(Headline USA) A small group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts has an offer that they’re hoping U.S. cities can’t refuse.
The group City Coins is asking Miami and New York to accept the equivalent of millions of dollars in a new cryptocurrency, and at least some of the money is real: Last...
(Headline USA) Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House approved Tuesday.
The election-year bill, coming at a time of widespread complaints about slower mail...
(Headline USA) Following more than a year of neglect, the severely strained Border Patrol is getting increased attention from the Biden administration in the wake of tense meetings between senior officials and the rank-and-file.
As the agency deals with one of the largest spikes in migration along the U.S.--Mexico border...
(Headline USA) In the trenches of eastern Ukraine, across the lines from some of the 100,000 Russian troops amassed north and east of the country, Ivan Skuratovskyi's calm verges on numbness---even after a sniper's bullet recently killed one of the 50 or so men under his command.
It is the...
(Headline USA) Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers who are abetting the J6 Inquisition, saying it’s not the party’s job to police the views of lawmakers.
As former President Donald Trump has downplayed the protests by his supporters last year,...
(Headline USA) When left-wing union activist Crystal Orozco got sick with the coronavirus last month, she missed nearly two weeks’ worth of her salary as a shift leader at a fast food restaurant and had to ask family members for a loan to help pay her rent.
“My check was...
(Headline USA) Incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is far outraising his main Republican primary challenger, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, leaving Perdue with less than $1 million in cash on hand while Kemp had $12.7 million in his main campaign account.
Along with races to oust Sen. Lisa Murkowski in...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration has approved a $100 million support contract with Taiwan aimed at boosting the island’s missile defense systems as it faces increasing pressure from China.
The State Department announced the engineering and maintenance agreement on Monday as China plays host to the 2022 Winter Olympics.
China, which...
(Headline USA) Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire and supporter of former President Donald Trump, is leaving the board of directors of Facebook parent company Meta.
The company said Monday that Thiel will stay on until Meta’s next shareholder meeting later this year, where he will not stand for reelection.
Thiel...
(Headline USA) Many of the world’s largest companies are failing to take significant enough steps to meet their pledges to vastly reduce the impact of their greenhouse gas emissions in the decades ahead.
That’s the conclusion of a new report by the NewClimate Institute, an environmental organization that works to...
(Headline USA) The governors of four left-leaning states announced plans Monday to lift statewide mask requirements in schools by the end of February or March, citing the rapid easing of COVID-19′s omicron surge.
Effective March 7, the statewide mask mandate in schools will be lifted.
Balancing public health with getting back...
(Headline USA) Hawaii members of Congress said Monday a spending bill that must pass to avoid a government shutdown includes $403 million to address the crisis caused by the leaking of petroleum from a Navy fuel storage tank facility into Pearl Harbor drinking water.
The money incorporates $100 million to drain...