Mexican authorities blocked dozens of migrants from hitching a ride to the U.S. on freight trains in Mexico City on Friday in a major new enforcement effort. Thousands of people have used the freight trains, known as “The Beast,” to hitch a dangerous ride to the Mexico-U.S. border before they cross over illegally. Earlier this […]
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Trump not losing sleep over threat of jail time
Former President Donald Trump is not afraid of going to prison despite facing four criminal trials, saying, “I’m built a little differently.” “I don’t even think about it,” Trump told NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker in an interview aired on Sunday. “I’m built a little differently, I guess, because I have had people […]
Putin ally says Tucker Carlson to be assasinated
A prominent Russian propagandist has claimed that former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson is a “dead man walking” for saying that the U.S. and Russia will go to war with one another in the next year. The Rossiya-1 talk show host Vladimir Solovyov justified his own prophesizing of an armed conflict between the two nations […]
What is skiplagging? Why do Airlines hate it?
A new lawsuit brought by American Airlines against a controversial ticketing website is bringing renewed attention to “skiplagging,” or “hidden city ticketing” — a technique used by some passengers to get lower fares. It works like this: Say a passenger wants to travel from New York to Charlotte, N.C., but the nonstop route is pricey. […]
China is imbedding ‘spy tech’ in US smart devices
When police, firefighters and other first responders across the U.S. rush to emergencies, they rely on special devices to avoid overwhelmed public networks. Chinese spies could be listening in. Chinese-made components in devices certified for use on the federally managed FirstNet public safety network are designed to be able to send information back to servers […]
70% of Republicans think Biden win illegitimate
The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a new CNN poll fielded throughout July. All told, 69% of Republicans and Republican-leaners say Biden’s win was not legitimate, up from 63% earlier this year and through last fall, […]
Hunter’s ‘sweetheart deal’ null and void
Legal experts have spoken out after a plea deal negotiated by Hunter Biden’s lawyers with the Department of Justice collapsed on Wednesday in a Delaware courtroom. Hunter Biden’s attorney declared the agreement “null and void” after learning it wouldn’t offer sweeping immunity for other possible offenses. The president’s son had agreed to plead guilty to […]
Woman dead after Yellowstone bear encounter
A woman was found dead on a trail in Montana near Yellowstone National Park after an “apparent bear encounter” on Sunday, according to state wildlife officials. The woman’s body was discovered on the Buttermilk Trail west of West Yellowstone — a small town in the Custer Gallatin National Forest just west of the national park, […]
Biden’s US Chip Manufacturer Delays Production
Chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) has delayed the start of production at its factory in the US state of Arizona, in a setback to President Biden’s technology ambitions. The firm says chip manufacturing will no longer start next year, due to a shortage of skilled workers. The White House has laid out plans to bring […]
2023 poised to be the summer of strikes
More than 650,000 American workers are threatening to go on strike this summer — or have already done so — in an avalanche of union activity not seen in the US in decades. The combined actors and writers strikes in Hollywood are already a once-in-a-generation event. Unions for United Parcel Service Inc. and Detroit’s Big […]
Why aren’t people going to Disney World?
Walt Disney World is billed as the “most magical place on Earth,” but based on a growing amount of evidence, it seems like fewer people are spending this summer soaking up the fairy dust. And for all the talk about its parent company’s fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, it’s pretty clear that the park’s […]
Gas prices rising as Saudi Arabia cuts drilling
Oil prices have risen after Saudi Arabia said it would make cuts of a million barrels per day (bpd) in July. Other members of Opec+, a group of oil-producing countries, also agreed to continued cuts in production in an attempt to shore up flagging prices. Opec+ accounts for around 40% of the world’s crude oil […]