Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A 22-year-old man has been charged after allegedly impersonating members of Donald Trump's family and conning the former POTUS' supporters out of thousands of dollars. According to the Justice Department, Joshua Hall made an appearance in federal court on Tuesday, June 8, after being charged with wire fraud and aggravated…
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Yet another official has resigned after a veteran's mic cut out while credited Black Americans in a Memorial Day speech. Per NBC News, the chair of the Memorial Day parade committee and president of the Hudson American Legion Auxiliary Cindy Suchan confirmed that she has stepped down from her post…
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Democratic representative Val Demings has announced that she is running for senate. Per NBC News, she is set to challenge Marco Rubio for his seat in 2022 and made the announcement in a three-minute video where she reflected on working for the Orlando Police Department and working her way up…
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Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert has suggested that changing the moon's orbit around the Earth, or the Earth's orbit around the sun might help fight climate change. The remarks were made on Tuesday, June 8, during a hearing with the House Natural Resources Committee. As he spoke with Jennifer Eberlien, a…
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An investigation has been launched after the IRS seemingly found that Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk paid no income tax. ProPublica reported on exclusively obtained IRS documents that revealed that many of the US's super-wealthy were legally not paying income tax including Bezos, Musk, Bill Gates, George Soros, Mark Zuckerberg,…
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Former POTUS Barack Obama has warned that the Republican party is seriously undermining American democracy. In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, the 59-year-old Democrat compared the US to Hungary, Poland, and Russia as he claimed that the US could be on its way to an "undemocratic America" after a…
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A teacher that was suspended for misgendering a transgender student has been reinstated at the same school. Per WTOP News, Byron 'Tanner' Cross, who teaches gym class at Leesburg Elementary School in Loudoun County in Virginia, claimed his religious beliefs prevented him from referring to a trans pupil by their…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed Vice President Kamala Harris for telling illegal immigrants not to come to the US. The rebuke came from AOC in a series of tweets on Monday, June 7, and she retweeted a video of Harris telling illegal immigrants not to come to the US amid record…
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The Biden administration says tits has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border. Per Independent, the separations occurred as a result of former POTUS Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal crossings. [caption id="attachment_1263112089" align="aligncenter" width="761"] Credit: Alamy / Jana Shea[/caption] Based on government information,…
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A team of firefighters has escorted the daughter of a late colleague to her graduation two days after his tragic death. According to KABC, 44-year-old Agua Dulce specialist Tony Carlon was shot and killed by another coworker in an incident in his workplace on Tuesday, June 1. Take a look at…
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A top official of an American Legion post in Ohio resigned on Friday, June 4, after Memorial Day ceremony organizers appeared to mute his microphone when he celebrated Black Americans. The decision to switch off a retired US Army officer's mic while he delved into the powerful history of freed…
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Despite social media users being left confused - no, former US president Donald Trump did not have his pants on back-to-front while delivering his GOP speech this weekend. Per The Independent, on Saturday, June 5, the ex-POTUS appeared at a Republican Party convention held in North Carolina, where he claimed…
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Three people have been killed and at least five more injured during a shooing in Miami, Florida. Per CBS News, police responded to reports of shots being fired in the parking lot of the College Park Shopping Plaza, in the Miami suburb of Kendall early on Sunday, June 6. A…
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Facebook has stated that Donald Trump's ban from the platform could be lifted in 2023 if his "risk to public safety has receded". The former POTUS was suspended from both Facebook and Instagram for an indefinite period in January. It came as a result of the 74-year-old's actions before and…
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The US Pentagon will be keeping in place a Trump-era ban on Pride flags being flown on military bases. During the Trump administration, a policy was implemented to limit the type of flags displayed at military facilities. The Pride flag along with the Confederate flag and some others were banned…
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NASA will be sending two missions to Venus for the first time in more than three decades. The space agency announced on Wednesday, June 2, that two $500 million missions will be launched within the next 10 years. Administrator Bill Nelson said the missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, will journey to…
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Arizona has provoked outrage after a leaked report allegedly revealed it intends on using Zyklon B in state executions. Zyklon B is a hydrogen cyanide poison gas compound that was infamously used by the Nazis to implement Adolf Hitler's Final Solution - a campaign of genocide against Jews, Slavs, Romani,…
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Passengers and cabin crew staff were forced to restrain a man on a flight after he tried to break into the cockpit shouting: "Stop the plane". Per KOAT-TV, the Delta Airlines plane, which was on its way to Nashville from Los Angeles on June 4, had to make an emergency…
