The Latest Breaking News from America

Broad majority of Americans support Russia sanctions - poll

More than two-thirds of Americans think the United States should impose additional sanctions against Russia as it masses its forces along the border with Ukraine, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Wednesday.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

Study: Child poverty rising after tax credit expires

The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

The American Medical Association Should Help Patients. Instead, It's Policing Language.

Protectionist policies are why the U.S. has few physicians and high prices.

Reason · Feb 23, 2022

Liz Cheney accuses Trump of ‘aiding our enemies’ by calling Putin a ‘genius’ for Ukraine invasion

‘Trump’s interests don’t seem to align with the interests of the United States of America’

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Russia-Ukraine crisis opens new era of petro politics

Americans are likely to continue to face rising energy prices in the coming months.

Axios · Feb 23, 2022

Trump feeds on Americans' loss of agency

The epicenter for this plague on Americans is the Republican Party. November may be our last chance to undo it

Salon · Feb 23, 2022

Mrs Brown's Boys' Brendan O'Carroll shocks BBC viewers with comment about Tyler Perry's 'colour'

Viewers who caught the quotes on BBC show have accused the Mrs Brown’s Boys star of making an 'incredibly racist remark' towards the American actor and director

Dublin Live · Feb 23, 2022

Abolition newspaper revived for nation grappling with racism

America’s first newspaper dedicated to advocating for the end of slavery is being resurrected and reimagined more than two centuries later as the nation continues to grapple with its legacy of racism

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Scott wants to ‘rescue America’ through Pledge of Allegiance, strict gender roles

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Rick Scott wants to rescue the nation by declaring men and women biologically different, raising taxes on low-income earners and spurring children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 22, 2022

Biden is risking his Indo-Pacific strategy

If the U.S. is to meaningfully pivot to the Indo-Pacific, it will have to exercise strategic restraint in Europe

The Hindu · Feb 22, 2022