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China 04/01/22, 00:37

On March 29, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivered a speech at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. He discussed the conflict in Ukraine and the threat posed to the United States by the Chinese government. According to Senator Rubio, the Chinese government is the greatest threat to the American people and ...

D.C. 03/31/22, 18:14

The White House announced on Thursday, March 31, that it would release the largest historical amount of barrels of oil per day from its reserves to reduce gasoline prices and combat inflation, The Hill reported. Beginning in May, the United States will release 1 million barrels of oil per day (BPD) ...

China 03/31/22, 00:12

Radio Free Asia reported on March 28 that the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), a non-profit think tank, pointed out that China is taking tougher measures to exclude Taiwan from international organizations and United Nations agencies. In addition, the GMF affirmed the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is ...

China 03/30/22, 22:41

The Senate passed its version of a long-stalled bill on March 28. This multibillion-dollar bill aims to boost the domestic semiconductor industry and bolster U.S. competitiveness against China. The legislation passes the Senate by a vote of 68-28. It included 52 billion dollars in grants and incentives to counter China's growing ...

California 03/30/22, 18:45

In a historically dry year, California Governor Gavin Newsom, on Monday, March 28, ordered the state's water regulatory agency to make it illegal to irrigate specific green spaces to save water resources. According to CBS News, by signing an executive order, Newsom urged the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to ...

California 03/30/22, 18:09

The reparations task force created a year ago in California by Gov. Gavin Newsom voted Tuesday to compensate only descendants of blacks enslaved in 19th century U.S. slavery, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all blacks.  With a vote on Tuesday, March 29, split at 5-4, and after an at-times tense ...

China 03/30/22, 11:12

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a request by China Eastern Airlines to temporarily transfer the destination of flights from New York to Shanghai to another Chinese airport. The US Department of Transportation said Tuesday, March 29, that it approved the Chinese carrier's request to transfer its existing twice-weekly passenger ...

U.S. 03/30/22, 03:03

More people are registered as Republican voters than their Democrat counterparts in Florida. For the first time, the Sunshine State is home to more GOP supporters than those who vote for the Democratic Party. Official data from Gov. Ron DeSantis' re-election campaign shows the Republican Party had over 101,000 more voter registrations ...

U.S. 03/30/22, 02:57

A Republican from Florida officially noted in U.S. Congress a portable computer belonging to the president's controversial son on March 29. Rep. Matt Gaetz confirmed the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop have successfully been entered into the congressional record. The device's data storage module is widely reported to contain evidence that ...

U.S. 03/30/22, 02:49

Joe Biden's administration endorsed a bipartisan bill that makes executing suspects without a trial a more serious offense on March 29. President Biden signed House Resolution 55 into law, officially making lynching a federal hate crime. Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) cosponsored the bill, also known as the Emmett ...

D.C. 03/30/22, 02:42

A Democrat from New York ordered a judiciary official to step down because his spouse approved of the previous president on March 29. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants Clarence Thomas to resign as U.S. Supreme Court associate justice because his wife, Virginia Thomas, supported Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Virginia ...

California 03/30/22, 02:25

California authorities announced that nine members of an organized crime ring are charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise from California retail stores.  As announced in a statement by state Attorney General Rob Bonta, members of the alleged organized retail theft ring, which had been under investigation since ...

News 03/29/22, 16:26

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would ban nearly all abortions in the state, following a mechanism similar to Texas. If the legislation passes, it would exclusively enforce the ban on abortion after six weeks "through private civil actions" against any person who "aids or abets ...

U.S. 03/29/22, 08:39

Joe Biden refused to withdraw a controversial request for his Russian counterpart to retire from politics on March 28. The U.S. president will not back down from demanding Vladimir Putin's resignation because it is a matter of right and wrong. "I am not walking anything back [and,] the fact of the matter ...

U.S. 03/29/22, 07:42

A study found about a quarter of Americans think highly of the president's handling of Eastern Europe's largest armed conflict since World War II. The latest NBC News poll found a whopping 72% of respondents have weak confidence in Joe Biden's ability to deescalate Russia-Ukraine border tensions. When asked how much confidence ...

China 03/29/22, 00:34

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on March 25 that the United States would more actively pressure China to change trade practices that Washington believes distort the market. According to Reuters, Tai said that the US was formulating a new approach to trade policy with the second-largest world economy. She noted ...

U.S. 03/28/22, 20:39

President Biden on Monday, March 28, unveiled a new minimum tax targeting U.S. billionaires as part of a 2023 budget proposal. The Biden administration is set to propose a 20% minimum tax on U.S. households of wealth worth more than $100 million. A billionaire who is not paying 20% of his or ...

U.S. 03/28/22, 16:55

An outgoing and charismatic president helped the nation avoid armed conflict throughout his time in the Oval Office. Donald Trump revealed his extraverted, sensing, thinking, and perceiving character helped prevent the United States from launching wars against other countries. "The fake news media said my personality would get us into a war ...

D.C. 03/28/22, 16:46

Different Republicans have complete confidence in a judiciary official whose spouse approves of the previous president's push for free and fair voting. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) joined Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in endorsing Clarence Thomas. "I admire and respect Clarence Thomas. I think he has ...

U.S. 03/28/22, 08:33

A recent report shows how students were impacted academically by prolonged school closures and remote classrooms in relation to the Covid 19, with worse grades in math and language arts. A new report from Renaissance Learning makes a data comparison between the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years of the performance and ...