Tag: USA
Taliban offered Kabul to US, but Americans said no: report
Taliban fighters took the Afghan capital city of Kabul faster than anyone…
U.S. intelligence agencies split on Covid-19 origins, offer no high-confidence conclusions in new report
In May, Biden ordered a closer intelligence review of what he described…
Bodies of Paiute children believed to be buried at site of former Utah Indigenous boarding school
The bodies of several Paiute children are likely buried below the summer…
Taliban Has $85 Billion Worth Of Taxpayer-Funded US Military Equipment
The Taliban now has access to more than $85 billion worth of…
Opinion | Despite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn’t Won a Real War Since 1945
And if the American people don’t benefit from these endless losing wars,…
Here are two sentences of truth about the US and Afghanistan | The Kansas City Star
This veteran and Missouri U.S. Senate candidate saw what the Afghan National…
We Fact-Checked Fox News’ Racist Lie. It Turns Out, the Pandemic Is Worse in Republican States
People who live in MAGA states are infected, hospitalized and killed by…
Resistance fighters drive Taliban from 3 districts in the mountains north of Kabul.
The Taliban faced the first armed challenge from former Afghan soldiers and…
A former Pence adviser said Trump had 4 years to help Afghan allies leave the country but Stephen Miller’s ‘racist hysteria’ blocked it from happening
She claimed the allies of Trump and Miller across the administration actively…
Fact check: Straightaways weren’t required as airstrips on interstates
A decades-old claim that the Eisenhower Interstate system has straightaway requirements to…
Alabama has ‘negative’ ICU beds available
“We’ve never been here before. We are in truly now in uncharted…
A tale of two armies: why Afghan forces proved no match for the Taliban
Poorly led and riddled with corruption, the Afghan army was overrun in…
Don’t Be a Schmuck. Put on a Mask.
Generations of Americans made incredible sacrifices, and we’re going to throw fits…
How America Failed in Afghanistan
The New Yorker staff writer Steve Coll on the humanitarian catastrophe that…
Man Shot 6 Times Waits 1 Week For Surgery at Hospital Overwhelmed by COVID
Joel Valdez advised people to do their best to “maintain your health”…
Wealth Tax and IRS Funding Could Pay for Entire $3.5T Bill, Warren Writes
The senator writes that her tax plans could pay for the reconciliation…
‘It may never happen’: The $88 billion gamble on the Afghan army that’s going up in smoke
The Pentagon hasn’t given up on its trainees but it can no…
Opinion | China traps Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in a kangaroo court to serve the CCP – The Washington Post
To serve the Communist Party, China has trapped a business consultant and…
Opinion: I taught critical race theory at a conservative Houston high school
“Those opposing critical race theory in schools are like my weakest students,…
U.S. intelligence assessment: Afghan capital of Kabul could collapse sooner than expected – The Washington Post
The worsening outlook comes as Taliban fighters, emboldened by the American military…
How the west supported the Khmer Rouge
The late travel documentarian and TV chef Anthony Bourdain once said that…
The US military is a bigger polluter than more than 100 countries combined
If the US military were a country, its fuel usage alone would…
National mile-driven tax pilot program tucked into $1.2 trillion infra
The White House’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package includes a pilot program for…
Average pay for grocery store and restaurant workers is now over $15 an hour – The Washington Post
$15 an hour is suddenly the rule, not the exception, for U.S….
Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful, Effective and Based on Rock-Solid Science
Clear legal pathways exist to move the U.S. closer to herd immunity…
Pair of travellers from U.S. fined $20K each for fake vaccination documents | CBC News
Two travellers who arrived in Toronto from the United States have been…
C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox
The Delta variant is much more contagious, more likely to break through protections afforded…
47 percent of Republicans say time will come ‘to take the law into
About 47 percent of Republicans believe that a time will come when…
High profile: Cannabis chemical delta-8 gains fans, scrutiny
NEW YORK (AP) — A chemical cousin of pot’s main intoxicating ingredient…
CDC reverses indoor mask policy, saying fully vaccinated people and kids should wear them indoors
The CDC recommended that fully vaccinated people and school-age kids begin wearing…
Untreatable ‘superbug’ fungus has spread in 2 US cities, health officials say
The “superbug” outbreaks were reported in a nursing home and two hospitals….
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic
Bots filing bogus applications in bulk, teams of fraudsters in foreign countries…
‘I think people are underestimating how bad this is going to get’: Dr. Ashish Jha
Dr. Ashish Jha explains why he thinks people are underestimating how bad…
Delta variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases known, CDC director says
Covid hospitalizations are up 32% from last week at about 3,500 per…
Monkeypox outbreak fears as CDC monitors 200 people in 27 states for possible exposure after contact with infected Texan
THE CDC is monitoring more than 200 people in 27 states for…
Gamma Variant Accounts For 4 Times More Illinois COVID-19 Cases Than Better Known Delta Variant
In Illinois while COVID-19 cases continue to rise quickly, the Delta variant…
Opinion | The Crackdown in China Is a Hot Mess, and It’s Coming for Us
The stakes of the U.S.-China war over the future of the internet…
What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack?
Debates about critical race theory are coming to your district, board room,…
Summer camps hit with COVID outbreaks — are schools next?
The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer…
Schumer: Marijuana legalization will be a Senate priority | TheHill
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday announced on the floor…
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US…
California approves $35 million plan for nation’s first state-funded guaranteed income program
CA approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S. with…
Tennessee has gone “anti-vaccine,” state vaccine chief says after being fired
Vaccine chief says she was fired for noting state’s 34-year-old policy for…
John Pilger Q&A: ‘US missiles are pointed at China’
Journalist John Pilger thinks the US and China might be on the…
Texas abortion law: Groups sue to block state from letting private citizens help enforce six-week abortion ban – The Washington Post
The law allows individuals, not the state government, to sue people who…
Indigenous Americans call for justice over residential schools
The schools aimed to aggressively assimilate children to non-native culture. Source: Indigenous…
Their children vanished at an Indigenous boarding school. This tribe is bringing them home after 140 years – CNN
Rose Long Face was 18 years old when she was taken to…
China Has a BIG Plan for Post-U.S. Afghanistan—and It’s Worth Billions
Beijing just can’t wait for the U.S. to get out of the…
