The FBI should never have launched a full investigation into collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, according to special counsel John Durham in a report compiled over three years and released on May 15. In the report, Durham wrote, “We conclude that the [Justice] Department and FBI failed to uphold their…

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released an updated report Monday, May 22, on the toll extreme weather has taken on the world. According to the report, from 1970 to 2021, extreme weather, climate and water-related events have killed more than 2 million people and caused $4.3 trillion in damage. “The USA alone incurred US$1.7 trillion,…

Don’t touch that dial! Here is something that is so bipartisan, it’s bringing together progressives and conservatives like Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas. It’s AM radio, and lawmakers at opposite ends of the spectrum are joining forces to keep it in your car.  “The issue we’re facing is that many auto and…

Special counsel John Durham released his report on the origins of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation which looked into the Trump campaign’s ties with Russia and ultimately led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill reacted to it along party lines, describing it as both “damning” and a “dud.” “No…

The U.S. Department of Energy has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely came from a laboratory leak in China; several tornadoes stretched across the central U.S. overnight; the Supreme Court is taking up Biden’s student loan program this week; and a lawsuit has been filed over the streaming rights of South Park. These stories…

The FBI has another black eye. Over the weekend, former agent Charles McGonigal was arrested at JFK airport in New York while returning from a trip to the Middle East. Federal prosecutors said McGonigal, the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York field office, laundered money for a sanctioned Russian oligarch. Not only…

According to calculations from climate scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published Tuesday, the United States experienced a historic drought and spent a near-record amount of money on extreme weather damage in 2022. This, despite the fact that the year was far from the warmest in U.S. history. “Drought coverage across the…

The impact of natural and human-made disasters in 2022 will be felt for years. A new report shows with a month to go, 2022 is already one of the most expensive years on record for the world’s insurance industry. According to Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest insurance companies, natural and human-made disasters caused…

Remnants from the former Hurricane Nicole, now a tropical depression, dropped rain from Georgia to New York Friday. According to the National Hurricane Center, as of 10:00 a.m. EST, the storm was located about 35 miles north of Atlanta, with maximum sustained winds down to 30 mph. Nicole made landfall in Florida as a category…