Dem Sen Warner says ‘Trump was right’ about banning China’s TikTok, warns parents against letting kids on app
Post Content Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., says former President Donald Trump “was right” to go after the China-owned videosharing app TikTok. Warner made the comments during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, telling host Shannon Bream that the app represents a major threat to Americans’ privacy. He also warned parents against allowing their children to […]
Iranian regime targets Kurdish city in crackdown on protests
Iran has deployed troops to a Kurdish-majority city in an attempt to regain control of the town that was taken over by protesters in recent days. “The regime is actively terrorizing innocent Iranians in the Kurdish city of Mahabad and has also turned off their power and internet,” Lisa Daftari, the editor in chief of […]
Budget for 40 new NHS hospitals faces real-terms cut of ?700m, say Lib Dems
Read More Plans by the government to construct and renovate 40 hospitals in England could be delayed because of new analysis suggesting the health and social care department’s capital spending budget faces a real-terms cut of ?700m next year, according to the Liberal Democrats. With some hospitals said to be in dire need of repair, […]
Hosts Qatar off to losing start after Enner Valencia double for Ecuador
Read More For Qatar, this was a letdown 12 years in the making. The host nation has spent that time building the infrastructure of a World Cup shrouded in controversy and replete with a bitter taste that, whatever the next four weeks bring, is unlikely ever to be washed away. But when they kicked this […]
Train cancellations in Great Britain hit highest level on record
Read More Rail cancellations have reached their highest level on record with more than 314,000 trains fully or partly cancelled across Great Britain in a year, a Guardian analysis reveals. Figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show that the proportion of cancelled services has more than doubled since 2015, rising to one […]
With Dems in House minority, Clyburn, Hoyer say party will ‘look forward,’ put politics aside
Post Content With Republicans set to control of the House of Representatives, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., on Sunday said that Democrats in the chamber will “look forward” and focus on helping Americans despite spending much of the last two years looking back and politicizing the Jan. 6 […]
Biden says ‘no motive’ clear in Colorado nightclub shooting, calls for assault weapons ban
Post Content President Biden condemned gun violence and attacks on the LGBTQ community following Saturday’s mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado on Sunday. The president acknowledged that “no motive” had yet been determined in the shooting, but nevertheless connected the attack to the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Florida six years ago. Police […]
2022 on Record Pace With 601 Mass Shootings to Date
After a week of a pair of mass shootings – an LGBTQ club in Colorado and the University of Virginia – the U.S. total has gone over 600 for the year at a record-setting pace, according to Gun Violence Archive data.
Hakeem Jeffries confident he can unite Dems after Pelosi exit, says he has ‘great respect’ for AOC
Post Content Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., expressed optimism that Democrats can be united following the retirement of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arguing the party’s diversity would remain one of its strengths under his potential leadership. “The thing about us… is that while we can have some noisy conversations at times about how we can make […]
Washington Shooting Blanks After FTX Crypto Debacle
After the collapse of FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s investment empire, Washington officials are left puzzled about how regulators could not foresee or stop this mess.