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US Capitol rioters ‘came prepared for war’, Senate hears in testimony
Mar 02, 2021 14:27Testifying on Tuesday (23 Feb 2021) in the first congressional hearing on the US Capitol attack, the chief of Capitol police who resigned over the riot said the pro-Trump mob which stormed the building “came prepared for war”.
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Ted Cruz’s approval rating plummeted after Cancún trip
Mar 02, 2021 14:16Texas Senator Ted Cruz's approval rating took a major hit following last week's Cancun trip fiasco, according to a Yahoo/YouGov poll. The poll, released on Wednesday, February 24th found that 24 percent of voters approve of the Republican senator's job performance, while 49 percent disapprove.
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Rights advocates decry Biden’s decision against sanctioning bin Salman despite Khashoggi report
Mar 02, 2021 06:14A declassified US intelligence report has revealed that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – known by his initials as MBS – has ordered and directed the gruesome killing of Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Using deep-sea fiber optic cables to detect earthquakes
Mar 01, 2021 12:48Seismologists at Caltech working with optics experts at Google have developed a method to use existing underwater telecommunication cables to detect earthquakes. The technique could lead to improved earthquake and tsunami warning systems around the world.
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Answer to climate crisis is not more US militarism
Mar 01, 2021 12:40Last year, the Pentagon diverted $1 billion in COVID-19 relief money that was supposed to fund protective equipment to weapons manufacturers for jet parts. Moreover, the U.S. military itself is a massive greenhouse gas polluter. The U.S. has over 800 overseas military bases, many of which are increasingly at risk from climate change.
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Biden’s reckless Syria bombing is not the diplomacy he promised
Mar 01, 2021 12:30Biden must recognize that the best way to protect U.S. personnel in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere in the region is to take them out of the West Asia region.
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As US mourns 500,000 lives, billionaires gained $1.3 trillion during pandemic
Feb 28, 2021 11:57According to the new analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), America’s 664 billionaires now have a combined net worth of $4.2 trillion — a figure that stands in staggering contrast to the economic pain being felt by countless families across the U.S. as joblessness, uninsurance, and hunger remain sky-high.
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10 largest US cities will spend more on police than public health this year
Feb 28, 2021 11:52Kaiser Health News found that “nearly two-thirds of Americans live in counties that spend more than twice as much on policing as they spend on nonhospital healthcare, which includes public health.”
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Texas power grid deregulation cost Texans $28 billion over two decades
Feb 28, 2021 06:54A new analysis by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has found that the deregulation and monopolization of the Texas energy market cost Texas residents $28 billion more than they would have paid under a traditional utility.
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Saudi crown prince is held responsible for Khashoggi killing in US report
Feb 27, 2021 15:59Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia approved the assassination of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to an intelligence report that the Biden administration released recently that offered the world a reminder of the brutal killing.