Trump In New York To Face Arrest Tuesday
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in New York City on Monday for his controversial arraignment on criminal charges that he paid hush money to an adult film star.
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Florida Senate oks 6-week abortion ban
The Florida Senate passed a bill on Monday to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
China land-buying push targets U.S. agriculture, farm acreage
China’s government is systematically buying U.S. farmland as part of a strategy to meet soaring domestic demand and bolster an agricultural sector beset by decreasing arable land and polluted water.
Deadly tornadoes produce catastrophic damage across Midwest, South, Mid-Atlantic
Several large and destructive tornadoes tore through multiple states in the South and Midwest on Friday, prompting several tornado emergencies and the evacuation of one National Weather Service office.
Op-Ed: Biden Budget Proposal Could put U.S. National Debt at $43.6 Trillion by 2033
The Biden administration has floated another bloated budget, one that will put the US national debt at $43.6 trillion by 2033, assuming its optimistic growth and interest-rate projections pan out and the Ukraine war ends. If this budget passes, the debt will hit 110 percent of GDP, federal spending will exceed 25 percent of GDP, and federal revenue will top 20 percent of GDP, with the balance borrowed.
Ex-President Trump “Indicted” For Hush Money Prompting Outrage
Former U.S. President Donald Trump will be charged with a crime over an alleged hush money payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels, several sources said Thursday.
Fewer than 40% of Americans consider God to be important than money, poll finds
A new survey gauging American values shows that the number of US citizens who consider religion to be very important has dropped to fewer than 40% in the last 25 years; the number of those who consider money to be “very important” has increased substantially, and is larger than the percentage of those who place a high value on faith, Axios reports. The survey was carried out by The Wall Street Journal together with the NORC at the University of Chicago, who polled 1,500 US adults this month.
Senate votes to end COVID-19 emergency
The United States Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to end the COVID-19 emergency declaration which has been in place since the start of the pandemic.
Transgender Shooting At US Christian School Raises Questions
A former special agent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says the Christian school shooting in the U.S. city of Nashville is part of a pattern of mass shooters having “sexual identity dysfunctions.”
U.S. Marshals told not to arrest protesters outside justices’ homes, documents reveal
Deputy U.S. marshals assigned to guard Supreme Court justices last year were directed to try not to make arrests, according to documents a U.S. senator revealed Tuesday, contradicting Attorney General Merrick Garland‘s assurances to Congress.
19 AGs back Missouri college’s religious liberty case against Biden administration
The U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t agreed to hear a case involving a private Missouri college’s challenge to a Biden administration ruling, but Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and 18 other attorneys general filed a brief supporting the school.
US House passes bipartisan law to crack down on Chinese organ harvesting industry
On Monday, the US House of Representatives passed overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation to crack down on China’s organ harvesting industry.
Spate of massive rain storms devastate California farming sector
A spate of massive, deadly rain storms has not only killed 28 people but has also devastated the farming sector in California, leading to well over a $1 billion in financial losses for farmers as thousands of acres of cropland are destroyed by flooding, Bloomberg reports.
Christian ministries rush to help after massive storms tear into Mississippi
The state of Mississippi has been slammed with devastating storms and tornadoes, causing at least two major American Christian organizations and volunteers to rush to the aid of their fellow citizens “in Jesus’ Name.” The situation in Mississippi was so severe that 26 people had been killed, and the Biden administration declared a state of emergency there.
Nearly $100 billion in deposits pulled from banks; officials call system ‘sound and resilient’
Regulators again assured the public that the banking system is safe, as fresh data showed customers recently pulled nearly $100 billion in deposits.
Confronted by FBI abuses, Congress ready to add civil liberty protections to key surveillance law
After years of evidence that the FBI has abused its spy authorities, Congress is embarking on a bipartisan effort to revamp a key surveillance law to better protect civil liberties, including appointing special lawyers to advocate on behalf of Americans secretly targeted by the government.
Nashville school shooter was transgender, had ‘manifesto,’ police say
A heavily armed woman who identified as a male killed three students and three adult staff members Monday at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, before police shot her dead, in a rare mass shooting carried out by a female suspect.
Silicon Valley Bank To Be Sold To First Citizens After Bank Run
U.S.-based Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed after a bank run caused by troubled policies, will be sold to First Citizens BancShares Inc. (FCNCA), several sources confirm.
US Chocolate Factory Blast Kills Several In Pennsylvania
At least three people died, and four were still missing after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a chocolate factory in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Dozens Killed In Deadliest Mississippi Tornado
Search and rescue operations were underway Saturday as one of the deadliest tornados to ever hit the U.S. state of Mississippi killed dozens of people.