Tag: US News

Nevada Withdraws From Greenhouse Gas Pact

Nevada withdraws from greenhouse pact as Gov. Joe Lombardo pulls away from the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition of more than two dozen governors following Paris Agreement climate goals. Lombardo, a Republican, is the only governor elected or re-elected in 2022 to withdraw their state from the alliance, which aims to have its 25 member states…


Florida Becomes Nation’s Inflation Hot Spot, Housing a Major Contributor

Florida has become the nation’s inflation hot spot. Data released on July 12 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2 percent in June, behind a 0.1 percent increase in May. Overall, there was an increase of 3.0 percent over the last 12 months before a seasonal…


Chamber of Commerce Takes Legal Action to Halt Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has asked a federal judge in Ohio to block the implementation of the “Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program” established under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). President Joe Biden signed the IRA into law in August 2022, enabling Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices for certain costly medications. The program has…


3 Badly Decomposing Bodies Found in Remote Colorado Campsite

DENVER—The badly decomposing bodies of three people were found in a remote Rocky Mountains camp in Colorado, and they may have been lying there since late last year, authorities said. A hiker discovered one of the bodies late Sunday and notified the authorities, who found the other two after arriving at the campsite Monday, Gunnison…


Three Badly Decomposing Bodies Found in Remote Colorado Campsite

DENVER—The badly decomposing bodies of three people were found in a remote Rocky Mountains camp in Colorado, and they may have been lying there since late last year, authorities said. A hiker discovered one of the bodies late Sunday and notified the authorities, who found the other two after arriving at the campsite Monday, Gunnison…


China Perfecting Techno-Totalitarianism for Export Around the World: Rep. Gallagher

WASHINGTON—The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is perfecting a techno-totalitarian regime for export to the rest of the world, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) has warned. The regime’s worsening repression of faith was in the spotlight at a roundtable hearing that the lawmaker hosted on July 12. One key takeaway, the chairman and other panelists of the House…


Evidence Seized From Home of Man Charged in Cleveland Shooting That Wounded 9

CLEVELAND—Authorities seized evidence from the home of a man charged in a downtown Cleveland mass shooting over the weekend that wounded nine people, though the motive for the attack remained unclear Wednesday. Federal marshals and city police arrested Jaylon Jennings, 25, of Lorain, without incident at a home in that Cleveland suburb at around 3:45…


Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Block the US President From Leaving NATO

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) reintroduced a bill on Wednesday that would constrain any U.S. president from ever withdrawing from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance. “NATO serves as an essential military alliance that protects shared national interests and enhances America’s international presence,” Mr. Rubio said on Wednesday. “Any decision…


Ray Epps Sues Fox News for Defamation Over ‘False Narrative’ He Was Secret FBI Agent

Ray Epps, an Arizona man whose role in the events of Jan. 6 Capitol breach has been the subject of much scrutiny and conjecture, has filed a lawsuit against Fox News for defamation. In a complaint filed in Delaware Superior Court on July 12 (pdf), Mr. Epps accused the network of a long-running campaign of…


CDC Wants Dogs Microchipped Before Traveling Abroad to Make Sure They Don’t Bring Back Rabies

For the first time in almost 70 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking to revise dog import regulations in an effort to keep dog rabies virus out of the country. Rabies is known for mutating to match the animals it infects. The strain most specific to dogs has not…