Washington DC: Weeks before his term as US President comes to an end, Joe Biden signed a new executive order today to address the problem of gun violence in the US. “Join Vice President Kamala Harris and me as we deliver remarks on addressing the scourge of gun violence in America,” President Biden posted on … Read more
As the US government faces a potential shutdown on October 1, many essential services are at risk of disruption. Federal employees, particularly those not deemed essential, may be told not to work, and their paychecks could be delayed. However, certain services and workers would continue to operate, even under a shutdown. Why the US Government … Read more
The crash was being investigated by the Mississippi Highway Patrol. (Representational) New York: Eight people including an infant were killed in a bus crash in the southern US state of Mississippi in the early hours of Saturday, local media reported. A chartered bus carrying 47 people overturned in Warren County, killing seven people while one … Read more
A snake caused a significant power outage in Virginia on Saturday night, affecting approximately 11,700 customers. The outage impacted parts of Kiln Creek, central Newport News, and Christopher Newport University. Dominion Energy reported that the snake entered a high-voltage area and made contact with a transformer. Dominion Energy crews responded swiftly to the situation. Power … Read more
Fiscal conservatism has more or less vanished from America’s political landscape. Government borrowing, despite the strong economy, continues to push public debt to record levels – and the presidential contenders and their parties say scarcely a word about it. To the extent they discuss economic policy at all, their intentions on taxes and public spending … Read more
George Chidi, a politics and democracy reporter for Guardian US, recently came to Europe on holiday. He had been looking forward to eating his way around Paris and London, and was especially looking forward to the cheese. But when he got here, something surprised him. He enjoyed the food but found he wasn’t overeating. For … Read more
On a recent Tuesday morning, a visibly frustrated Donald Trump sat through a tense hearing in the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president. During a break, he let rip on his social media platform. New York Justice Juan Merchan, Trump declared on Truth Social, is a “highly conflicted” overseer of a “kangaroo court.” … Read more
As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world’s attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities. Pro-Palestine student protesters were arrested en masse by New York City police at the prestigious Columbia University, prompting outrage that spread across other college sites. Guardian US … Read more
A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place as jury selection wrapped up, but officials said he did not appear to have been targeting Trump. The man burned for several minutes in full view of television cameras that were set up … Read more
SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship spacecraft, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, which aims to carry astronauts to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. It took off from SpaceX’s spaceport, named Starbase, on the Gulf of Mexico in Boca Chica, Texas, entering space several minutes later. After 50 minutes, … Read more
