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Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks. They will go town as one of the most tragic and terrifying in the nation’s history, as Americans around the world watched the tallest...
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Other than Hawaii, every U.S. state has a state police force. Although there is some variance, state troopers in each state perform basically the same tasks. State troopers are tasked with...
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It is official. Starting on Jan. 1, the five-nation BRICS alliance will expand, adding six more nations. For brevity’s sake, let us just call it the BRICS+. The original BRIC bloc of Brazil,...
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After months of congressional delays, U.S. president Joe Biden signed the 2023 defense budget, approved by Congress, in late December. The act approved the Pentagon to spend $816.7 billion on defense...
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Democratic societies have thrived since the end of World War II, benefitting from relative peace, security, and economic prosperity. Though, as one of the world’s largest democracies, the U.S....
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When a plane carrying Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin plunged out of the sky in pieces on Aug. 23 near Moscow, suspicions immediately turned to the Kremlin. Prigozhin’s brief mutiny in June to...
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According to market and consumer data company Statista, revenue in the cannabis market is forecast to reach $47.2 billion this year. Most of that revenue, $32.9 billion, is projected to come from the...
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Since the 1990s, the Department of Defense has transferred excess military equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies under the 1033 Program. (Also see, every state’s police department...
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Since announcing in April 2023 plans to run for a second term, President Joe Biden has been the presumptive Democratic candidate in the 2024 race for the White House. How he fares on Election Day...
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The United States views China as one of its main competitors in the struggle for power over global resources and markets. With the rapid build-up of U.S. military equipment in Australia over recent...
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Of all major government institutions, the U.S. Congress is the least trusted by the American people. A recent poll conducted by public opinion research company Morning Consult found that only 39% of...
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The Biden administration is investing $1.2 billions to develop giant machines to suck the carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere. It remains to be seen if these machines, which are based on a...
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These medications have been targeted for price negotiations with pharmaceutical companies, the start of the Biden administration’s push to slash Medicare’s prescription drug costs. On the list...
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The U.S. Senate is the most powerful lawmaking body in the United States, and in recent years, it has become one of the most dysfunctional and least trusted institutions in American government....
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