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States across the U.S. have enacted more than 30 new voting restrictions since 2020, including voter ID requirements, and mail-in ballot limitations. Most of the laws were Republican and introduced in the Red regions. The voting […]

US Concerned About Iranian Threats to Saudi Arabia

The United States is concerned about threats from Iran against Saudi Arabia and will not hesitate to respond if necessary. A White House spokesperson said the administration is concerned about the Iranian threats against Saudi […]

Washington Considers Accommodating Haitian Migrants in Guantanamo

The United States government is looking at doubling the capacity of a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which it can use to accommodate the surge of migrants from Haiti it anticipates, NBC News claims, […]

US to Invest $100Bn in Clean Energy Projects in Partnership with UAE

More than $100 billion will be invested to produce 100 gigawatts of clean energy globally by 2035 in line with the strategic partnership the United States signed Tuesday with the UAE, the White House announced. […]

Republicans Urged to Purge Extremists

The Republican Party is being urged to purge itself of its extremist base. The attack last Friday on Democratic speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s husband may have been shocking, but it was not an aberration, […]

EU Rails at ‘Discriminatory’ Tax Breaks for US-Made Electric Cars

The European Union and the United States are having an ongoing dispute over electric vehicle batters that the EU says would discriminate against manufacturers in the 27-nation bloc and break World Trade Organization rules. The […]

President Biden to End ‘War Profiteering’, Threatens With New Taxes

Since fighting erupted in Eastern Europe earlier this year, oil companies have seen almost unbelievable high profits and now must start acting beyond their narrow self-interest, the US president said Monday. Speaking alongside Energy Secretary […]

Putin’s Idea to Make Turkey Europe’s Gas Hub Rejected by Washington

The proposal that Russian President Vladimir Putin made on Monday to turn Turkey into a gas hub for the EU has prompted a negative reaction in the United States, which has rejected it as unacceptable. […]

Midterms Expected to Affect Stock Market

There has been surprising consistency over the past 100 years or so with the stock market after elections. Stocks have typically followed a broad pattern that coincides with presidential terms. Voters across the U.S. are […]

World Food Programme Grateful for Saudi, UAE Donations

The World Food Programme’s regional representative for Gulf countries thanked the region’s nations for their contributions. Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE, were praised by the WFP representative to the GCC region, Mageed Yahia. […]

World Food Supplies at Risk as Russia Withdraws From Black Sea Deal

Russia backtracked over the weekend from a U.N.-brokered deal to export Black Sea grains. The U-turn is likely to hit shipments to import-dependent countries, deepening a global food crisis and sparking gains in prices. Hundreds of […]

Inflation Could Worsen Due to Seriously Low Diesel Supply

Serious concerns have been raised lately that as the cold weather months approach, fuel costs could go up and worsen inflation due to the seriously low US and global diesel supply. According to Patrick De […]

Affairs in the US ‘Out of Control’, 79 Percent of Voters Say

According to a new CBS News-YouGov poll published on Sunday, nearly 8 in 10 American voters describe the current state of affairs in the United States as “out of control”, The Hill reports. A total […]

Saudi Support of Ukraine Doesn’t Compensate for OPEC+ Cut, Blinken Says

Saudi Arabia’s recent moves to provide aid to Ukraine and its vote at the United Nations condemning Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory are positive developments, but do not compensate for the “wrong” decision by OPEC+ […]

Progressive Democrats Retract Biden Ukraine Letter after Furious Debate

The progressive caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives retracted a letter sent by 30 members urging President Joe Biden to engage in direct talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. The retraction […]

DOJ Puts Tesla’s Self-Driving Claims Under Criminal Probe

The US Department of Justice has put Tesla under criminal investigation over claims that the company’s electric vehicles can drive themselves, joining several other legal challenges over the company’s claims about its self-driving technology(autopilot software), […]

Number of Reports of ‘Terrorist’ Encounters by US Border Patrol Surges

According to US Customs and Border Patrol data published earlier this week, CBP agents apprehended 98 illegal immigrants so far at the US southern border with names matching those on the Terror Screening Dataset, a […]

Study Shows Americans Live Shorter in Conservative States

A new study published Wednesday in the scientific journal PLOS One shows that while states with more liberal policies are associated with lower mortality rates, Americans die younger in states with more conservative policies. The […]

Sixth Edition of Future Investment Initiative Kicks Off in Riyadh

The Future Investment Initiative has officially begun in Riyadh. Known as “Davos in the Desert,” the annual forum is hosting more than 7,000 delegates and more than 500 speakers from across 50 nations. The annual forum […]

Growing Number of Republicans Say Trump Won’t Be GOP Nominee

More and more prominent Republicans are warning against former President Donald Trump from running again for the White House in 2024. The Republicans are warning that if Trump runs, he will lose. Rifts within the GOP […]

US and UK Vow to Support Ukraine, Counter China

President Joe Biden and the new British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, agreed during talks to work together to support Ukraine and stand up to China. Biden and Sunak spoke for the first time a few […]

Washington Vows to Protect Seoul and Tokyo with Nukes

A top State Department official has said that the United States would use its full military capabilities, including nuclear weapons, to protect South Korea and Japan from a potential attack from North Korea. US Deputy […]

Ukraine’s President Zelensky Pledges to Definitely Liberate Crimea

Ukraine will definitely liberate Crimea and return this part of its territory not only to the all-Ukrainian space but also to the all-European space, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday. Addressing virtually parliamentary leaders […]

Republicans Want Working-Class Voters But Don’t Support Workers

The Republican Party seeks to rebrand itself as the party of the working class, but its lawmakers remain as hostile as ever towards any kind of organized labor. After years of struggle, labor unions now […]

Only 5 Percent of US Plastic Recycled Last Year

A mere five percent of 51 million tons of U.S. plastic waste was recycled last year. Almost 95 percent of the 51 million tons of wrappers, bottles, and bags were dumped into landfills, oceans, or scattered […]

White House Denies Dissuading US Companies from Going to Saudi

The White House “categorically” denied dissuading U.S. businesses and companies from attending the “Davos in the desert” in Saudi Arabia this week. Reports were circulating that cited current and former U.S. officials suggesting the White […]

IAEA’s Grossi Thanks US for Supporting Their Efforts in Ukraine

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi informed in a post on Twitter on Monday that he had expressed his gratitude to the United States for supporting the agency’s efforts in […]

Less Than 30% of GOP Voters Believe US Obliged to Help Ukraine

A record low 29 percent of registered GOP voters believe the United States has an obligation to help Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, a Morning Consult poll released on Monday shows, noting that, it […]

October 24, 2022 Maja Popovska

The results of a national exam, which is known as the nation’s report card, have offered the most definitive picture yet of the Covid pandemic’s devastating impact on students

‘Appalling’ National Exam Scores Show Extent of COVID on Students

The results of a national exam, which is known as the nation’s report card, have offered the most definitive picture yet of the Covid pandemic’s devastating impact on students, The New York Times reported. Students […]

October 24, 2022 Maja Popovska

What Happens When Candidates Cry Foul in Midterm Election

Challenges to election results are not new in the United States. But former president Donald Trump and his allies took election challenges to a new extreme in 2020, Reuters reports. Trump and his supporters falsely alleged […]