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The House passed legislation Tuesday to end the nation’s biannual practice of changing the clocks — a vote that sowed division in both parties and now faces an uphill battle in the Senate despite strong lobbying from the White House and personal engagement from President Donald Trump. The final vote of 308-117 did not break …
OPEC+ has agreed to a further increase in output targets from August, the group said in a statement on Sunday, adding to global supply at a time when oil prices are falling amid the gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for oil exports. The oil-producing group agreed during an online meeting to increase quotas …
The Trump administration has approved the use of cancer-linked pesticides diflufenican and epyrifenacil, both PFAS forever chemicals. Neither pesticide has ever been used in the United States before. pic.twitter.com/F1S82Prbua — FactPost (@factpostnews) June 30, 2026 Diflufenican and epyrifenacil approved for corn, soybeans and other crops. Both classified as PFAS forever chemicals or break down into …
Florida legislature passed bill to increase homestead exemption to 250,000 dollars. This removes property taxes on first 250,000 dollars of assessed value for primary residences. Measure goes to voters in November and needs 60 percent yes vote to pass. Higher value homes and non primary properties still pay taxes. Called one of biggest homeowner tax …
Trump family’s crypto firm World Liberty Financial to receive approval for a national trust bank license from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The OCC expects to advance the banking charter for USD1 on and off-ramps despite ethics concerns and political scrutiny. Trump Family’s World Liberty Financial Nears Securing Bank License from …
Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes, as the Tobacco and Vapes Bill clears Parliament. Both the Commons and Lords have settled on a final draft of the “landmark” legislation that aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking by making it illegal for …
The United States could soon position more than 17,000 ground troops in and around the Middle East in a major military escalation linked to the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal. If approved by President Donald Trump, the deployment would add around 10,000 additional soldiers to forces already active in the …
On a long enough timeline every state in America is going to be Californicated. — Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) March 11, 2026 Factcheck: Washington state “millionaires tax” is advancing, but it hasn’t fully become law yet. The Washington State House of Representatives approved a bill (SB 6346) that would create a 9.9% income tax on earnings …
URGENTE 🚨 DE ÚLTIMO MOMENTO EL SENADO MEXICANO AUTORIZA EL INGRESO DEL PODEROSÍSIMO EQUIPO 2 DE ÉLITE DE LOS NAVY SEALS. Se viola de manera diplomática la soberanía, México se declara incompetente frente a los carteles y Trump doblega a Sheinbaum, entran el equipo de elite… pic.twitter.com/X0WFdy7sU4 — Neoliberalover (@neoliberalover) February 11, 2026 🚨🇲🇽🇺🇸 ÚLTIMA …
On a warm night in August 2023, Oleksandr Kubrakov, then a senior minister in Ukraine’s wartime government, had just settled into a sleeper car on the eastbound train from Lviv to Kyiv when he got a call from the country’s main intelligence agency, the SBU. Its agents had deployed a set of naval drones in …
On November 19, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to sevabertinib (Hyrnuo, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.), a kinase inhibitor, for adults with locally advanced or metastatic, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have HER2 (ERBB2) tyrosine kinase domain (TKD) activating mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test, and who have …
Americans will never wake up to the fact that their government spends more money propping up their vassal states like Argentina, Ukraine, and Israel than taking care of its own people.
