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On Thursday, President Joe Biden suggested that the risk of nuclear “armageddon” is the highest it’s been since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Per NBC News, Biden cautioned that it’s the first there has been “direct threat” of nuclear warfare in 60 years following Vladimir Putin’s threats amid military retreats in Ukraine. “We have not […]
President Biden announced pardons for thousands of people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law, the New York Times reports. Biden’s administration confirmed that approximately 6,500 people convicted of simple possession of marijuana from 1992 to 2021 would be pardoned. Thousands of others who received the same conviction in the District of Columbia will also receive […]
A Florida Sheriff’s Office is claiming that the incarcerated rapper YNW Melly teamed with one of his attorneys to plan a jailbreak. The dramatic accusation was first laid out in a court hearing on Tuesday. Melly has been locked up in Broward County, Florida’s Main Jail facility since February, 2019. He is awaiting trial for the alleged murder […]
Several Republican states are taking legal action in response to the Biden administration’s recent announcement of a student loan debt relief plan. As reported in August, Biden announced that $10,000 in outstanding federal student loans (plus another $10,000 for those who qualified for Pell Grants) would be forgiven for those who make less than $125,000 […]
In a heroic moment captured on camera, a child in China was seen dangling out of a building before being rescued by their daring neighbor, who shimmied across the 7-story building to retrieve them. The footage, which was shared by TMZ, shows a young child in South China’s city of Foshan with their head caught between a metal post. […]
President Joe Biden told Scott Pelley in his 60 Minutes interview on Sunday that the Covid pandemic is “over.” Biden and Pelley were walking through Huntington Place, the site of this year’s Detroit Auto Show, when the president was asked if the pandemic is over. “The pandemic is over,” Biden responded. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re […]
Donald Trump is alleged to have told aides on multiple occasions that he would not be leaving the White House after losing the 2020 presidential election, according to a newly released book excerpt. Per a CNN report on Monday pulling from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman’s upcoming Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump […]
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Wednesday that private insurance companies should not be required under Obamacare to cover HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, better known as PrEP. In his ruling, outlined by The Advocate, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor determined that the mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a law introduced in 1993 by current Senate Majority Leader […]
Liz Truss will serve as the UK’s next Prime Minster after it was announced earlier today that she had defeated Rishi Sunak in the race for Conservative Party leadership. The 47-year-old, who won by a comfortable margin, will succeed Boris Johnson on Tuesday (Sept. 6) and will join the likes of Theresa May and Margret Thatcher as the UK’s third […]
In a new filing, the Department of Justice has provided a response to former president Donald Trump’s request for the appointment of a special master in connection with seized documents retrieved during a Mar-a-Lago search. The filing, most notably, also provides a detailed look into the alleged nature of those documents, as well as includes […]
