Tag: Policies & Impacts

Russia Moving Nukes to Belarus; ‘Pax Americana’ Being Overtaken by ‘Multipolar’ Order

Russia will move tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, bordering Ukraine. The announcement from Russian President Vladimir Putin signals his growing threat on the possible use of nuclear weapons, and a tool the country is using to threaten the United States and its NATO allies. Meanwhile, the “Pax Americana” or “peace under America” may be coming…


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Russia will move tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, bordering Ukraine. The announcement from Russian President Vladimir Putin signals his growing threat on the possible use of nuclear weapons, and a tool the country is using to threaten the United States and its NATO allies. Meanwhile, the “Pax Americana” or “peace under America” may be coming…


John Kerry Says New Climate Change Executive Orders Are Coming

President Joe Biden is preparing a series of new executive orders to address climate change, according to recent comments by his special envoy on climate-related issues, John Kerry. Kerry discussed the Biden administration’s plans for reducing U.S. emissions during an interview with Yahoo News Senior Climate Editor Ben Adler on Friday. Adler noted that the…


Amid Strained US Ties, China Finds Unlikely Friend in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY—China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country. An investigation by The Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with the…


Hundreds of Businesses, Non-Profits Call on Congress to Expedite Federal Infrastructure Permits

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, along with 350 business organizations, have called on Congress to modernize America’s permitting processes to make way for building the infrastructure of the future. In a letter addressed to congressional leaders, the group expressed their frustration with the outdated, inefficient, and unpredictable permitting process that has hindered the development of…


Dispute That Led to Mexico Seizing American-Owned Port ‘Not Unprecedented’: Expert

The Mexican military has vacated a port in Mexico owned by Vulcan Materials Company of Birmingham, Alabama, according to a U.S. senator. “I am happy to hear that Mexican governmental forces have now heeded our request to withdraw from Vulcan’s port facility, following a nearly two-week unlawful takeover,” Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said in a…


Harris Announces $100 Million in Aid to Ghana During Meeting with Akufo-Addo

Praising Ghana as “a beacon of democracy,” Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the United States will give $100 million in aid to “help address the threats of violent extremism and instability” in the west African nation and four other countries on the continent. Benin, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, and Togo are the other nations that…


House Advances Bill Calling for Strategy to Defend, Retain Control of Subsea Cables

Among the challenges presented by the decade-long military modernization and expansion of China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) is a “robust space program” potentially targeting more than 9,000 American-owned satellites orbiting the Earth. Space will be a battleground, Pentagon officials have repeatedly warned in Congressional hearings since February regarding President Joe Biden’s $863 billion Fiscal Year 2024…


Economists Expect US Recession, Inflation Above Fed Target This Year

Economists predict that the United States will likely enter a recession by the end of this year, with high inflation extending well into 2024, according to a recent semiannual survey. The March 2023 National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Economic Policy Survey published the responses of 217 members of the organization in a March 27 report….


Union Files Complaint Against LAPD for Releasing Sensitive Information to Watchdog Group

The Los Angeles Police Protective League—the largest Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) union representing over 9,000 sworn officers—filed a formal complaint against the department on March 20 for accidentally releasing the names and photos of several undercover officers to a watchdog group. In mid-March, the police watchdog group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition—a grassroots anti-police surveilling…