The House Select Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, held its ninth — and possible final — hearing on its investigation on Thursday. Unlike previous hearings that lasered in on particular pieces of former President Donald Trump and his allies’ scheme to overturn the 2020 election results, Thursday’s hearing put […]
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White House: Prepare for Winter Covid blast
The U.S. should prepare for a spike in COVID cases this winter as more people gather indoors and infections already begin to rise in Europe, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says. The warning echoes that of some other experts who anticipate a rise in cases in the coming months, while other modelling suggests […]
Putin Warns: All World at Risk of Terror Attacks
In what is seen as a veiled threat to the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that all world energy infrastructure was at risk of “terror attacks.” His comments came Wednesday at an energy forum in Moscow. According to the Daily Mail, Putin said that all the energy infrastructure in the world is a legitimate […]
Mayorkas alerted that no Haitian migrants were ‘whipped’ before WH presser
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was told that the photographer who captured a clash between Border Patrol agents and Haitian migrants in Del Rio had said that the incident was being misconstrued — hours before Mayorkas joined a White House press conference where he didn’t challenge the false narrative. The Sept. 24, 2021 email, obtained […]
Biden warns Saudi’s “there will be consequences”
President Biden warned Tuesday that Saudi Arabia would face “consequences” after OPEC+ last week announced the biggest cut in oil production since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Senior Democrats on Capitol Hill have condemned the decision by Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of the oil-producing alliance, to reduce the global supply of petroleum. […]
White House Wants Low-Key 80th Birthday for Biden
While many families and friends prepare a major celebration for someone turning 80, the White House is hoping to downplay President Joe Biden’s entrance into the octogenarian club next month as questions continue to swirl about his fitness to lead the nation. Biden will turn 80 on Nov. 20, soon after the midterm elections, and […]
Air Raid Sirens Sound Across Ukraine Today
Air raid sirens are sounding across Ukraine, as the country is being rocked by missile strikes for the second consecutive day following an attack on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea. According to local news outlets, air alerts are sounding in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, and the Sumy, Kharkivska, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Donetsk, Vinnytsia, Mykolaivska, Odesa, […]
Best Place to Survive Nuclear War in the U.S.
In the wake of President Biden’s mention of nuclear “armageddon”, and Elon Musk tweeting that “nuclear war probability is rising rapidly,” it is natural that people have pondered online what they would do, and where they would shelter, in the event of a nuclear war. But, the safest place to go in the case of […]
Goodbye, Columbus? Hello Indigenous Peoples’ Day
For only the second time, a U.S. president has officially recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day. President Biden issued a proclamation on Friday to observe this Oct. 10 as a day to honor Native Americans, their resilience and their contributions to American society throughout history, even as they faced assimilation, discrimination and genocide spanning generations. The move […]
Aggressive Russian missile strikes hit Kyiv
The past few hours have seen wave after wave of explosions, not just here in Kyiv, but all across this vast country, from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east and Odesa in the south. For those of us who were here when Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February, there’s an element of […]
1000’s of Russians fleeing to avoid conscription
Near Antalya’s Mediterranean Sea beach is a small park known as Matryoshka Park, for its large sculpture of traditional Russian nesting dolls. More than half the sculpture’s dolls are missing now, since vandals destroyed them after Russia invaded Ukraine. Turkey is one of the countries where Russians are fleeing conscription, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]
No flood insurance for many Floridians = disaster
When Amanda Trompeta was woken up by her dog barking early last Thursday morning, she assumed he was just frightened by Hurricane Ian. But then she got out of bed – and found herself standing ankle-deep in floodwater. By the time the storm passed, three and a half feet of murky, dark water had swept […]