Gen Z congressman, Maxwell Frost, made a heavy campaign focus on gun safety measures. It has made the 24-year-old Democrat from Orlando, Florida, a subject of hate. Gun safety is of utmost importance to […]

December 28, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Musk Claims All Social Media Censor for the US Government

Ever since he purchased Twitter, Elon Musk has released documents showing that the platform colluded with government agencies – the FBI, CIA, and Pentagon – to suppress information on elections, Ukraine, and Covid-19. Twitter CEO […]

December 28, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Red Alert Issued by US Embassy in Pakistan, Staff Barred from Travel

As Pakistan’s capital has been placed on a Red Alert citing security concerns while banning all public gatherings, the United States embassy in Islamabad also issued a security red alert on Sunday evening. Due to […]

December 27, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Trump Insider Says ‘Some Accurate Stuff’ in Profile of Moribund 2024 Campaign

Former president Donald Trump is having a meltdown over a New York Magazine story that his 2024 run for the White House was all but moribund. The New York Magazine story, called “The Final Campaign,” […]

December 27, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Biden Responds to Blizzard, Approves New York Emergency Declaration

President Joe Biden approved New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s emergency declaration request filed in response to the destructive winter storm that’s already claimed at least 28 lives in the state’s west since its beginning on […]

December 27, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Arizona’s Hobbs Demands Sanctions Against Election Denier Lake

After an Arizona judge on Saturday rejected defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s failed effort to overturn the state’s election results, Arizona’s Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs asked the court on Monday to sanction Lake over […]

December 26, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russia Ready to Resume Gas Supply to Europe via Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline

More Russian gas will soon be coming back to Europe. Russia said it is prepared to resume gas supplies to Europe through the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which was stopped for political reasons. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander […]

December 26, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

At Least 12 Casualties of the Winter Storm in New York, More Expected

The winter storm that will go down in history as the Blizzard of 2022 has claimed the lives of 12 people in New York, the storm update briefing in Erie County on Christmas afternoon that […]

December 26, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Gov. Abbott Enrages Dems, Drops Off Migrants Outside VP Harris’ Home

In the latest salvo of a months-long effort by Republican governors to urge the Biden administration to bolster its immigration policy, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has bussed illegal migrants to Vice President Kamal Harris’s Washington, […]

December 25, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

WSJ Poll Shows Americans Deeply Split Over Discrimination

A new poll that the Wall Street Journal published on Saturday shows a deep division between Americans along partisan lines over which population groups in the United States face discrimination. The poll finds that voters […]

December 25, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Kari Lake’s Election Lawsuit Rejected by Arizona Judge

Republican Kari Lake’s lawsuit challenging the result in the November gubernatorial race the Democrat Katie Hobbs won by roughly half a percentage point was rejected Saturday by an Arizona court. Dismissing the highest-profile case challenging […]

December 24, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Struggling to Fill Open Slots, US Navy Retains Underperforming Sailors

The US Navy announced Thursday it will temporarily suspend its so-called “up-or-out” policy of discharging veteran service members who haven’t performed well enough to get promoted in order to improve its retention efforts and fleet […]

December 24, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

China Faces Blood Shortages as Covid Spike to 37M Cases in a Day

Following Beijing’s decision earlier this month to abruptly relax its strict Covid mitigation policies, Covid cases are spiking in China where nearly 37 million people may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day […]

December 23, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Culture

Does Avatar 2 Romanticize or Glorify Colonialism?

Thirteen years after the first Avatar film, the sequel has arrived. The original science fiction film broke box office records and became the highest-grossing film of all time for a decade. But are Avatar and its […]

December 23, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Afghan Pullout Helped Arm Ukraine, State Secretary Blinken Admits

The much-criticized, hectic withdrawal from Afghanistan helped Washington redirect resources to Ukraine just months later, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted on Thursday during his year-end press conference. Just two weeks after the US-backed […]

December 23, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Rise of Invasive Strep A Infections in Children Prompts CDC Warning

After it was notified in November of a possible increase in strep A infections cases among children in a Colorado hospital, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alerted the medical community on Thursday […]

Report Says Marines Should Ditch ‘Gender-Specific’ Terms for Drills

A new academic report has recommended that the Marine Corps does away with its “gender-specific salutations” for drill instructions. The report was commissioned in 2020 by the Corps from the University of Pittsburgh and was […]

Zelensky Makes Historic Visit To US

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a historic visit to Washington, D.C., marking his first visit out of his country since Russia invaded it in February. His trip drew immediate ire from the Kremlin. Zelensky first […]

Report Shows More Than a Third of Executions in 2022 Were ‘Botched’

Even as capital punishment in the US remains near a 30-year low, 2022 can definitely be called “the year of the botched execution” after a report has found that mishandled incidents made up a record […]

HHS Links Systemic Racism with Increased Risk of Dementia, Alzheimer’s

Non-white Americans have relatively high rates of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related diseases partly because of racism and inequities, the Biden administration says. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said this week in […]

December 21, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Congress Aims to Label Russia ‘Aggressor State’

Congress is working to condemn Russia as an “Aggressor State” rather than a state sponsor of terrorism. The Biden administration has been working with Congress over the last several months on legislation that would […]