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Protesters in Mexico are fed-up with the relaxed approach to the United States border in Ambos Nogales, demanding stricter coronavirus screening. USA Today reports that protesters have gathered to block the Mexico-bound lanes at the Arizona-based border, voicing their disapproval of the Mexican government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A small handful of demonstrators decked […]
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard believes that the coronavirus pandemic could cause the U.S. unemployment rate to balloon to upwards of 30 percent in the second quarter, Bloomberg reports. In the face of such an alarming assessment, Bullard tried to strike a slightly more hopeful tone when discussing how the Federal Reserve is still searching for […]
The United States and the Taliban have signed a “comprehensive peace agreement” that could bring an end to the war in Afghanistan. As The Associated Press reports, the agreement was signed on Saturday with the aim of ending conflict and bringing home U.S. troops. If Taliban militants uphold the deal, U.S. and NATO allies will withdraw […]
It has been a long time coming, but the U.S. has finally made lynching a federal hate crime. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) introduced the bill, naming it the Emmett Till Antilynching Act after the 14-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi 65 years ago, Vice reports. It’s also been 120 years since Congress first considered […]
As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, dozens of Iranians and Iranian-Americans have been detained at the Canadian border. As the New York Times reports, dozens of people were reportedly held for hours at the Washington state border to Canada. America’s Department of Homeland Security recently increased security at border ports across the country […]
For a brief moment on Wednesday morning, Francis Tseng found himself questioning his geography knowledge. Tseng, a Brooklyn resident and fellow at the Jain Family Institute, said he was conducting research on the Agricultural Tariff Tracker when he noticed an unusual, but familiar, name on the U.S. free trade partners list. The country was Wakanda—the fictional land depicted in Marvel’s Black Panther […]
Politico reports that Congress plans on raising the minimum age for the purchase of tobacco to 21 as part of a $1.4 trillion spending bill that must be passed by December 20 to avoid a government shutdown. The bipartisan support that this legislation has received is likely in response to the 52 deaths in the United States stemming from the use […]
The Wall Street Journal reports Donald Trump has privately spoken with his aides “with varying degrees of seriousness” about the prospect of purchasing the world’s biggest island Greenland. Trump has reportedly sought the advice of his advisers to determine if the United States could actually acquire the autonomous Danish territory. His interest piqued when he […]
As Gregg Popovich prepares to lead Team USA into international competition at the FIBA World Cup, he took time to explain why Colin Kaepernick is a true patriot. After Team USA wrapped up their practice, Popovich was asked his opinion on America’s diversity and what patriotism means to him. This led to a discussion about Colin Kaepernick’s 2016 […]
In an effort to secure ASAP Rocky‘s freedom, a U.S. official decided to put a little pressure on the Swedish government. On Friday night, CNN shared a leaked diplomatic letter in which Robert C. O’Brien, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, urged the Swedish Prosecution Authority to resolve the case as quickly as possible. […]
