Congressman demands IRS explain Matt Taibbi home visit

The tax authority sent an agent to the independent journalist’s New Jersey home earlier this month

‘We are all Chinese’ – Taiwanese expresident

Ma Ying-jeou has begun his controversial visit to the mainland by pointing out shared ethnicity, calling for peace

YouTube TV subscribers want to get MLB Network back

According to multiple Reddit threads, some of the subscribers remain hopeful that MLB Network will be back on YouTube TV despite the recent reports of its removal from the platform. The recent news disappointed many YouTube TV users, who have since been discussing the matter and expressing their views. However, a few still believe that […]

Russia says Ukraine using longrange US artillery

Moscow announced Tuesday it had for the first time downed a long-range rocket supplied to Ukraine by the United States, weapons Kyiv said were key to an anticipated counter-attack against Russian forces. The statement from Russia’s defence ministry came a day after Ukraine said it received modern Leopard and Challenger battle tanks from Germany and […]

Terror threat in Northern Ireland raised to ‘severe’

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the new designation means an attack is “highly likely”

Biden says most of US thinks owning military style guns ‘bizarre’

President Joe Biden said Tuesday in the wake of the latest school shooting that most Americans think owning the types of military style rifles regularly used to carry out such massacres is “bizarre.” “The majority of the American people think having assault weapons is bizarre, it’s a crazy idea. They’re against that,” he told reporters […]

WHO says mediumrisk adults don’t need extra Covid jabs

The World Health Organization said Tuesday it is no longer recommending additional Covid-19 vaccine booster doses for regular, medium-risk adults as the benefit was marginal. For such people who have received their primary vaccination course and one booster dose, there is no risk in having further jabs but the returns are slight, the WHO’s vaccine […]

Man who attacked Rand Paul staffer was released from prison just one day prior to stabbing: report

Glynn Neal, the suspected attacker of a staffer of Senator Rand Paul, was recently released from prison, just one day before the attack took place, Fox News reported. Rand Paul attacker released from prison was charged in 2010 with prostituting two women Back in 2011, Neal was convicted of charges related to compelling individuals to […]

French banks raided in tax evasion sting

The lenders are suspected of helping investors avoid paying taxes on dividends

Promotions delay in Senate harms US military readiness: Austin

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Tuesday that the Senate’s delay in approving 160 military promotions due to a lawmaker’s opposition to Pentagon abortion policy will impact the readiness of American forces. Senator Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, said last month he would seek to hold up Defense Department nominees who require Senate approval […]

8,000 steps once or twice a week cuts mortality risk: study

Walking 8,000 steps — about four miles (6.4 kilometers) — one or two days a week may significantly reduce the risk of an early death, according to a study released on Tuesday. While regular exercise is known to lower mortality risk, the study published in the journal JAMA Network Open looked at the health benefits […]