Author: David Donovan
According to Moscow, Russia’s defense minister called his opposite number at the Pentagon, which halted Ukraine’s assassination plot against Vladimir Putin. It is claimed that Russian intelligence had discovered a covert operation from Kyiv to strike the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg on July 28. “Uncontrollable Conflict” Flickr user U.S. Department of State According to Russian state television Rossiya 1, an interview with Putin’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov, who described the alleged plot as “madness.” According to Ryabkov such an attack would have plunged Russia and the United States into an “uncontrollable conflict,” implying a nuclear World War…
Conservatives are worried that party leader Donald Trump is having a “public nervous breakdown” after he made a series of hostile remarks about VP Kamala Harris as he slips behind her in the polls. The former president has made various offending personal attacks against his Democratic rival since she moved to the top of the ticket. Trump’s Accusations Source: KamalaHarris/X Last week, Trump made accusations about Harris’ racial identity at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. He said over the weekend that Harris had a “low IQ.” According to recent polls, Trump is trailing the vice president in the…
In his new book Over Ruled, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a warning about two cases. He believes these raise bureaucratic concerns that pose a threat to American society. Bureaucratic Overreach Flickr user The White House Gorsuch, a conservative justice, was appointed to the Supreme Court by former President Donald Trump. He sounded the alarm about what he sees as bureaucratic overreach, in the new book published on Tuesday. Recent Decisions X user POTUS On the court, Gorsuch has situated himself as a justice who is wary of bureaucracy and federal agencies. He wrote about two recent Supreme Court…
As of Friday morning, the Park Fire is now the fourth-largest fire in the state’s recorded history. This surpasses 2020’s SCU Lightning Complex fire in terms of scale and destruction. Destruction in the Area Wikimedia Commons user Frank Schulenburg According to Cal Fire, the fire has destroyed more than 500 structures. The Park Fire remains threatening at least 6,700 other structures across the region. Acres of Land Burnt Reddit user Caleb Hearn The fierce blaze has consumed 397,629 acres of land (621 square miles) in a little more than a week. The fire is 24% contained by fire teams as…
A new Covid strain named KP.3.1.1 has risen in strength in the U.S. The prevalence of the variant has almost doubled in only two weeks according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “More of a Challenge” Wikimedia Commons user Raimond Spekking Experts warn that the new variant poses “more of a challenge” to our immune systems. As of August 3 this variant accounts for more than one in four cases of COVID-19 in the United States Half of All Cases Wikimedia Commons user Зеледеев As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread amid a “summer wave”…
According to Reuters, two candidates, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, have been officially narrowed down in Kamala Harris’ vice presidential search. Reuters reported on Monday afternoon that candidates will be informed on Monday night if they have been selected, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation. Choice Announcement Wikimedia Commons user Megan Miller Harris, President Joe Biden’s VP, is expected to announce her choice by Tuesday, when she and her running mate are scheduled to make their first public appearance at Temple University in Philadelphia. Then, in five days, Harris and her running mate…
Parents who do not agree that the Ten Commandments should be displayed in classrooms of public schools throughout the state have been provided with advice by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. Landry told a reporter on Monday: “Tell your child not to look at them.” Defending the Legislation X user LAGovJeffLandry The conservative governor defended the controversial legislation during a news conference. Here he declared how Louisiana means to battle a lawsuit that contends that it is unlawful to show the Ten Commandments in state-funded school and college classrooms. First State in the Country X user LAGovJeffLandry In June, Landry signed…
As a group of legislators are working behind the scenes to cancel some of Governor Gavin Newsom’s most expensive policies for the state, and his plans may have to be put on hold. A surprise decision to cancel a $400 million loan to keep Diablo Canyon, the state’s last nuclear power plant, running was made by lawmakers on Thursday. Senate and Assembly Votes Source: Charlie Nguyen/Flickr This choice has pitted them in opposition against Governor Gavin Newsom, who has bet everything on keeping the lights on at the plant as environmental warming increases. The latest development in the ongoing budget…
The message that former President Donald Trump delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin at a campaign rally on Saturday sparked criticism on social media in light of the prisoner swap that took place this week between the United States and Russia. As part of a prisoner swap with Moscow, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that his administration had secured the release of three Americans and one resident of the United States, Vladimir Kara-Murza. Prisoner Swap X user POTUS In exchange for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, and a number…
Last week, both VP Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held rallies at the same Georgia State University venue in downtown Atlanta only a few days apart. The event that Harris hosted on Tuesday was overflowing with jubilant Democrats who were overjoyed by her new position as the face of the party and its likely candidate for president in 2024. Georgia Turns Purple Flickr user Chuck Koehler Meanwhile, Trump’s Saturday rally, which attracted supporters of the MAGA, attempted to halt Harris’ rise in a race that the former president thought would pit him against the more politically vulnerable President…