Young Americans are starting out with more credit-card debt than generations before them. That financial burden can have long-lasting effects. The rising debt load largely reflects a surge in prices for food and shelter at the start of their careers, coupled with a larger percentage of Gen Z who graduated with student loans. The average […]
Category: Current Events
Stormy Daniels to take the stand in Trump trial
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump last April pleaded not guilty to […]
Waters; Trump supporters “training in the hills”
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., warned that right-wing organizations connected to Trump are “training up in the hills somewhere” to attack if Biden wins the election in November. The California Democrat discussed the former president on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” and warned that we “better be careful” about what he could do. She […]
Trump trial judge to consider Jail over gag order
Judge Juan Merchan has found Donald Trump in contempt, again, for violating a gag order, and warned the former president that he will consider jail time for any subsequent infraction. Trump was fined $9,000 last week, $1,000 for each of nine previous violations. Merchan said: “Mr Trump, as you know, the prosecution has filed three […]
Israel begins strikes on Gaza city of Rafah
Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering.Fears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened by Israel, against holdouts of the Palestinian militant […]
Putin & Russia prepare for nuclear war
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered tactical nuclear weapons drills in response to what the defense ministry has described as provocative statements and threats from the West. Moscow will carry out the drills “in the near future” to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to perform combat missions, the defense ministry said in a […]
US is getting ready for Cinco de Mayo
The United States is gearing up for Cinco de Mayo. Music, all-day happy hours and deals on tacos are planned at venues across the country on Sunday — May 5 — in a celebration with widely misunderstood origins that is barely recognized south of the border. In the U.S., the date is largely seen as […]
Israel shuts down Al Jazeera news agency
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Al Jazeera is to be shut down in Israel. Mr Netanyahu accused the Qatari-owned network of “incitement” and said the cabinet decision had been unanimous. Al Jazeera condemned the move as “criminal”. Foreign journalists are banned from entering Gaza and Al Jazeera staff there have been some […]
$500 monthly given out to combat “toxic stress”
Some residents in Tacoma, Washington, are set to earn $500 monthly payments through a no-strings-attached guaranteed program. The Growing Resilience in Tacoma (GRIT) program was announced in 2020 by Mayor Victoria Woodards as a way to support low-income families during their time of need. “This project is designed to demonstrate that this type of cash […]
1000’s of Sea Lions invade San Francisco pier
The echoes of barking and blubber-slapping have grown louder in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. An unusually large herd of sea lions hauled out of the bay waters to hang out on the docks at Pier 39, a popular tourist destination. It’s the most sea lions the area has seen in 15 years, according to pier […]
Young Dems warn Biden he must change course
Young Democratic voters are sounding the alarm and warning President Biden that his reelection bid could be in jeopardy if he doesn’t change course on the issues that matter most to them, including the war in Gaza. While they have soured on Biden on a range of issues from cost of living to climate issues, […]
Ukraine war “Unlikely to end anytime soon”
Russia is making “incremental progress” in Ukraine “with the potential for tactical breakthroughs along the front lines in areas such as Donetsk and Kharkiv,” Avril Haines, director of national intelligence, told Congress on Thursday, and that has Russian President Vladimir Putin thinking “domestic and the international trends are in his favor.” Testifying before the Senate […]