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UNITED STATES—The U.S. Capitol was on lockdown after what appeared to be, supporters of President Donald Trump breached security and entered the building on Wednesday, January 6, shortly after  1 p.m. The U.S. Senate was in session, with Vice President Mike Pence presiding to handle the voting of the electoral votes for the U.S. Presidency. Pence had just begun to...

UNITED STATES — On Monday, March 22, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that overturned the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in July 2020. Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson wrote in a 224-page opinion on July 31, 2020 that "Dzhokhar will remain...

REHOBOTH BEACH—On Saturday, June 18, at approximately 10 a.m. President Joe Biden fell off his bicycle while riding at Cape Henlopen State Park near his Rehoboth Beach home in Delaware. According to footage taken at the park, President Biden came to speak to a small crowd of bystanders when his shoe got caught in the clip on the pedal. He...

PALO ALTO—A 46-year old woman was fired after verbally attacking an elderly Jewish man who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat at a Starbucks location in Palo Alto, California. Cell phone footage captured Rebecca Parker Mankey berating, Victor, a regular customer at the Starbucks because of the hat that he was wearing. Mankey began shouting at the man calling...

SINGAPORE—Only two months after the first inter-Korean summit, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday, June 12. The meeting is over 68 years in the making and transpired in Singapore between the two leaders. Trump indicated during a press conference that the effort toward denuclearization is imminent, something that the...

MALIBU—The Woolsey Fire has burnt over 97,620 acres as it continues to destroy land, structures and homes from Simi Valley to Malibu. The fire is currently at 47 percent containment as of Wednesday, November 14. The fire started on November 8 at 2:25 p.m. after a brush fire was ignited in the area of Rocketdyne, south of Simi Valley, as...

UNITED STATES—Attorney General William Barr released the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Thursday, April 18. During a press conference on Thursday, Barr spoke about the release of the confidential report completed by Robert Mueller on March 22. A public version of the reported with redacted details was made available on the Department of Justice website after it...

UNITED STATES—Republicans stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, October 23, led by Rep. Matthew Gaetz (R-FL) into the closed door impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump. “I’m here with dozens of my Congressional colleagues” Gaetz said, “underground in the basement of the Capitol.” Gaetz went on. “If behind those those doors they intend to overturn the results of an American Presidential...

UNITED STATES−The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the implementation of the new, “Public Charge Rule” to begin on February 24. The Public Charge Rule restricts green cards from immigrants who do not have the means to support themselves, and may not be productive members of society, but an additional burden to the country by relying on government...

UNITED STATES—On Wednesday, July 1, Fox News fired Ed Henry after doing an investigation on him for sexual misconduct. Henry was excused by a former employee at the next for sexual misconduct several years ago. On June 25, Fox News put out a memo to staff stating: “On Thursday, June 25, we received a complaint about Ed Henry from a former...