On Friday, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. Affectionately known by supporters as RBG, Ginsburg served in the Supreme Court for decades. She was a champion of women’s rights, and fought tirelessly to secure gender equality in the United States. She survived multiple battles with cancer, and was …
Read MoreShortly after issuing a bizarre rant on Facebook, Health Department official Michael Caputo has been placed on a sixty-day leave. Caputo was expected to be a major component of a Heath Department push to normalize a potential vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic. However, his rant, which he shared on Facebook …
Read MoreDuring an indoor campaign rally in Nevada on Saturday, President Donald Trump suggested that he might run for a third term in office in 2024. “And 52 days from now we’re going to win Nevada, and we’re going to win four more years in the White House,” Trump told the …
Read MoreNothing is certain until the votes are tallied, but things aren’t looking great for Donald Trump’s reelection. The president has faced accusations of calling the war dead “losers,” a scathing book from Robert Woodward, and lessened fund-raising turnout all in the span of a week. This is all capped off …
Read MoreLast month, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny fell ill during a flight to Moscow. His colleagues and allies were dismayed to see him being held a Russian hospital, and demanded he be moved by air ambulance to a German hospital. After being in the care of doctors in Berlin for …
Read MoreLast weekend, the police shooting of Jacob Blake reinvigorated Black Lives Matter protests around the US. Since then, President Donald Trump has condemned civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and has scheduled a visit to the city. However, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers has implored the president not to make an appearance. …
Read MoreAfter opening its doors Tuesday afternoon, an Austin shelter for hurricane Laura evacuees reached capacity, prompting the shelter to close. The shelter, located at the Circuit of the Americas motor racing track, is an intake center. After evacuees are bussed in, they get a hotel voucher to one of 15 Austin area hotels. The problem? …
Read MoreLast week, meteorologists began tracking the tropical disturbance that would become Hurricane Laura. At the time, no one suspected that the storm would intensify with the speed it has. Over Wednesday morning and afternoon, the storm swelled greatly in power and size. By the time of this writing, the storm …
Read MoreMany colleges that have been tentatively reopening for the fall are already seeing huge spikes in COVID cases. Clusters of cases around some universities have several reassessing their reopening plans. Experts warned during the summer that a failure to the contain the virus would make reopening schools in the fall …
Read MoreThe new Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, was only recently appointed by Donald Trump. However, in his short time in that position, DeJoy has made sweeping changes to the way the United States Postal Service is run. Democrats including Amy Klobuchar, Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren have called on the USPS …
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