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White House announces proposal for federal gas tax holiday to ease prices
The White House released a fact sheet announcing that President Joe Biden would call for a federal gas tax holiday. The proposal, which President Biden had said he was considering earlier this week, comes about a week after the national average topped $5 per gallon for the first time ever. According to the fact sheet,… -
Thousands killed, injured in deadliest Afghanistan earthquake in years
An early morning, 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit a mountainous region of Eastern Afghanistan. As of mid-morning Wednesday, Afghanistan’s state-run news agency reported 1,000 people were killed in the earthquake with another 1,500 injured. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise. The death toll is equal to that of a quake in 2002… -
Garland visits Ukraine, announces DOJ war crimes accountability team
Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced visit to Ukraine focused on alleged Russian war crimes during the ongoing invasion. He met with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova to discuss the topic. “The United States is sending an unmistakable message. There is no place to hide,” Garland said Tuesday. “We will we and our partners… -
White House announces US military land mine ban with Korea exception
The Biden administration announced a near total ban on land mine usage within the United States military. According to the White House, Tuesday’s announcement is the result of “a comprehensive policy review” on anti-personnel land mines (APL) that lasted over a year. “These changes reflect the President’s belief that these weapons have disproportionate impact on… -
Musk talks Tesla job cuts plan as former employees sue over ‘mass layoff’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made his first in-person appearance since Reuters reported earlier this month the company was planning issue job cuts affecting 10% of salaried staff. Speaking virtually at an economic forum in Qatar, Musk described the cuts as “not super material.” According to Musk, the cuts will happen over the next three months. Since… -
Thousands of flights canceled as concerns grow over summer travel
As the summer air travel season continues, a concerning trend has developed with thousands of flights getting canceled this week. According to flight tracking website FlightAware, there were 1,759 “total cancellations within, into, or out of the United States” Thursday. Friday’s cancellation numbers topped 1,100 by early afternoon and were at 1,255 by mid-afternoon. Airports… -
UK government orders Assange extradition to US, WikiLeaks to appeal
The British government’s Home Office announced it has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. Friday’s announcement marked the latest development in what has been more than a decade of legal battles for Assange in the U.K. Assange faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse in… -
Treasury Department sanctions companies over Iran petrochemicals
The Treasury Department announced sanctions against Iranian petrochemical producers, as well as companies in China and the United Arab Emirates that help export Iran’s petrochemicals. The sanctions specifically target two companies based in Hong Kong, three in Iran, and four in the UAE, as well as on Chinese citizen Jinfeng Gao and Indian national Mohammed… -
Europe leaders visit Ukraine as US promises more military support
As Ukraine approached four months of fighting back Russia’s latest invasion, leaders in Europe and the United States continued pledging military support. The European support Thursday came in the form of a visit to Ukraine from the leaders of four European countries: French President Emmanuel Macron; Italian Premier Mario Draghi; German Chancellor Olaf Scholz; and… -
Abbott plant pauses baby formula production due to severe weather
Abbott Nutrition, whose Michigan plant has been at the center of the ongoing baby formula shortage, has had to halt production at the plant for the second time this year. This time, the pause was due to severe weather that hit the area earlier this week. “Severe thunderstorms and heavy rains came through southwestern Michigan… -
Buffalo shooting suspect charged with hate crimes, could face death penalty
The Justice Department announced that Payton Gendron, the man accused of shooting and killing 10 black people at a Buffalo supermarket last month, has been charged with hate crimes. Those hate crime charges are just some of the federal charges the department announced Wednesday. The full list of charges includes: 10 counts of committing a… -
Trump gets split result in South Carolina primaries, Texas flips House seat
The latest round of primaries for November’s midterms unfolded in Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas. South Carolina’s primaries produced mixed results for former President Donald Trump. In perhaps the biggest win for Trump, five-term Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) lost his primary to state Rep. Russell Fry. According to the state’s elections website, it wasn’t… -
House passes Supreme Court security bill; Biden expected to sign
The House joined the Senate in a nearly unanimous vote to pass the “Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022”, a bill that expands police security to the families of justices and senior officers of the court. The Senate had passed the bill shortly after a leaked opinion indicated the court was set to overturn…
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