US News The State Department will pay employees who alleged they suffer from ‘Havana Syndrne’ six-figure payouts. State is making the payments in accordance with the HAVANA Act. [Link] Haiti At least eight prisoners died from starvation in a prison in Haiti. [Link]...
In a major escalation with Moscow, the Biden administration announced on Thursday a series of sanctions against Russian individuals and entities. The White House also said it is expelling 10 Russian diplomats. In an announcement on the sanctions, the State Department...
Even in conservative Mississippi As most had expected, cannabis reform was a big winner on Election Night 2020. While the nation’s leadership remains in flux, the cannabis results have been anything but. In five states — South Dakota, Mississippi, Arizona, Montana,...
Scott talks to Dan McAdams about the precarious situation in Belarus, where some western agitators are seeking to use the country's recent presidential elections as an excuse to foment and support a revolution. McAdams reminds us that although Belarus' president,...
US News The Supreme Court ruled against a strict Louisiana abortion law. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal members in a 5-4 decision. [Link] The Colorado police officers that killed Elijah McClain were placed on paid leave after photos surfaced showing...
Thanksgiving is the oldest national holiday in the United States. However, it’s observation is not a continuous presence in American history. While the celebration of Thanksgiving predates even the founding of the nation, it was proclaimed by George Washington, then...
You don’t need to be a supporter of President Trump to be concerned about the efforts to remove him from office. Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced impeachment proceedings against the President over a phone call made to the President of Ukraine. According...
The US Constitution never granted the federal government authority to create a central bank. The Founders, having lived through hyperinflation themselves, understood that government should never have a printing press at its disposal. But from the very beginning...
Last week President Trump announced that the United States would no longer recognize Nicholas Maduro as president of Venezuela and would recognize the head of its national assembly, Jose Guaido, as president instead. US thus openly backs regime change. But what has...
I'm pretty certain this is a good thing. She knows enough to really fight about it. She's an Iraq War II vet so hawks can't call her a wimp. She's pretty enough to be respectable (Sorry ladies, I'm not trying to be a jerk, but that's how it is. Warm and grandmotherly...
Aaron Maté talks about the latest with the Russian collusion investigation, which he looks at skeptically. He observes that the aim of the investigation does not seem to be to get to the truth, but rather to scare people, which generates clicks and views for the media...
Aaron Maté, host and producer of "The Real News" and author for The Nation, is interviewed on his new article "The Mueller Indictments Still Don't Add Up to Collusion". Alleged Russian interference in the US Election, Paul Manafort's crimes, Michael Flynn, and James...
Americans are rightly chagrined that the FBI had known that Florida mass killer Nikolas Cruz was a threat but didn’t follow up on the information. But Americans shouldn’t be surprised. In addition to misplacing a potential shooter, the feds have misplaced $21...
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has resigned his position. [Link] The Trump administration has set a cap of 45,000 refugees to be admitted to the US in 2018. [Link] A New Orleans prison will no longer allow their inmates to have in-person visits....
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