Author Archives: Alec Young

U.S. Health officials said Sunday that even though the Omicron Variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in the United States, early indications say that it is less deadly than Delta. Delta continues to be the reason for the majority of hospitalizations. Research still needs to be done but early reports from South Africa, where theContinue reading “Fauci Says Omicron Variant Early Reports Look Promising.”

Over $7 billion dollars lie in Afghanistan’s central bank account at the Federal Reserve and with Taliban rule still in it’s early stages, a plethora of legal, national security, and political problems surround the money. The Taliban claims that the money is rightfully theirs while others attest that the money should be given to theContinue reading “Why 9/11 Families and the Taliban are Fighting for Billions in Frozen Funds.”

On Monday, Austria became the first country in western Europe to return to lockdown since vaccines have rolled out. A new wave of COVID-19 cases has spread rapidly across Europe and many countries are considering enforcing vaccine mandates or reinstating lockdowns. “We are in a highly dramatic situation. What is in place now is notContinue reading “Austrian Lockdown and Vaccine Mandate Implemented to Fight Soaring Covid Cases”

On Monday November 15th Steve Bannon, a confidant of former President Donald Trump, surrendered to federal authorities after he was indited Friday on two counts of contempt. Bannon refused to cooperate with Congress when he defied a subpoena from the House Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection. According to the Justice Department, Bannon refused toContinue reading “Trump Confidant, Steve Bannon, Taken Into Custody”

With Biden’s midterm election quickly approaching, cracks are starting to show in the Democrat’s hold on the legislature across the country. Republican’s completed an election sweep in Virginia as they won the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. A Republican hadn’t won the governor’s race in Virginia since 2009. With these victories, RepublicansContinue reading “How Do Virginia’s Elections Impact the Furure of Politics?”

On Monday the supreme court is hearing various arguments regarding the Texas law that has outlawed most abortions in the state. The hearing does not apply to abortion directly but rather if past landmark Supreme Court rulings conflict with the Texas law. If the Supreme Court rules that they due conflict then the federal governmentContinue reading “Texas Law Banning Most Abortions Taken Up By Supreme Court”

Originally a $3.5 trillion dollar proposal, Biden’s social services and climate change package has been scaled back significantly to about $1.75 trillion. This has been the expected outcome for months as some concessions must to made in order for the plan to have enough votes. “It is less than what was projected to begin with,Continue reading “Biden’s Scaled Back “Human Infrastructure” Package and Wealth Tax”

Negotiations with a notorious Haitian gang have stretched into the fourth day for the release of 17 American missionaries. With Haitian politics in limbo, criminal organizations have been able to largely operate without pushback. On July 7, 2020 Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated followed by an earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people. TheseContinue reading “17 American Missionaries Were Kidnaped in Haiti. What’s Next?”

Following the 2020 census, Texas was appointed 38 congressional districts of which are drawn by the state legislature. For the first time in decades, federal law allows Texas to draw political maps without federal approval to ensure they don’t violate the rights of people of color. The new proposed congressional map of Texas for thisContinue reading “The Changes of the New Texas Redistricting Proposal”

With the United State’s Supreme court meeting in person again for the first time in over a year, a largely conservative court aims to tackle America’s most controversial issues. Issues such as guns, abortion, affirmative action, and the separation of church and state will all be addressed by the Supreme Court in the coming yearsContinue reading “Supreme Court Turns Focus to America’s Most Controversial Issues”