Congress Set to Sell East Coast’s 1 Million Barrel Gas Cache
(Bloomberg) — Congress is poised to sell off a 1 million barrel emergency cache of gasoline created in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy amid…
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House GOP Pulls Key Vote to Advance Stopgap Government Funding Bill
The House of Representatives canceled a scheduled key procedural vote Tuesday on a temporary government funding bill hashed out by Republicans. The House GOP…
Sharks, Deadly Rip Currents Plague Beachgoers in Florida, East Coast
Sharks bit two Florida swimmers, while swimmers in North Carolina and New Jersey had to be rescued from the water over Labor Day weekend….
State Rep. Gloria Johnson of ‘tennessee Three’ Launches US Senate Bid
WashingtonCNN — Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson, who made national headlines earlier this year as one of three lawmakers facing expulsion over protesting for more gun control…
The Age Gap in U.S. Politics Contributes to the Cynicism Gap
I will stipulate at the outset here that I have an unusually intricate view of the importance of age in American politics. My book on…
An Aura of Invincibility: Ireland’s 7 Wins over every Champion in 15 Months
Paris, Dublin, London (24/9 – 32) Undefeated in 17 games in the last 15 months, Ireland has beaten every rugby union world champion, three…
U.S. National Debt Hits $33 Trillion for the First Time
WASHINGTON — The national debt of the U.S. reached a historic milestone by passing $33 trillion for the first time, less than two weeks before the…
Racial and Socioeconomic Gaps in Preterm Infant Mortality Persist in the United States
The US continues to face stark inequalities in preterm birth and mortality rates between mothers of differing socioeconomic status and race, finds a new…
Iran Accuses US of Stoking Ukraine War in UN Speech, Sparking Israel Walkout
President Ebrahim Raisi tells the UN general assembly the project to ‘Americanise’ the world had failed Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, in a lengthy set-piece…
Law Professor on ‘why the U.S. Should Embrace India’
In an opinion piece for The Seattle Times, Law School Professor Sital Kalantry writes that ‘Washington state businesses, educational institutions, farmers and others have…