• Record of business start-ups in the United States in the third quarter

    Record of business start-ups in the United States in the third quarter

    1.6 million businesses have been created across the Atlantic. This is the first time that the symbolic million mark has been crossed.
  • United States Patrol Iceland is advancing rapidly

    United States Patrol Iceland is advancing rapidly

    Boeing C-17 Globemaster is one of the most popular American transportation vehicles in the Boeing 747, which operates in Iceland and is equipped with the F-15 Eagle in the field of NATO patrol.
  • American version of ‘Eurovision’ contest coming to US in 2021

    American version of ‘Eurovision’ contest coming to US in 2021

    Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams may not be competing, but an American version of the wildly-popular “Eurovision” singing competition is coming to the United States in 2021. One of the world’s most-watched singing contest — and subject of the new Netflix comedy, “Eurovision” — has announced that “The American Song Contest” will take place during …
  • TikTok will be ‘out of business’ if it doesn’t sell by next month, Trump says

    TikTok will be ‘out of business’ if it doesn’t sell by next month, Trump says

    President Trump on Monday said that popular social media platform TikTok will be “out of business” in the US if it doesn’t reach a deal to sell its American operations by mid-September. The president comments to the media confirmed a previous blog post from Microsoft — which is currently in discussions with Beijing-based TikTok parent …
  • ‘Nothing’s Off the Table’: Schumer Says Dems Will ‘Discuss’ Eliminating Filibuster if They Win Majority

    ‘Nothing’s Off the Table’: Schumer Says Dems Will ‘Discuss’ Eliminating Filibuster if They Win Majority

    Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) signaled a willingness to end the Senate’s practice of imposing a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in a press conference Tuesday. When asked by reporters if, like presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, he would be open to ending the filibuster, he said it would be up for …
  • House Approves D.C. Statehood Bill Along Party Lines

    House Approves D.C. Statehood Bill Along Party Lines

    The House voted to approve statehood for Washington, D.C., on Thursday in a bill expected to be dead on arrival in the Republican-controlled Senate. The 232-180 vote fell along party lines, with Representative Collin Peterson (D., Minn.) the only Democrat to oppose the measure. “This bill allows our country to live up to its claim …
  • ‘The dollar is going to fall very, very sharply,’ warns prominent Yale economist

    ‘The dollar is going to fall very, very sharply,’ warns prominent Yale economist

    Stephen Roach, Yale University senior fellow and former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman, has a warning for US dollar bulls. The prominent economist says that the era of the US buck may be coming to an end and is forecasting a 35% decline soon in the US currency against its major rivals, citing increases in the …
  • Army Considering Renaming Bases Named After Confederate Leaders

    Army Considering Renaming Bases Named After Confederate Leaders

    Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on Monday reversed his stance on renaming U.S. Army bases currently named for Confederate leaders and is now reportedly “open” to renaming them. “The Secretary of the Army is open to a bipartisan discussion on the topic,” Army spokesperson Colonel Sunset Belinsky told Politico. The reversal comes on the heels of the …
  • Chinese Researcher on ‘Verge of Making Very Significant’ COVID-19 Discovery Killed in Apparent Homicide

    Chinese Researcher on ‘Verge of Making Very Significant’ COVID-19 Discovery Killed in Apparent Homicide

    A researcher at the University of Pittsburgh whose department says he was close to “very significant findings” about Covid-19 was killed in an apparent murder-suicide, police said. Dr. Bing Liu, a 37-year-old research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found shot dead in his home on May 2. A second …
  • U.S. Marriage Rate Reaches Lowest Point Ever Recorded, Report Finds

    U.S. Marriage Rate Reaches Lowest Point Ever Recorded, Report Finds

    Americans are getting married at the lowest rate ever recorded, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics, with the lead author for the report calling the moment “historic.” The U.S. marriage rate fell 6 percent in 2018 to only 6.5 new unions formed for every 1,000 people, the lowest number since …