Category Archives: National News
The U.S. Returns to Top 10 in World Economic Freedom Index
After nearly two decades of declining economic freedom, the United States is now the 6th most economically free country in the world.
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Verizon Wireless Network Suffers Massive Outage Across US
Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile telecommunications provider in the US, has been experiencing massive outages, with the East Coast and Southern US reportedly hit the hardest.
Read moreNew Documents Reveal Secret Gov’t Rules For Spying On US Journalists
Journalists and free press advocates are responding with alarm to newly released documents (obtained through an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed last November) revealing the U.S. government’s secret rules for using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court orders to spy on reporters, calling the revelations “important” and “terrifying.” “There’s a lack of clarity on the circumstances when the government might consider a journalist an agent of a foreign power,”.
Read moreTrump Slaps Tariffs On $200BN In China Imports; Will Add Another $267BN If China Retaliates
The White House announced that it has imposed tariffs on approximately $200 billion worth of imports from China, effective September 24. The tariffs will start at 10% until the end of the year, but in an unexpected twist, are set to rise to 25% on January 1, 2019. A substantial portion of the imports targeted this time are consumer goods, which means that the pain to the US household bottom line is about to get real.
Read more1.3 Million Ordered To Evacuate As “Nightmare” Hurricane Florence Bears Down On Carolinas [VIDEO]
“Hurricane Florence may end up being the worst natural disaster in recorded history for the Carolinas and Virginia. 3 to 4 feet of rain, IF predictions hold!”
Read moreCDC Investigating After Multiple Passengers Fall Ill At Philadelphia Airport
One day after ten passengers fell ill during a JFK flight from Dubai, CBS Philadelphia reports that multiple passengers fell ill on separate international flights coming into Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday.
Read moreSmall Businesses Flee Facebook After Algorithms Hobble Revenue-Generating Traffic [VIDEO]
“it decreased my income from Facebook by 60 percent, overnight. No explanation.”
Read moreCompany Making Bulletproof Backpacks For US Students Flooded With Orders [VIDEO]
After the horrific shooting of 17 kids at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, the civilian defense industry as a whole experienced an influx of sales from school districts and worried parents. The hottest item on the block is the bulletproof backpack and there are several companies that have reported booming sales.
Read moreArmy Secretary Wants Hypersonic Weapons On Battlefield In Next 10 Years
Hypersonic weapons, capable of striking Russia and China at Mach 5 or higher, could be the Pentagon’s answer in correcting American hegemony that is widely perceived to be in terminal decline.
Read moreHomeland Security Unearths KFC Drug Tunnel In Arizona [VIDEO]
Homeland Security and Border Patrol held a press conference last week disclosing new details of a secret drug tunnel stretching from a former KFC restaurant in the state of Arizona to Mexico.
Read moreDrug Overdose Deaths Jump To Record 72,000 Last Year
The third wave of the opioid epidemic is here, as new synthetics [fentanyl analogs] – that are 10,000 times as potent as morphine – are attributing to the latest surge in deaths.
Read moreNew Mexico Jihad Compound Mysteriously Destroyed By Authorities [VIDEO]
In yet another bizarre twist in this developing story was the decision by authorities to raze the compound where a dozen children were being trained to commit school shootings. This after New Mexico judge Sarah Backus on Monday ordered four out of five alleged Muslim extremists free on a $20,000 “signature bond” (meaning they didn’t have to pay), including the suspect in his son’s murder, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj.
Read moreMonsanto Slammed With $289 Million Verdict In Historic ‘RoundUp’ Cancer Lawsuit
A San Francisco Jury awarded $289 million in damages to a former school groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, who said Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller gave him terminal cancer. The award consists of $40 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages.
Read more“This Thing’s Massive” – 14,000 Fight Devastating California Fires, 2 Arsonists Charged As Death Toll Rises
Today saw two arsonists charged with starting some of the deadly wildfires that have consumed well over half a million acres in California. There are now over 14,000 on the frontline with crews, including almost 2,000 inmates, 200 soldiers, and dozens of firefighters from overseas fighting fires and some are projecting that they may not get the fires under control until September.
Read more“Heavily Armed” Muslim Extremists Arrested In NM; Trained 11 Children To Commit School Shootings [VIDEO]
Authorities looking for a missing 4-year-old Georgia boy say his father and another man were training nearly a dozen children at a remote New Mexico compound to commit school shootings.
Read moreTrump Blasts “Anyone Trading With Iran Will Not Be Trading With The U.S.”
“The Iran sanctions have officially been cast. These are the most biting sanctions ever imposed, and in November they ratchet up to yet another level”
Read moreDo Americans View Their Trade Relationships As Fair?
If the majority of Americans think they are getting the short end of the stick on international trade, this sentiment ultimately affects how politicians campaign, how policy decisions are made, and the success of the wider economy…
Read moreIowa Nightmare As Tornadoes Ravage Towns; Officials Declare State Of Emergency [VIDEO]
Parts of Iowa were left devastated as several tornadoes carved a path through the state.
Read moreIRS To Revoke 362,000 Passports From US Citizens
Section 32101 of the FAST Act required the US State Department to revoke or deny the passport of any taxpayer that the IRS deems to have “seriously delinquent tax debt.” Well, it took them a couple of years, but the IRS has finally started enforcing this law. Earlier this month the IRS acknowledged that they had sent at least 362,000 names to the State Department to start revoking or denying passports. And that’s just the beginning.
Read moreUS “Asleep At The Wheel” – As Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse [VIDEO]
A new, shocking report discovered that the US nuclear power industry could be on the verge of a collapse — a reality that many have yet to realize. “US nuclear power: The vanishing low-carbon wedge” examined 99 nuclear power reactors in 30 states, operated by 30 different power companies. As of 2017, there are two new reactors under construction, but 34 reactors have been permanently shut down as many plants reach the end of their lifespan.
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