228 GOP lawmakers urge SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade

Post Content A total of 228 Republican lawmakers urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in an amicus brief filed Thursday stating that it’s time to “resolve the bitter culture war” the 1973 decision started in regard to abortion rights. The lawmakers, which included 44 senators and 184 House members, called for the […]

China expects Taliban to play ‘important’ role in Afghan peace

Post Content China has started talks with the Taliban as tensions mount about the future of Afghanistan following the U.S. military‘s withdrawal from the country. A Taliban delegation visited China this week, holding talks on Wednesday to discuss the rebuilding of Afghanistan and the role the Taliban will play. Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with […]

Biden administration calls for $100 coronavirus vaccine payments

Post Content President Biden is urging state and local governments to use coronavirus relief funds to pay citizens $100 a pop to take the coronavirus vaccine, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. The Biden administration said the payments can come from American Rescue Plan Act funding “as an extra incentive” to increase vaccine acceptance around the […]

De Blasio to announce new NYC mask policy as delta variant spreads

Post Content Mayor Bill de Blasio will issue local guidance next week on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new advice that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people should wear masks indoors to protect against the virulent delta variant of the coronavirus. SUSPECT IDENTIFIED IN ATTEMPTED NYC SUBWAY ROBBERY THAT LEFT ASIAN WOMAN DEAD “On […]

Austin matches number of homicides in all of 2020, McCaul blames ‘defund the police’

Post Content Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, blamed the “defund the police” movement as Austin is seeing what’s been described as a “grim milestone” for homicides in 2021. Earlier this week, the Austin-American Statesman reported that despite five months remaining for the year, the number of homicides in 2021 had already reached the level seen for […]

White House won’t rule out future lockdowns, school closures if CDC says so

Post Content White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that the Biden administration will continue to “listen to the scientists” when it comes to potential future lockdowns and school closures. During the daily White House press briefing, Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre why Americans should “trust” what the administration says when […]

CDC Says Americans Should Wear Masks in Nearly 70 Percent of Counties

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday that 69.3% of U.S. counties had transmission rates of COVID-19 high enough to warrant indoor masking in public spaces and should immediately resume the policy.The transmission rate was up from 66.6% as of…

Mexico vigilante group abducts 21, burns homes in raid on town, officials say

Post Content Hundreds of armed men belonging to a newly-formed vigilante group called “El Machete” have abducted 21 people while burning vehicles and at least a dozen homes in a southern Mexico town, officials say. The chaos in Pantelho unfolded Monday as the group — which announced its existence only a week earlier, pledging to […]