The U.K. defense ministry said in an intelligence update on Thursday that Russia has taken over most of Sieverodonetsk, a Ukrainian city in the Luhansk region. The ministry said that “over half of the town is likely now occupied by Russian forces, including Chechen fighters.” “The main road into the Sieverodonetsk pocket likely remains under…
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Biden faces pressure to help Black borrowers with heavy student debt
President Biden is reported to be closing in on a plan to cancel $10,000 in federal student debt per borrower, but some advocates are concerned about the impact it will have on Black borrowers, who data shows are likely to owe more to cover the costs of education. Many Democrats at the helm of student…
Biden hedges inflation backlash with focus on Fed
President Biden’s relationship with the Federal Reserve has come under the spotlight as the White House touts the central bank’s leadership of the fight against inflation. Biden met with Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the White House on Tuesday as the administration touts its efforts to curb rising prices. The meeting came one day after…
Top Sanders aide calls Manchin a ‘phony’ on lowering drug prices
A top aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday called Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) a “phony” after the West Virginia senator called for action to lower drug prices. Warren Gunnels, Sanders’ staff director for the Senate Budget Committee, tweeted that Manchin’s call for drug pricing action was empty given the senator opposed President Biden’s Build Back…
On the lawn: Biden set to take on inflation this week
President Biden will meet with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday to discuss high inflation, which has plagued Biden’s approval rating and which the president says is his top economic priority. Biden laid out a three-part plan earlier Tuesday for combating inflation, stressing that the Federal Reserve has the primary responsibility to control it….
Pacific season’s 1st hurricane makes landfall in Mexico
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific swept ashore on a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns in southern Mexico on Monday. Torrential rains and howling winds from Hurricane Agatha whipped palm trees and drove tourists and residents into shelters in a…
Russian foreign minister denies speculation that Putin is ill
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sought to quell speculation over rumors around Russian President Vladimir Putin’s health, saying on Sunday that “sane” people can see he is in good health. In an interview with French television news TF1 and LCI, Lavrov shot down speculation that the 69-year-old Russia leader is in ill-health and said he…
Biden to confront horrors of school shooting in Uvalde
President Biden will head to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday, where for the second time in less than two weeks he will grieve with a community struck by a mass shooting. The nation is reeling from the shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday that left 19 children and two adults dead. The massacre, the third…
Trump blasts Cheney for ‘loving endless, nonsensical, bloody wars’
Former President Trump blasted Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney (R) for “loving endless, nonsensical, bloody wars” at his rally in Casper, Wyo., on Saturday evening. “The Cheneys are diehard globalists and warmongers who have been plunging us into new conflicts for decades, spilling American blood and spending American treasure all over the world,” Trump said. “That’s…
The hamburger is an American staple: Climate change threatens it in profound and subtle ways
Let’s celebrate National Hamburger Day but realize that everything we eat is changing.