President Joe Biden will announce the sale of an additional 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in December, a senior administration official said. This is an attempt to counter market pressures created by OPEC's decision to cut oil production targets just three weeks before the US midterm elections....
Biden warns of risk of ‘armageddon’ over Putin’s nuclear threats
US President Joe Biden issued a stern warning about the dangers behind Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats as Moscow continues to face military setbacks in Ukraine. “For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have a direct threat of the use of a nuclear weapon if, in...
Trump Organization charged secret service ‘exorbitant’ hotel fees while protecting Presidential family, house report reveals
The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service "exorbitant" fees — more than $1.4 million over four years — for protecting the former president and his family on their properties, according to documents released by the House Oversight Committee. The commission found that the company charged the Secret Service "excessive nightly...
The Government closes the international bridge between Mexico and the United States, due to a protest.
A protest by dozens of migrants caused the closure of one of the international bridges on the border between Tamaulipas, Mexico, and Texas, United States, reported the United States Customs and Border Protection. "In light of a demonstration at the midpoint of the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, CBP has...
Increasing numbers of migrants arrive in New York, the number reached a record of more than 62,500 people last week
The latest signs of the crisis facing New York are the huge white tents that the city's mayor says he never imagined he would have to build. The arrival of buses from the border shows no signs of slowing down and these new emergency shelters on Randall's Island could soon...
Extreme weather has devastated schools across the US. Now the students are suffering the consequences
Southwest Florida schools preemptively closed ahead of Hurricane Ian to prepare for the destruction they knew was coming. More than two weeks after the Category 4 hurricane hit the coast, those schools remain closed as families and school districts recover from one of the state's worst natural disasters. It's the...
Prosecutors are seeking Steve Bannon, Trump’s former adviser, to serve a six-month prison sentence
Federal prosecutors want Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, to receive a six-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress, according to a recommendation filed Monday. In addition to serving time, the government wants him to pay $200,000 in fines. “For his sustained and bad faith contempt of...
EEUU: Hearing aids can now be purchased without a prescription
This Monday, for the first time, adults with mild to moderate hearing loss in the US will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription. Those under the age of 18 or those with severe hearing loss will still need a prescription. The FDA announced the long-awaited rule change...
Russia’s partial mobilization ends in Moscow and the city’s military recruitment offices will close this Monday, says the mayor
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, announced the end of the partial mobilization in the city and the closure of the military recruitment offices at 2:00 p.m. local time on Monday, according to the statement published on the Internet. "According to information from the Moscow military commissar, the partial mobilization...
A military plane crashes in a residential area in Russia
A Russian SU-34 fighter jet crashed into a residential building in the city of Yeysk on Monday, Russian state media TASS reported. It is unclear how many people were on the fighter. According to testimony TASS received from an eyewitness, firefighters and ambulances have arrived at the scene. "A plane...