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Washington 11/18/21, 16:33

A Washington state e-commerce company's proposed to stop accepting one credit card payment method caused Visa shares to slump on Nov. 17. Amazon will refuse to serve anyone who tries to shop online with a British Visa credit card from Jan. 19. An ongoing transaction fee dispute is blamed for the change, ...

Washington 11/16/21, 15:29

Steve Bannon, the former adviser to Donald Trump, appeared in court on Monday, Nov. 15, after being indicted by the judiciary on Friday for failing to appear to testify before the House committee investigating the January 6 incidents on Capitol Hill. As he left court, Bannon blamed the president and ...

Washington 11/12/21, 21:50

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) was already in communication with the White House before a controversial letter that compared disapproving parents to terrorists came out, according to recently found emails. "NSBA has been actively engaged with the White House, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Education, the ...

Washington 11/11/21, 16:37

The Defense Department said on Wednesday, Nov. 10, that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and climate change have the same priority in national security threats that the United States must resolve. "I think we get paid to examine all threats to our national security," the department's press secretary John Kirby said in a ...

Washington 11/10/21, 18:16

The ban on securities investments that finance certain companies with alleged association with the Chinese military is to be extended, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, Nov. 9. He said in a  statement that the policy would remain effective beyond Nov. 12, 2021.  The policies were first issued by Biden’s Republican predecessor, former ...

Washington 11/10/21, 03:46

A piece of George Washington's original Mount Vernon estate has broken the residential sale record of the Washington, D.C. region with a deal closed week worth $50 million. According to Heather Corey of TTR Sotheby's International Realty, located in Alexandria, Virginia, the property measures 16.5-acre, features 400 feet of frontage overlooking ...

Washington 11/09/21, 22:41

Two sources with knowledge of John Durham's ongoing investigations into the origin of the "Russia collusion—which prompted the first impeachment attempt against Trump—confirmed to Fox News that Jake Sullivan, the current White House national security adviser, is implicated in the investigation. While the Fox News report specifically clarifies Jake Sullivan is ...

Washington 11/09/21, 16:36

The U.S. state department on Monday, Nov. 8, is stepping in to pressure the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to liberate citizen journalist Zhang Zhan who has been jailed for covering COVID-19 in Wuhan last year. “The U.S. is deeply concerned about the health of PRC [People’s Republic of China] journalist Ms. ...

Washington 11/08/21, 16:48

Satellite imagery of the northwestern Xinjiang region of China detected replicas of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships, marking preparation for a potential conflict. Satellite imagery company Maxar Technologies on Sunday, Nov. 7, was able to capture shapes resembling the U.S. military complex from above Ruoqiang, a Taklamakan ...

Washington 11/08/21, 15:47

The White House issued a statement on the Nicaraguan elections, denouncing President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo. The White House declared the elections were a "farce" and were "neither free nor fair," nor democratic. "The arbitrary imprisonment of nearly 40 opposition figures since May, including seven potential ...

Washington 11/07/21, 05:47

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) justified his reluctance to support President Biden's Build Back Better plan by pointing out that the U.S. has already spent more money combating the COVID-19 pandemic than it did fighting World War II in today's dollars. "We've spent one point nine trillion," Manchin said. "Let me just ...

Washington 11/06/21, 15:14

After an intense day of negotiations among House Representatives, the Democrats managed to pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Now only President Biden's signature is needed to put into effect one of the most expensive political plans in U.S. history. Democrats celebrated after a week of bruising electoral defeats. And despite ...

Washington 11/05/21, 17:56

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and it's crude producing allies agreed to maintain their current production plan, despite calls from the United States to increase their output to cool global energy markets. CNBC reported that at a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 4, the group, collectively known as OPEC+, ...

Washington 11/05/21, 17:28

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday named two top officials to head the task force that will assess the mysterious Havana syndrome, which has sickened hundreds of Americans, including diplomats, overseas. As reported by The Hill, Blinken nominated Jonathan Moore, a member of the Senior Foreign Service and former ...

Washington 11/05/21, 16:27

Chinese real estate corporations' debt levels are at an exceptional level. According to the Financial Times, the net debt ratio of China's 19 most prominent real estate developers is more than 60% of equity. In many ways, Evergrande can be the most prominent "time bomb" of Chinese real estate. So how ...

Washington 11/04/21, 04:50

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that socialism has already taken control in the United States this year. Still, many Republicans are giving in to the socialist agenda instead of pushing back. In a speech at a Washington D.C.–based think tank, Haley criticized her own Republican Party ...