The heart of the Congress has been hollowed out today. Both parties’ pragmatists who represent swing districts — and genuinely pay attention to people from the opposing party — are on the verge of extinction. The US House of Representatives resembles a European parliament in that there is almost no cross-partisan negotiation or even discussion….
Congress is a rough place. Partisan tensions regularly boil over into nasty debates with overheated rhetoric that contaminate American politics. An especially pungent ugliness erupts volcanically during the nomination process for vacancies to the US Supreme Court. Enter US Senator of Maine Susan Collins, who routinely works to rise above the partisan fray in Congress,…
Christian Smalls, an Amazon Labor Union organizer, would want to thank Jeff Bezos for traveling into space. The former Amazon employee was the driving force behind the first successful attempt to unionize an Amazon warehouse, which was confirmed after the National Labor Relations Board finished tallying votes on Friday. “To the first Amazon union in…
They’re similar to solar panels, but instead of producing energy, they generate water. Hydropanels from Source Global produce water out of thin air and transport it to where it is most needed. Cody Friesen, the company’s CEO, devised the panels in 2014 while teaching at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He…
Will Smith seemed to hit presenter Chris Rock in the face with an open palm and yell a profanity at the comic for making a joke about his wife’s presence at the Academy Awards presentation. Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hairdo was mocked by Rock, who made a reference to the movie GI Jane, in…
With the House majority clearly within reach, Republican leaders huddled in Florida this week to seek advice from the architect of the “Republican Revolution” almost three decades ago — former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — on how to launch their own political uprising in November. Republicans are quite optimistic about their chances, since they only…
News outlets are reporting that NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine, where fierce resistance from the country’s defenders has denied Moscow the lightning victory it sought. By way of comparison, Russia lost about 15,000 troops over 10 years in Afghanistan. Not…
At their meeting on Thursday, NATO leaders will accept the deployment of four more battle units in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia, according to US Ambassador to NATO Julie Smith. She stated that they are “not only national forces,” and that further information would be released on Thursday. Smith said NATO is discussing its medium-…
Four U.S. Marines killed when a helicopter crashed in Norway during a joint training exercise with NATO allies last week were identified Sunday. In a statement, the Marine Corps identified the deceased: Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Capt. Ross A. Reynolds of Leominster, Massachusetts; Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio; and Cpl….
Don Young, the longest-serving Republican in the history of the United States House of Representatives, has died. He was 88 years old when he died. Young’s death was reported by his office in a statement released late Friday night. “Congressman Don Young (R-AK), the Dean of the House and a famous champion for Alaska, passed…