AOC, Dems rally to free Puerto Rico of its ‘colonial bonds,’ give it statehood option
Post Content House Democrats on Thursday rallied to help end the stain of colonialism in America by passing a bill that gives Puerto Rico the option of possibly becoming the 51st state. For Democrats, the legislation aimed at ending Puerto Rico’s status as a U.S. territory – the Puerto Rico Status Act – was also […]
GOP continues to sound alarm over Title 42, as Biden admin anticipates migrant surge
Post Content The Title 42 public health order that allows expedited removal of migrants due to COVID-19 is set to expire next week, and Republicans are warning that the country is completely unprepared for the surge of people crossing the border that is expected to take place. Title 42 will be gone come December 21 […]
Poll shows Trump has the most support in a crowded GOP presidential primary: ‘He loves a fight’
Post Content A new poll shows that Republican voters still support former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, outperforming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, if the GOP 2024 primary includes multiple candidates. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist national poll released Thursday shows 45% of Republican and Republican-leaning Independent voters support Trump for the GOP nomination […]
Transportation Secretary Buttigieg took ‘personal trip’ to Europe during intense rail strike negotiations
Post Content As the Biden administration worked to prevent a catastrophic rail unions strike over the summer, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg went on vacation and phoned-in to negotiations from 3,500 miles away in Europe, Fox News has confirmed. “The secretary took a long-planned personal trip from Aug. 29 to Sept. 5,” a spokesperson for the […]
Transnet turns a new leaf, but there are many cracks in the system
Read More Over the past 18 months, state-owned ports and freight rail operator Transnet has declared six force majeures — it weathered circumstances outside of its control that made it difficult to fulfil its contractual obligations. The reasons included a strike, floods in KwaZulu-Natal and the closure of a major coal line due to an […]
City of Johannesburg welcomes Eskom’s three-day exemption from load-shedding
Read More The City of Johannesburg’s request to be exempted from load-shedding for three days following the devastating floods that affected parts of the city has been approved by Eskom. In a statement, the city welcomed the decision: “The City of Johannesburg welcomes Eskom’s three-day reprieve from load-shedding in areas hardest hit by the spate […]
Nurses will step up strikes unless pay offer improved, NHS official warns
Read More Nurses will start striking for longer, at more places and will disrupt more NHS services from next month unless the government increases its pay offer, hospital bosses have said. Tens of thousands of outpatient appointments and non-urgent operations were cancelled on Thursday as nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strike […]
House Democrats Pass Referendum to ‘Decolonize’ Puerto Rico
The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate.
Lengthy Prison Terms for 3 Who Aided Whitmer Kidnap Plotter
A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, sentencing three men who forged an early alliance with a leader of the scheme before the FBI broke it up in 2020. Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were not…
Military readiness ‘fragile’ despite vax mandate rollback, back pay and reinstatement must follow: Senate GOP
Post Content A group of Republican senators cheered the end of the Biden administration’s military vaccine mandate in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), but warned that readiness and recruitment problems mean there must be additional efforts to reinstate terminated service members and provide them with back pay. Senators led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., […]
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