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The Trump administration has the highest number of unfunded construction projects at major hazardous waste sites of the last 15 years, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the holidays. The figures released by the agency focus on projects at Superfund sites, highlighting a backlog of work designed to clean up […]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpIran foreign minister warns killing of general is ‘extremely dangerous and foolish escalation’ Congress reacts to U.S. assassination of Iranian general Trump tweets American flag amid reports of strike against Iranian general MORE tweeted an image of an American flag late Thursday amid reports that an airstrike had killed a top Iranian […]

Blackwater founder Erik Prince may have evaded U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, two senior U.S. officials reportedly said Monday. The unnamed officials told The Associated Press that Prince, the brother of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVosElizabeth (Betsy) Dee DeVosUS officials say Erik Prince may have violated Venezuela sanctions: report Teacher’s union leader: DeVos is ‘a cautionary […]

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, one of the world’s wealthiest people, is arguing that wealthy people like him should pay more in taxes, amid a push for higher taxes on the rich from Democratic presidential candidates. “I think the rich should pay more than they currently do, and that includes Melinda and me,” Gates wrote on […]

The Pentagon’s announcement that U.S. forces conducted a strike killing one of Iran’s top general sparked a firestorm on Capitol Hill, with many members of Congress praising the move and others warning of unintended consequences.  The avalanche of reactions came after the Defense Department said in a statement it had conducted an airstrike on Baghdad […]

Microsoft on Monday announced that it has taken legal action against a North Korean-based cybercrime group that was using websites and other domains to attack individuals and companies in the U.S., South Korea and Japan.  Tom Burt, the corporate vice president of consumer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post that a case […]

Thailand is beginning the new decade with a plastic bag ban, forbidding single-use bags at major stores, officials told reporters Wednesday. The ban at major stores is a part of the country’s campaign to reach a complete ban by 2021 to limit sea debris. The campaign picked up this year after animals like deer and […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE announced Wednesday that he will seek parliamentary immunity in three corruption cases. Netanyahu claims he deserves parliament’s protection because the charges are politically motivated. The trial cannot begin once an immunity request is announced, so the proceedings could be delayed for months, Reuters reported.   The prime minister’s announcement was […]

The man charged with stabbing five people at a Hanukkah celebration in New York on Saturday was kicked out of Marine Corps boot camp in 2002 for “fraudulent enlistment,” The Associated Press reported Tuesday. Military officials told the AP that Grafton Thomas left the Marines as a recruit in late 2002, roughly a month after he started […]

  Seventeen service members died in Afghanistan in 2019, the highest number since 2015, according to a year-end tally compiled by the Department of Defense and reported by Army Times. Fourteen of the fallen service members were from the Army while three were Marines. ADVERTISEMENT The soldiers killed included eight Green Berets, an Army Ranger […]