Tag: US Features

Sporadic US Food Shortages Worry Venezuelan Immigrants About Country’s Direction

When Venezuelan immigrants in the United States see items missing from store shelves, they worry about the direction of the U.S. and remember the empty shelves in their home as it fell into socialism. Once the richest country in South America, today many in Venezuela are impoverished and many are leaving to survive. But it…


Sporadic US Food Shortages Trigger Worries in Venezuelan Immigrants About Country’s Direction

When Venezuelan immigrants in the United States see items missing from store shelves, they worry about the direction of the United States and remember the empty shelves in their home country as it fell into socialism. Once the richest country in South America, today many in Venezuela are impoverished and many are leaving to survive….


Sporadic US Food Shortages Trigger Worries for Immigrants About Country’s Direction

When Venezuelan immigrants in the United States see items missing from store shelves, they worry about the direction of the United States and remember the empty shelves in their home country as it fell into socialism. Once the richest country in South America, today many in Venezuela are impoverished and many are leaving to survive….


House Passes Fuel Price-Gouging Bill

The House of Representatives passed the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, by a vote of 217-207 on May 19, taking the country closer to greater government involvement in energy markets as gasoline prices soar to new heights. The bill, H.R. 7688, would let President Joe Biden declare an “energy emergency.” Such an emergency would…


House Passes Fuel Price-Gouging Measure

The House of Representatives passed the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act by a vote of 217–207 on May 19, moving the country closer to greater government involvement in energy markets as gasoline prices soar to new heights. The legislation, H.R. 7688, would allow President Joe Biden to declare an “energy emergency.” Such an emergency…


High Fuel Costs Won’t Scupper Port Clinton’s Warm Welcome For Tourists

As gas and fuel prices continue to rise, Ohio’s lakefront town of Port Clinton is pushing back to prepare for its busiest tourist season and stay afloat during challenging times. Spring has sprung in the Heartland and tourists are returning to the region known as Lake Erie’s Coastal Ohio Trail. A resort for relaxation it…


North Carolina Physicians Demand End to Hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccine Trial on Children

A group of North Carolina physicians is calling for a halt to a hospital system’s COVID-19 vaccine trial on young children. The North Carolina Physicians for Freedom (NCPFF) is demanding that the Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, cease its Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine testing on children aged 6 months to under 5…


‘ESG Is a Scam’: New GOP Voter Elon Musk

Elon Musk called the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scoring “a scam” in a series of Tweets on May 18, citing S&P Global’s inclusion of ExxonMobil Corporation in its ESG Index while his own electric car company, Tesla Motors, was removed. “Exxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social & governance (ESG)…


Elon Musk Calls ESG ‘A Scam’ After S&P Index Drops Tesla

Elon Musk called the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scoring “a scam” in a series of Tweets on May 18, citing S&P Global’s inclusion of ExxonMobil Corporation in its ESG Index while his own electric car company, Tesla Motors, was removed. “Exxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social & governance (ESG)…


China’s Digital Yuan and Global Supremacy Goal

“It’s clear to me that China is the biggest threat to the West and the United States,” says Kyle Bass. “China’s goal is global supremacy.” In this recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek met with Kyle Bass to discuss the effectiveness of sanctions in the war in Ukraine, the “axis of authoritarianism,”…