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Republican governors head to the border, push Biden to address crisis
10 Republican governors toured the border between the United States and Mexico Wednesday. Those 10 governors are: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon Idaho Gov. Brad Little Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte Ohio Gov. Mark DeWine Georgia Gov.… -
Kellogg strike finally ends after workers approved new labor contract
Update (Dec. 23, 2021): The Kellogg worker strike is set to end after more than two months, with the roughly 1,400 workers set to return Monday. The workers voted to ratify a new labor contract last weekend. That decision was announced Tuesday. “We are pleased that we have reached an agreement that brings our cereal employees… -
Coast Guard responds to claims of delayed response to California oil spill
The Coast Guard acknowledged Tuesday it was originally notified of last week’s massive oil spill in California 12 hours before an oil company reported the spill over the weekend. Rear Admiral Brian Penoyer told The Associated Press a “good Samaritan” reported a sheen on the water, presumably from the oil spill, last Friday night. However, when… -
Biden takes economic agenda on the road amid stall in Washington
As both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and President Joe Biden’s larger economic bill are on hold in Washington, Biden hit the road to pitch his “Build Back Better” agenda Tuesday. The video above shows clips from the trip. Joined by Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Biden talked about his economic agenda at… -
“Facebook’s products harm children”: Whistleblower testifies to Congress
Expanding on her damning interview with “60 Minutes” that aired over the weekend, a former Facebook data scientist-turned-whistleblower testified in front of Congress Tuesday. The video above shows clips from Tuesday’s Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection hearing. “I’m here today because I believe Facebook’s products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy,” Frances Haugen… -
US professor among Nobel Prize winners for work on climate change
A professor at Princeton University was announced Tuesday as one of three people to win the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on climate change. The video above shows the announcement, as well as reaction from all three winners. Syukuro Manabe, originally from Japan, joined Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy… -
Shocking new report exposes child sex abuse in France’s Catholic Church
A report released Tuesday regarding child sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church revealed there have been about 330,000 victims and about 3,000 perpetrators in the last 70 years. About 2/3 of the child sex abuse perpetrators were priests, with the rest being others involved in the church. According to the report, about 80 percent of… -
J&J seeks COVID-19 booster approval, Australia extends travel ban
Johnson & Johnson became the latest COVID-19 vaccine maker to seek approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its booster shot Tuesday, the same day Australia announced it would not allow foreign tourists back in the country until at least 2022. The booster shot would be available for those 18 and older if it… -
Biden reverses ban on abortion referrals ahead of Supreme Court battle
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday afternoon it is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics. The new rule is called “Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, Quality Family Planning Services“. It has to do with Title X, the taxpayer-funded program that makes available more than $250 million a… -
Tough times for Facebook: App suffers outage as whistleblower speaks out
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down for hours Monday as part of a worldwide outage with left many without service late into the afternoon. The video above shows what it looked like for those trying to log in using a browser. The Facebook outage started just before noon EST. As of late Monday afternoon, the… -
Biden calls out GOP on debt ceiling: “Hypocritical, dangerous and disgraceful”
President Joe Biden addressed the debt ceiling Monday, two weeks ahead of an important deadline to either raise or not. The video above shows clips from President Biden’s address. That deadline is Oct. 18. Last week, the Treasury Department said that is the date the department “will likely exhaust its extraordinary measures”, leaving it “with… -
Two Americans win Nobel Prize for potential pain treatment breakthrough
Two American scientists are being rewarded for a potential pain treatment breakthrough with the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The video above shows the announcement Monday, as well as reaction from the Nobel Committee and one of the prize winners. The scientists are David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. “I was asleep and my… -
New report shows how some of the rich and powerful shield their assets
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a new report Sunday looking into the money of world’s rich and powerful. According to the report, powerful politicians, billionaires and criminals have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth trillions of dollars over the past 25 years. Now, some are calling for an end to…
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