The starting pitchers for the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros for Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night were both linked to some interesting postseason history. The Braves started rookie left-handed pitcher Dylan Lee. He came into the start with only two regular season innings under his belt along with 2 2/3 innings […]
Biden Administration Quietly Unfreezes Funds For Groups Tied To Human Rights Abuses In Central Africa
November 22, 2021 by
The Biden administration quietly reversed a Trump-era decision halting conservation grants being used to indirectly fund human rights atrocities in Central Africa. “It was my conclusion that the federal agencies simply did not have the means and the practical ability to ensure that the money that they gave wouldn’t go to parties who would commit…
US Orders Non-Emergency Government Employees in Ethiopia to Leave
November 7, 2021 by
NAIROBI—The United States has ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees in Ethiopia to leave because of armed conflict, civil unrest and violence, its embassy in Addis Ababa said on Saturday. Denmark and Italy also asked their citizens in Ethiopia to leave while commercial flights were still available, as rebellious Tigrayan forces and their allies have advanced…
US Cancels Contract With Major COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer
November 7, 2021 by
The Emergent BioSolutions plant, a manufacturing partner for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, is seen in Baltimore, Md., on April 9, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) The United States government has canceled a contract with Emergent BioSolutions, a major vaccine manufacturer that came under investigation after it was blamed for a bad batch of…
UIPM to Meet Athletes Seeking Board Resignation Over Horse Riding Axe
November 7, 2021 by
Annika Schleu of Germany in action. Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Tokyo Stadium, in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters, File Photo) Modern pentathlon’s governing body UIPM said it will hold talks with athletes next week after more than 650 of them called for its executive board to step down following its decision to drop horse…
Former Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner Dead at 86
November 7, 2021 by
DOVER, Del.—Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper’s daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86. Minner, who served as governor from 2001 to 2009, passed away Thursday morning, according to Agriculture Secretary Michael Scuse, a friend who once served as her chief of staff. “She was a true…
Poll: Donald Trump and Joe Biden Tied Nationally in Hypothetical 2024 Matchup
November 7, 2021 by
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are tied in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, a Redfield & Wilton Strategies survey released this week found. The survey, taken October 31 among 1,500 respondents, presented voters with a hypothetical 2024 election scenario between President Biden and former president Trump. The survey shows the two in a…
Poll: Glenn Youngkin and Terry McAuliffe Tied in Virginia Gubernatorial Race
October 26, 2021 by
Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are locked together in Virginia’s gubernatorial contest just one week out from polling day, a survey released Monday reveals. The numbers from the Republican polling firm Cygnal reveal McAuliffe and Youngkin tied at 48.3 percent support each among likely voters in Virginia. The poll showed Republicans leading Democrats on the generic General…
Hunter Biden is Tied to Wuhan Lab-Funding ‘Charity’ Through Pandemic-Tracking Firm Investments: Report
July 1, 2021 by
The National Pulse has uncovered a trail of investments that tie President Biden’s son Hunter Biden to EcoHealth Alliance, a “charity” the funneled millions in dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The firm led by Hunter Biden, Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners (RSTP), was part of a ‘consortium’ of viral pandemic tracking companies through its […]
Fracking Sites Tied to Increased Heart Failure Hospitalizations
December 8, 2020 by
Living near hydraulic fracturing is associated with increased risk of hospitalization in people with heart failure (HF), a new study from Pennsylvania suggests. The link was strongest among those with more severe heart failure but patients with either HF phenotype showed this association of increased risk with exposure to fracking activities, according to the investigators,…
Sessions Announces Indictments Tied To Massive Chinese Fentanyl Network.
April 29, 2018 by
The announcement from Sessions came after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Jian Zhang, owner of a chemical company based in China, and four financial associates from China who worked directly for Zhang. The five Chinese nationals allegedly used Zhang’s company, Zaron Bio-Tech, to import large amounts of fentanyl and even […]
Terror in Times Square: Suspect reportedly tied to ISIS sets off rush-hour bomb.
December 11, 2017 by
A Bangladeshi man reportedly inspired by ISIS set off a pipe bomb inside New York’s Port Authority bus terminal during rush hour Monday morning, sowing mass chaos but causing few injuries — likely because the “attempted terrorist” detonated his “low tech device” prematurely. Akayed Ullah, 27, set off the “effectively low tech device” in a […]
Here We Go: House Intel Chairman Opens Investigation Into Russian Uranium Deal Tied to Clintons
October 26, 2017 by
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes announced Tuesday morning he will look into a Uranium deal struck by the Russians, at the direction of Vladimir Putin, while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. .@DevinNunes: "We are here today to announce an inquiry into Russia's involvement into the uranium deal that was done several years ago." […]
Obama Lied, Americans Died: Released Iranians Tied to Terror, Nuclear Proliferation.
April 24, 2017 by
Former President Barack Obama lied to the American people about the infamous prisoner swap that was part of the Iran deal in 2016, and released fugitives who were considered major national security threats, according to an investigative report by Politico. “Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives weren’t telling the whole story on Jan. 17, […]
Hillary Clinton Is Now Tied To At Least Four Investigations By Federal Agencies
February 12, 2016 by
The State Department’s inspector general last year subpoenaed the Clinton Foundation for documents related to work that required approval from the Hillary Clinton State Department, making it now at least four investigations involving the Democratic presidential candidate being conducted by federal agencies. According to The Washington Post, the State Department inspector general’s subpoena, which was filed in […]
BREAKING NEWS: ISIS Oil Tied to Kurdistan, Erdogan and Lots of American Tanker Trucks Shipped from Houston
December 5, 2015 by
We want to know how the US missed thousands of pickup trucks being shipped into Syria and Iraq, brought in through Jordan and Turkey, all upgraded and armed, without the US seeing any of it, without the CIA knowing anything. As is too often the case, we get less than half the story here. Oil […]
US military pilots complain hands tied in ‘frustrating’ fight against ISIS
May 28, 2015 by
U.S. military pilots carrying out the air war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are voicing growing discontent over what they say are heavy-handed rules of engagement hindering them from striking targets. They blame a bureaucracy that does not allow for quick decision-making. One Navy F-18 pilot who has flown missions against ISIS […]