Tag: USA

Russia threatens to abandon American astronaut in space as sanctions threaten peace aboard ISS

The escalating situation could put astronaut Mark Vande Hei’s ride home from…

Biden just put out an executive order on cryptocurrencies — here’s everything that’s in it

U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday calling on…

American basketball star Brittney Griner detained in Russia on drug charges, faces up to 10 years in prison

WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner has been detained…

COVID Won’t End Up Like the Flu. It Will Be Like Smoking.

Hundreds of thousands of deaths, from either tobacco or the pandemic, could…

The Mysterious Right-Wing Group Funding the Trucker Convoy

A conservative dark-money group created to fund election challenges has pivoted to…

White Supremacists Plotted Power Grid Attacks to Start a Race War, Feds Say

Source: White Supremacists Plotted Power Grid Attacks to Start a Race War,…

Pentagon approves National Guard deployment ahead of DC trucker convoy

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved hundreds of unarmed National Guard troops…

Group of protesting truckers begin trip to DC area this week | WTOP News

Inspired by the trucker convoy in Canada, a group from California says…

U.S. detects highly lethal bird flu in Tyson Foods chickens

A flock of about 240,000 chickens owned by Tyson Foods Inc in…

Department of Homeland Security deploys 500 extra staff to try and stop trucker protests from disrupting the Super Bowl

Jen Psaki said that the additional workers in California are “providing extensive…

Opinion | $1.5 Trillion in Student Loan Debt Is Sabotaging the Nation’s Future

Reagan’s policy of starving education and cranking up student debt has made…

Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its…

As U.S. ‘trucker convoy’ picks up momentum, foreign meddling adds to fray

Facebook said Friday it removed trucker and convoy groups run by overseas…

White House unveils $5 billion plan to blanket US highways with new electric-car chargers

The Biden administration wants to make sure there’s a powerful electric-car charging…

The New USPS Trucks Would Probably Be Illegal If They Weighed One Pound Less

Manufacturer Oshkosh Defense is exploiting a long-standing loophole that incentivizes bigger, heavier…

U.S. trucker convoy to Washington gathers steam

The organizers of the “People’s Convoy” announced that truckers will be gathering…

The Data Point: Should your county keep wearing masks?

High transmission and test rates mean that more than 99 percent of…

No, Canadians Aren’t Actually on the Brink of Civil War

However, America’s toxic political environment is spilling across the border. Source: No,…

Opinion | The Republican Party formally declares that truth is fiction and patriots are traitors

Party leaders are punishing Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for refusing to forget…

Next-gen USPS mail trucks are only capable of 8.6 mpg, EPA says

It’s claimed the USPS did not consider environmental impacts as required by…

Oklahoma bill to fine teachers $10k for contradicting religion

Under Senator Rob Standridge’s Students’ Religious Belief Protection Act subjects like LGBT…

The NFL Has a ‘Good Ol’ Boy’ Problem

A damaging new lawsuit lifts the veil on a profound cultural challenge….

Little of the Paycheck Protection Program’s $800 Billion Protected Paychecks

Hanging over the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program, one of the government’s…

Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave

Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving…

First Reported Case of ‘Stealth’ Omicron Detected in CT

The first case of the COVID-19 omicron sub-variant BA.2 also known as…

Witness at scene of CDC lab monkeys crash has developed symptoms

By: Caroline Machiraju Danville, PA – Michelle Fallon is living a nightmare….

How America Made Itself a Poor Country — But Still Doesn’t Understand Why | by umair haque | Jan, 2022 | Eudaimonia and Co

Americans Are Trapped By Never Having Enough Money, and They Don’t Understand…

U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia

Biden is considering sending up to 5,000 troops to Eastern European countries,…

Fluvoxamine, an old drug that costs just a few dollars, might help vs. COVID-19

Fluvoxamine, a 40-year-old drug that costs a fraction of the pricey new…

Federal Reserve is taking the next step toward possibly launching a digital dollar

The Federal Reserve on Thursday issued a long-awaited report weighing whether to…

CIA says ‘Havana Syndrome’ not result of sustained campaign by enemy

The CIA says that the mysterious symptoms known as Havana Syndrome are…

Feds make last-minute reversal on vaccine mandate for truckers

MONTREAL – The federal government is backing down from its vaccine mandate…

Iran vows revenge for Soleimani killing if Trump not put on trial

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, speaking on the second anniversary of the assassination…

Opinion | It’s Time to Amend the Constitution

With Congress incapable of legislating, Constitutional amendments are now the country’s best…

A dream of power, an awakening to destruction

How the events of last January 6 put the existence of the…

Raising America’s Pay: Why It’s Our Central Economic Policy Challenge

The Raising America’s Pay launch report makes the case that broad-based wage growth…

What makes The Great Gatsby great?

As Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic bursts on to…

A Georgia solar factory shows the promise — and peril — of Biden’s new industrial policy

Democrats want to use hundreds of billions in new tax incentives to…

Healthy, boosted people unlikely to develop severe omicron infections, but jury’s out on older, at-risk populations

The new variant has sent U.S. infections soaring, but a smaller share…

More States Are Banning Legally Imported Cars And Nobody Will Say Why

The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators has identified just about every…

U.S. could see 1 million cases per day, warns departing NIH director Francis Collins

Collins is retiring after 12 years of leading the federal health agency….

Biden, On Weed

Biden needs to ditch his old-fashioned ideas about marijuana and realize that…

Canada will respond to tax credits for U.S.-made EVs if approved: Champagne – National | Globalnews.ca

“They understand that legislation like that would generate a response on the…

Pegasus Spyware Placed on Phone of Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife Before his

The revelation is part of an ongoing investigation into a spyware, called…

Coal miners’ union urges Manchin to reconsider opposition to Biden

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), which represents West Virginia coal…

Manchin thought parents would use child credit for drugs, report says

Manchin’s remaks contradict his stated reasons for opposing the Biden administration’s $1.8trn…

‘High risk’ that border rules may change abroad, stranding Canadians: minister – National | Globalnews.ca

‘We don’t want to see any Canadian get stuck or having to…

CFIA says potato wart investigation could take until 2023 | CBC News

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it could be 2023 before it…

Third Test Of The Air Force’s Hypersonic Weapon Has Failed Like The Ones Before It

The Air Force had hoped to conduct three successful tests of the…

Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes – The New York Times

The promise was a war waged by all-seeing drones and precision bombs….