Poll: Trust in Federal Courts Plummets in 2022

Poll: Trust in Federal Courts Plummets in 2022

by Arjun Singh   Trust in the judicial branch of the federal government has fallen by 20% since 2021, according to a new poll released by Gallup on Thursday. The poll showed that only 47 % of respondents expressed “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the...
Kamala Harris Says Disaster Relief Should Be ‘Based on Equity’

Kamala Harris Says Disaster Relief Should Be ‘Based on Equity’

by Harold Hutchison   Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that aid distributed in the wake of natural disasters like Hurricane Ian should be “based on equity.” “It is our lowest-income communities and communities of color that are most impacted by these...
Biden Appoints First-Ever Envoy for Plants and Animals

Biden Appoints First-Ever Envoy for Plants and Animals

by Jack McEvoy   The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is appointing a special diplomat to oversee international animal and plant habitats for the first time in U.S. history. The State Department appointed Monica Medina as the U.S. Special Envoy...
Number of U.S. Millionaires Increased by 41 Percent in 2022

Number of U.S. Millionaires Increased by 41 Percent in 2022

by Eric Lendrum   New figures from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) show that the number of American citizens who report more than $1 million in income have jumped by a staggering 41 percent this year alone. As reported by Politico, the IRS claims to have...
Blaine First Minnesota City to Criminalize Street Racing

Blaine First Minnesota City to Criminalize Street Racing

by Evan Stambaugh   The Twin Cities suburb of Blaine is the first city in Minnesota to criminalize street racing with a specific ordinance. The ordinance deems street racing and “exhibition driving” an unlawful assembly, which is a misdemeanor offense. Both...