Category: World

The House tries again this morning to align with the Senate on a framework for the President Donald Trump’s tax cut bill.  A vote could come as early as the 10 a.m. ET hour.  No alignment? No bill. THE SPEAKER’S LOBBY: ‘WHOSE THROAT DO I GET TO CHOKE?’ More than a dozen House conservatives balked…

The Esports World Cup (EWC) will feature the best competitive gamers from across the globe, and the pressure got more intense on Thursday as a record-breaking prize pool was announced. The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) announced a prize pool of more than $70 million, which will make the event among the most prestigious in…

A convicted killer is on the run after he was mistakenly freed from a Georgia jail two weeks ago, a local district attorney has confirmed.  Kathan Guzman was arrested in August 2022 for felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault and necrophilia in the strangling death of his then-girlfriend, Delila Grayson. She was 19 at the…

The St. Louis Blues and Edmonton Oilers brought a playoff-like atmosphere to the rink on Wednesday, and the gloves were dropped early in their game. Oilers right-winger Corey Perry was in front of Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington when the netminder took the forward down in front of the net. Binnington took a few swipes before…

Former U.S. gymnast and founder of the women’s activist sportswear brand XX-XY Athletics Jennifer Sey participated in a debate with pro-transgender activist Kevin Bolling, executive director of the Secular Student Alliance, over the topic of trans athletes in women’s sports on Wednesday.  The debate was sponsored by the Steamboat Institute and took place at the…

Taylor Starling still remembers the day her life changed.  On Oct. 22, she was dropped from the varsity cross-country team down to the junior varsity squad at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California.  Her spot was taken by a trans athlete.  “I felt angry when I was removed from my varsity team because…

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) account on X shared eyebrow-raising findings from a survey of unemployment insurance claims. The “initial survey of Unemployment Insurance claims since 2020” found that thousands of people with future birthdates claimed benefits. The survey also indicated that thousands of supposedly very young and very old people had claimed benefits….

Picture yourself standing by a river, watching as a drone hums overhead.  Below, its lidar system scans the landscape, mapping both the land and the shallow waters with pinpoint accuracy. This is precisely what YellowScan’s new Navigator system is designed to do. Built specifically for mapping underwater topography in rivers, ponds and coastal areas, the…

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for more than a year, is on her way back to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed early Thursday. “American Ksenia Karelina is on a plane back home to the United States. She was wrongfully detained by Russia for over a…

While the “official” full retirement age in the U.S. is 67, according to the Social Security Administration, the average American stops working at 62 years old. But not everyone retires — an AARP survey last year found that a quarter of people over 50 expect to never leave their jobs. That might not be all…