The year 2021 is coming to a close and all eyes are on the upcoming 2022 midterm elections. These races are expected to be fierce, with Republicans and Democrats battling it out to determine who controls the legislature as well as state and local offices.
American corporate media love catchphrases that they all repeat in unison, across network and cable television and through social media. One recent example is “viral blizzard” referring to the omicron variant of COVID.
Newsweek review of financial filings in Congress has found that lawmakers who are driving legislation to protect Uyghurs in China are also invested—either directly in the form of stocks, or indirectly via mutual funds—in major companies tied to the oppression in Xinjiang.
The Biden administration has given border officials the green light to fill in some of the gaps in unfinished Trump-era wall projects, as well as resolving environmental issues and cleaning up remaining construction sites nearly a year after activity was halted.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it had received reports of eight cases of myocarditis in children aged 5-11 years who received Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 shot.