President Joe Biden’s trip to Asia concluded with a bang as Russia and China sent him off with joint warplane exercises. According to a senior Biden administration official, Tuesday’s exercises were the first conducted by China and Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine back in February. However earlier that month, the leaders of each country met…

More public schools across the U.S. have empty hallways and classrooms. In 2021, the National Center for Education Statistics reported a 3-percent dip in the estimated 51.1 million students enrolled in public schools nationwide in 2019-20.  The pandemic is not the lone cause of public education enrollment While most would blame the pandemic for declining…

President Joe Biden denounced white supremacy while addressing this weekend’s mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. The shooting, allegedly committed by a white teenager, targeted a supermarket in a predominantly black part of town. Speaking in front of victims’ families, local officials and first responders, Biden said “white supremacy will not have…

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas met with border patrol agents in Rio Grande Valley, Texas during a visit to the southern border. Rio Grande Valley is the site of the nation’s busiest corridor for illegal border crossings. In addition to meeting with department employees, Mayorkas conducted briefings on their readiness and response at the…

More than 70 years after the peak of the union movement, another generation of workers is spearheading a new labor union movement. Amazon, Apple and Starbucks, among other public companies, have felt the pressure from employees who have started to unionize.  ALU beats Amazon On April 1, employees at Amazon’s JF8 warehouse in Staten Island,…

President Joe Biden signed an order that would send hundreds of troops back to Somalia less than two years after former President Donald Trump pulled them out of the country. The order was first reported by The New York Times. U.S. troops will be repositioned from elsewhere in Africa to train and provide other support…

Amber Heard took to the stand to kick off the first day of Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against her since the trial took a weeklong break. Monday marked Heard’s third day on the stand, as well as the beginning of the trial’s fifth of six expected weeks. Heard’s testimony Monday focused primarily on the final…

If you only saw Nina Jankowicz’s viral video on social media, you would think she was auditioning for a role in a Broadway musical. Instead, she is in line to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board. You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation 💁🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/eGV9lpctYn pic.twitter.com/WVQFA2bPmq — Nina Jankowicz…

The Jan. 6 Capitol riots committee announced it has sent subpoenas to five House members: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL). According to a news release from the committee, it “sent letters to these five Members of Congress…

A memorial procession was held in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah to mourn the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist with Al Jazeera who covered the Mideast conflict for more than 25 years. She was killed Wednesday during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank town of Jenin. Her death…

Just over two weeks after being put in contempt of New York court, former President Donald Trump may be out soon. On Wednesday, Judge Arthur Engoron said will lift his contempt of court order if the former president meets certain conditions. This includes paying $110,000 in fines and submitting additional paperwork. The $110,000 figure is the…

Investigators in Madison, Wisconsin and Keizer, Oregon are investigating two apparent instances of arson targeting anti-abortion offices. Both incidents happened Sunday. “Shortly after 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 8, a passerby heading to Madison’s airport noticed flames coming from the Wisconsin Family Action office,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said Monday. “Responding officers observed smoke…

Officials in Ukraine announced Russia fired seven hypersonic missiles in an attack on Odesa, Ukraine’s largest port. The missiles hit a shopping center and a warehouse. One person was killed and five others were left with “medium-intensity injuries.” “This facility had nothing in common with military infrastructure or military objects. There are no ammunition depots…