Swiss voters have narrowly approved a plan to introduce voluntary electronic identity cards. With all votes counted, 50.4% of those who voted said yes to the proposal, while 49.6% rejected it. The closeness of the ballot is a surprise. Opinion polls had suggested up to 60% backed digital IDs, which also had the approval of …
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/australia-approves-the-worlds-first-chlamydia-vaccine-for-koalas/ Australia’s veterinary medicine regulator has approved a vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia, one of the leading causes of koala infertility and death. Researchers found the single-dose vaccine reduced mortality in wild koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) by at least 65%. In some cases, it even reversed existing symptoms in koalas that were already infected. “Koalas …
UK Approves $51 Billion Nuclear Plant https://t.co/cGRCp2huZr — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 23, 2025 The UK government gave the final go-ahead on Monday for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant to be built in eastern England after securing investment from Canadian pension fund La Caisse, Centrica, and Amber Infrastructure. Sizewell C in Suffolk will be the …
The Department of Homeland Security has approved a controversial migrant detention facility in Florida’s Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. The site spans 39 square miles on a remote, alligator- and python-infested airfield known as the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. DHS approves Everglades land to imprison Illegals in Alligator Alcatrazpic.twitter.com/qXLPvribEJ …
🚨#BREAKING: Homeland Security has just approved a plan to build a detention center for undocumented immigrants surrounded by an alligator moat and pythons 📌#Everglades | #Florida The Department of Homeland Security has approved federal funding for Florida’s plan to establish… pic.twitter.com/UKGeb9GXha — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 24, …
🇺🇸🇵🇭 U.S. APPROVES 20 F-16 JETS FOR PHILIPPINES TO COUNTER CHINA The U.S. has greenlit the sale of 20 F-16 fighter jets to the Philippines, a $5.58 billion deal to strengthen a key ally in the Indo-Pacific amid tensions with China. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said… https://t.co/K3ShCAcihl pic.twitter.com/xpLDpTlLRx — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 3, …
The House passed a seven-month funding patch Tuesday that aims to avoid a shutdown in three days’ time. It’s a major victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, who largely kept his conference together with a single defection and help from one Democrat. The 217-213 vote went almost entirely along party lines. One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden …
The developments in the foreign policy front of US President Donald J. Trump’s administration continue to advance at warp speed – it’s a season of non-stop winning. Now, after heated public debate and a lot of private negotiations, the news breaks that Ukraine has agreed to Trump’s requested mineral rights deal with the US to …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a new type of prescription pain medication for adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain. The drug, called Journavx (suzetrigine) and manufactured by biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is a non-opioid painkiller, which doesn’t have addictive properties, unlike opioids often used for this type of …
The MTA is putting ink to paper its final budget for 2025, and next year could cost riders more to take the rails. The $20 billion budget includes a summer fare hike, and that’s on top of congestion pricing that is set to begin just after the start of the new year. NBC New York’s …
The Senate unanimously passed legislation on Tuesday to mandate higher Secret Service protection for the presidential nominees of major parties, sending the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk. The bill, which passed the House last week in a 405-0 vote, would afford current and future candidates, including Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald …
By Martin Armstrong What is becoming very clear is that NATO and the Neocons are out to ensure that World War III starts before the US election. Ruben Brekelmans, the defense minister of The Netherlands, just gave Zelensky the approval to use their weapons to wage war on Russia and even attack Moscow. Brekelmans claimed that international …
According to a release by the Office of Nuclear Energy, Hermes reactor is being built to announce the development of the company’s commercial reactor that could be deployed next decade. Hermes will use a TRISO fuel pebble bed design with a molten fluoride salt coolant to demonstrate affordable clean heat production. The project was cleared for construction back in December by the U.S. …
🇨🇳☢️China Greenlights Record-Breaking Nuclear Expansion – Oilprice pic.twitter.com/BY0Rqn1NQ9 — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) August 20, 2024 Meanwhile in Germany not only they shut them down, but to make sure future governments don’t turn them back on they also demolish them https://t.co/pRzrecNKZQ — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) August 20, 2024
🚨Update: US military base in Eastern Syria is on fire right now after being hit with rockets and drones!! pic.twitter.com/9p5Pha6Cdi — US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) July 27, 2024 BREAKING: Iranian proxy groups fire rockets at the U.S. military base by the Al-Omar oil field in Syria pic.twitter.com/F2jTTIpbEX — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 27, 2024 …
BREAKING: In a 6-3 ruling, Supreme Court rules gun 'bump stocks’ ban is unlawful. @Yamiche has the latest. pic.twitter.com/ycQRKdEFwl — MS NOW (@MSNOWNews) June 14, 2024 https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1801618161130783056 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) plays a crucial role in interpreting and applying the law. Let’s break down the recent developments: Bump Stocks: In 2018, the Bureau of …
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved eight applications for spot Ethereum ETFs on Thursday, signaling Ethereum trading on Wall Street. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Paul Grewal affirmed that the SEC’s decision confirms Ethereum’s status as a commodity. Coinbase CLO: SEC Approval of Ethereum ETF Validates ETH as Commodity Paul Grewal expressed his …
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the reclassification of mifepristone and misoprostol, commonly known as “abortion pills,” say it …