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Report: Heat, drought could cause ‘energy emergencies’ this summer
According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2022 Summer Reliability Assessment, the western United States is “at ‘elevated risk’ of energy emergencies during extreme conditions” like a heatwave in the coming months. The assessment, released last week, cites an ongoing drought as a major reason why. “Extended drought conditions present varied threats to… -
Xi Jinping looks to third term as COVID lockdowns draw criticism
Chinese President Xi Jinping has faced pressure to control the spread of COVID-19 and continue to grow the economy as his potential third term nears. He can legally seek out another term in power because the National People’s Congress removed presidential term limits in 2018. Xi’s approach to managing COVID-19 has been one of several policies… -
Secret service members sent home from South Korea ahead of Biden trip
Just hours before President Joe Biden was set to arrive in South Korea for his six-day trip to Asia, two Secret Service employees were sent home. The employees include an agent and an armed physical security specialist. They were in South Korea to prepare for President Biden’s trip. Citing “a person familiar with the matter… -
Oregon voting machine issue delays results of key House primary race
More than 200 people in Oregon’s third largest county have begun hand counting thousands of ballots after a voting machine issue arose in the wake of the state’s primary elections earlier this week. The machines were unable to read up to 60,000 ballots that had blurry barcodes on them. “The fact that they were behind… -
Former FBI lawyer Baker testifies in Sussmann trial over Trump-Russia probe
Former FBI lawyer James Baker, a star witness for the prosecution in the trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, has taken the stand. Sussmann is accused of lying to Baker at a meeting back in September 2016, less than two months before that year’s presidential election. At that meeting, Sussmann provided Baker… -
New York, DC look to combat domestic terrorism after Buffalo shooting
Just days after this past weekend’s racist shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, lawmakers in New York and Washington have begun efforts to combat domestic terrorism. In Washington, the House of Representatives passed a bill late Wednesday. “We have a problem with domestic terror. It’s real,” President Joe Biden said in Buffalo earlier this week. “That’s… -
Finland PM Sanna Marin considers joining NATO as Russia wages war
Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the possibility of her country joining NATO was for the security of its citizens and has called for the international community to unite in stepping up sanctions against Russia. The announcement moves the Nordic nation, which shares an 800-mile border with Russia, one step closer to membership in the… -
Musk: Twitter deal on hold pending investigation into spam, fake accounts
Elon Musk tweeted that his deal to buy and take over Twitter is “temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users.” In the Friday tweet, Musk linked a Reuters report from earlier this month. The report focused on a Twitter quarterly report that estimated false or… -
Roe v. Wade: What happens if SCOTUS reverses the ruling?
If the Supreme Court reverses the ruling in Roe v. Wade, as the leaked opinion indicated, restrictions on abortion will be left up to individual states. According to the Guttmacher Institute, abortion access will remain the same in 16 states, as those states have laws protecting abortion rights. 23 states will ban abortion immediately after Roe… -
The Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade. What is it anyway?
As the public reacts to the leaked Supreme Court opinion regarding abortion rights, the spotlight is back on Roe v. Wade. The 1973 ruling set the precedent for women in the US to have legal access to abortion, with some caveats. The decision set up a three-tiered system based on the trimesters of pregnancy. According… -
Feinstein behavior raises questions about Congress members’ mental fitness
As the oldest senator in the oldest senate (by average age), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) reportedly faces significant, bipartisan concerns regarding her mental health. A recent San Francisco Chronicle article included a report from one of Feinstein’s colleagues–another Democratic lawmaker from California. That official recounted a meeting during which “they had to reintroduce themselves to… -
Supreme Court rules in favor of conservative activist in Christian flag case
The Supreme Court unanimously sided with conservative activist Harold Shurtleff in his lawsuit against the city of Boston over his request to fly a Christian flag outside City Hall. The request was made to commemorate Constitution Day on Sept. 17, 2017. The city rejected his request. “Because the flag-raising program did not express government speech,… -
EU slaps Apple with antitrust charge over Apple Pay technology
The European Union’s (EU) executive branch announced it has charged Apple with antitrust violations related to the company’s mobile wallet Apple Pay. According to the EU, the alleged anti-competitive practice dates back to when Apple Pay was launched in 2015. “On a preliminary basis, we have found that Apple abused its dominant position,” European Commission…
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