As President Joe Biden visited Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, he called for an increase in taxes on the rich.
Coming out of the pandemic, American bank accounts continue to feel the sting of inflation, and that includes retirees — and those who rely on Social Security.
Frustrated over the lack of progress on homelessness in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for increased oversight of cities and counties that receive state funds in an effort to hold them accountable to deliver results. Newsom's more aggressive stance is the latest example of the governor wanting local governments to do more to lessen homelessness, which has worsened in his tenure despite more than $20 billion in state funds spent on programs to help over the last five years. He...
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In his response to the Ulster Unionist peer, Defence Minister the Earl of Minto admitted that UK defence spending in 2023 had fallen to just 2.28 percent of GDP compared to 2.47 percent in 2010. Lord Rogan commented: “We are living through particularly dangerous times with major conflicts going on in the Middle East and Ukraine, plus repeated military threats to Taiwan from China. “This is not a time for the United Kingdom to drop its guard but, as these figures demonstrate, that is precisely...
I recently saw the face of a friend whom I had never met before. In a video call to a California state prison facility, I was finally face-to-face—albeit via video chat—with Dominic Williams, who is serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole and who has spent the majority of his life More
International Museum Day 2024 poster (JMcRae-WMF, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) This year’s International Museum Day theme, Museums for Education and Research, underscores the importance of
Pressure is mounting on the leader of West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) to step down, following further allegations. Over the last week, calls have been made for Councillor Jonathan Nunn to resign from his position at the top of WNC. This morning (Thursday April 18), after BBC investigations published further allegations against the council leader, pressure continues to mount. Cllr Nunn denies the allegations. However, a leading Conservative councillor, who was previously supporting Cllr Nunn,...
HEBER CITY, Utah, April 21, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A complainant who called Heber City police to report harassments from a local shopkeeper found himself booked into jail after the shopkeeper provided evidence he was only trying to recover the $7,000 the complainant and two other suspects had scammed from him. The caller, 33-year-old Jose […] The post Man who called Heber police reporting shopkeeper’s harassment arrested for allegedly scamming ‘suspect’ with bad check first appeared on Gephardt...
MONROVIA – The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL) held a one-day “Anti-Corruption Policy Dialogue” funded by the Embassy of Sweden in Liberia and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). By: Blamo N. Toe/Contributing Writer The dialogue took place on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Monrovia under the theme: “Increasing Funding for []
Many on social media took aim the attention-grabbing stunt, with one patriot describing it as 'an insult to every man and woman who has served in defence of our nation.'
Donald Trump’s interjections have featured in every one of his major legal cases, and they show no sign of abating. But a scene Tuesday indicates how the stakes are increasing.