The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years. Yet, more than Hawaii’s bubbling lava fields or Yellowstone’s sprawling supervolcano, it’s Mount Rainier that has many US volcanologists worried. “Mount Rainier keeps me up […]
Category: Domestic
Older voters could be Biden’s savior
President Biden’s reelection campaign is seeking to appeal to older voters in an effort to tap into the power of the historically reliable voting bloc. Last week, the president’s reelection campaign rolled out its Seniors for Biden-Harris effort, which will be led by first lady Jill Biden. The effort will include bingo nights and pickleball […]
Venezuelan illegals kill 12 year old girl in Texas
The two illegal immigrant suspects charged with strangling 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray to death this week had “lured” her under a bridge in Houston before tying her up and killing her, prosecutors allege in new court documents obtained by Fox News. Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, each face capital murder […]
Should cell phones be banned in schools?
As a middle-school teacher, Nancy Streit understands how hard it can be to compete with a smartphone for a child’s attention.But as a mother, she knows the devices are a necessity when there’s an emergency.“It’s mostly the parents calling,” she says, adding that while she doesn’t allow phone use in her classroom, students routinely skirt […]
Biden takes the gloves off against Trump
Joe Biden is throwing everything at Donald Trump. The president and his campaign are blasting the presumptive Republican nominee as a criminal and a racist who was found liable for sexual assault and who is now being driven so “crazy” by his loss in 2020 that he’s been left “unhinged.” It’s one of the most […]
Immigrants pay up to $100,000 for charter flights
When a Legend Airlines Airbus A 340 landed at San Salvador airport on July 15 after an 18-hour flight from the United Arab Emirates, its crew quickly realized something was wrong. Salvadoran officials refused to connect the jet bridge to allow the roughly 300 passengers, all Indian nationals, to disembark, according to three former crew […]
What is ‘Doomscrolling’ and why is it dangerous?
Doomscrolling—or doomsurfing—is the excessive consumption of news-related information online. Doomscrollers can find themselves spending hours and hours of their time reading the news online, watching news channels or consuming short-form videos and/or posts on social media. Over the last few years, there have been numerous tragic and unprecedented global news stories and events that have […]
Trump is still under gag order for debate
Donald Trump’s criminal prosecutions could become a topic in the presidential debate next week, but unprecedented court orders have restricted the former president in how he can address them. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, will take the debate stage on June 27, one month after he was convicted by a jury of falsifying business records […]
Should Women be drafted?
Senate Democrats have added language to the annual defense authorization bill to require women to register for the draft, prompting a backlash from Republicans and social conservatives and complicating the chances of moving the bill on the Senate floor before Election Day. Conservatives led by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are certain to attempt to remove […]
Gen-Zers are impossible to work with
Generation Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—is set to become the largest cohort in the workforce by the end of 2024. But with the growing presence, the young generation is already gaining a reputation for being the most challenging to work with. A new poll conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for Newsweek highlighted that […]
Is Biden really this decrepit or is it a ‘Cheap Fake’?
White House officials are aggressively pushing back against a wave of “cheap fake” videos that purportedly show President Biden being confused or meandering, and which question his mental and physical fitness ahead of the election. The rise of the videos, which do not use artificial intelligence (AI) but are cropped or edited in a way […]
AOC calls Netanyahu a ‘War Criminal”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., fiercely criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming address to Congress next month, calling him a “war criminal,” and accusing him of having no regard for U.S. law. House and Senate leaders from both sides of the aisle have invited Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24, delivering the most recent […]