Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population
Month: July 2025
Goldberg argued that a person’s political preferences shouldn’t matter in a disaster.
Trump. Who may go down in history as USA’s one and only. The A-1 Trumper. Not what he says — what he does.
UC Berkeley, Georgetown and Cuny heads face GOP inquiry in last of House hearings that began after Israel-Gaza war
Lawmakers questioned the leaders of the University of California at Berkeley, Georgetown University and the City University of New York in the final antisemitism hearing the House of Representatives has held since the 7 October attacks and ensuing war in Gaza broke out in 2023.
Georgetown University’s interim president Robert Groves, Cuny’s chancellor Félix V Matos Rodríguez and UC Berkeley’s chancellor Rich Lyons faced scrutiny from Republican representatives – who questioned the universities’ hiring practices, faculty unions, Middle East study centers, foreign funding and DEI initiatives.
Rate is significantly below the 32% the US president had threatened but timeline for implementation of deal remains unclear
US President Donald Trump says he has struck a trade pact with Indonesia resulting in significant purchase commitments from the south-east Asian country, after negotiations to avoid steeper tariffs.
Indonesian goods entering the United States would face a 19% tariff, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. This is significantly below the 32% level the president earlier threatened.
“Most of us are waiting for a miracle to happen and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin will stop shooting. We hope for it every second. We pray to God and ask that we have a peaceful sky and we could just live as we lived before. This is war, a totally incomprehensible war.”
Andrew Cuomo was driven from the state house by members and then soundly defeated in the mayoral primary. Nonetheless, he’s decided to force New Yorkers to endure his whining and begging for votes for the rest of the mayoral campaign by staying in the race.
The WNBA 3-point contest added some extra star power this year.
A former Formula One driver has backed Max Verstappen’s move to Mercedes to drive alongside George Russell.
It’s a Romeo and Juliet set during an alt-history World War I.