Tag: Americans

Americans Ousted by Canada in Olympic Beach Volleyball

TOKYO—The scoreboard at the Shiokaze Park beach volleyball venue said: “Challenge successful. Ball out.” That didn’t make any sense. And the Americans’ survival was riding on it. “The referee just said, ’Wait, wait, wait. We’re sorting it out,” Canada’s Heather Bansley said on Sunday after winning a twice-reversed challenge to oust Sarah Sponcil and Kelly…


US Sets New Cuba Sanctions as Biden Meets Cuban-Americans

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba’s national revolutionary police and its top two officials as the United States looks to increase pressure on the communist regime following this month’s protests on the island. The Police Nacional Revolcionaria (PNR) and the agency’s director and deputy director, Oscar Callejas Valcarce and Eddie Sierra…


Japan Beats US 2–0, Turns Incredible DP to Win Softball Gold

YOKOHAMA,—Japan won its second straight Olympic softball gold medal, beating the United States 2–0 Tuesday in an emotional repeat of its 2008 victory in Beijing that again left the Americans in tears. Yukiko Ueno took a one-hitter into the sixth inning, five days after her 39th birthday, and Japan snuffed out an American rally attempt…


Sarah Sanders Urges Americans to Get Vaccinated, Credits Trump’s Operation Warp Speed

Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in an op-ed published Sunday urged Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and praised President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed for the development of effective vaccines. Sanders, an Arkansas Republican gubernatorial candidate and Trump’s spokesperson from 2017 to 2019, wrote in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that she was…


Restoring the Values of Classical Masculinity With Outdoor Mentorship—Interview With Mark Hancock

The Boy Scouts was once an organization to help young boys learn responsibility and life skills, but with lawsuits and other controversies now following it, many Americans are looking for organizations better suited to their own values. Among these organizations is Trail Life. We had the pleasure of sitting down for an interview with Trail…


US Hits Iran for Delay in Nuclear and Prisoner Swap Talks

Iran and the United States volleyed tweeted criticisms of each other into Sunday over the fate of prisoners in both countries, underlining that separate negotiations outside of Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal continue between the nations. The tweets from two Iranian Foreign Ministry officials also signaled the waning influence of outgoing President Hassan Rouhani’s administration, which…


Live Q&A: Trump Sues Social Networks Over Censorship; Biden Launching Door-to-Door Vaccine Campaign

Donald Trump announced a major class-action lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook, and Google over censorship, and the case is expected to address the issue of Section 230 legal protections for the social networking companies. And in other news, Joe Biden has announced a program for door-to-door visits to encourage Americans to get vaccinated. In this live…


Obama: “Dark Spirits” Took Over the Republican Party | Larry Elder

When Barack Obama was running for president in 2008, he never considered the color of his skin as a feature that held him back from winning the race. Fast-forward to 2021, Barack Obama is now telling black Americans that they will face more disadvantages compared to their white counterparts because of the color of their…


Constitution Hangs in Balance With New Legal Cases—Interview With Rick Green

Constitutional rights for Americans are under threat from many directions, which include pushes to restrict Second Amendment rights, Big Tech censorship, and the closing of churches in lockdowns and the impact on freedom to worship. To learn more about the situation, we sat down for an interview with Rick Green, America’s Constitution Coach and the…


Outdoor Mask Guidance Echoes What Many Americans Already Do

In the small Nebraska town of Oxford, the school district dropped its mask mandate last month in what was a fairly straight-forward decision: Cases were down dramatically, and it didn’t bother local officials that their move flouted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Those federal mask guidelines just didn’t seem to fit local conditions…