US national debt crosses $40 trillion mark after more than doubling in only a decade
‘It is staggering how predictable the fiscal decline of a global power can become,’ the president of the Committee for…
Read at source →Source
Independent Americas
Americas coverage from The Independent
World · 1519 articles · page 37 of 43 · fetched about 1 hour ago
DOGE destroyed how America forecasts its weather. Everyone is mad about it
Fewer weather balloons and wave-monitoring buoys are being launched to collect data for weather forecasts
Read at source →
Fentanyl awareness lessons now being taught in schools in new push to halt overdoses
High school students across the state will be educated on the dangers of fentanyl in eight 50-minute sessions
Read at source →
AdSponsoredSiguimi
Pure chronological social — no algorithm
See who you follow, newest first. Free to join. Posts that stay visible — not buried by an algo.
Join siguimi.com →
.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C100%2C0%2C100)
Daycare asks judge to dismiss claims in lawsuit after toddler was ‘thrown in air and dropped’
Matthew Kittle and Elena Kittle sued after an employee allegedly threw their 23-month-old child in the air and failed…
Read at source →
Trump’s relationship with aide Natalie Harp becomes family affair as son Eric weighs in
The president’s son defended Natalie Harp against attacks from her own brother, calling him ‘absolute trash’ for…
Read at source →
New law will force Georgia restaurants to disclose the origin of their shrimp
Cheaper foreign imports have flooded the seafood market in the United States
Read at source →.png?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0)
Squid games: 20-ton spill of foul-smelling sea creatures causes eight-hour traffic jam in Rhode Island
‘Squid has a distinctive odor to it,’ said one witness
Read at source →
DA reduces charges against LAPD officer who secretly taped colleagues’ racist remarks
Officer Daniel Flores was initially charged with 16 felonies after he shared recordings with the LAPD's internal…
Read at source →
FCC chair’s meetings with Trump, White House and right-wing media revealed in documents: report
Newly released calendar logs show FCC Chair Brendan Carr made at least eight visits to the White House and held…
Read at source →
Trump guest-starring on turncoat Stormy Daniels ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen’s podcast
The president’s former personal attorney emerged as a star witness in a hush money case that resulted in 34 guilty…
Read at source →
New details emerge a month after San Francisco hotel worker Chantel Brooks went missing
Chantel Brooks, 36, was last seen leaving a CVS in Fairfield, California, in the early hours of July 17
Read at source →
Florida Republicans did what Mike Johnson is too partisan to do — they showed disgraced Rep. Cory Mills the door
Cory Mills faced numerous allegations, but Johnson refused to tell him to go. Eric Garcia breaks down how Florida…
Read at source →
Trump nominates staunch abortion critic Dr. Heidi Overton to lead FDA
Democratic lawmakers quickly and forcefully denounced Trump’s pick online
Read at source →
Google is buying up bankrupt Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI
Tech giant has assured former airline employees and customers that the data will be scrubbed of identifying information
Read at source →
DOJ doubles down on prosecuting James Comey over ‘8647’ seashell post
‘There is no serious dispute that an objective viewer of Comey’s post could read it to mean ‘Kill President Trump,’’…
Read at source →
North Korea dismisses Trump’s bid to woo Kim Jong Un at the expense of longstanding US ally
Trump and Kim met three times from 2018-2019 but their high-stakes diplomacy eventually fell apart
Read at source →
Ukrainian refugees open America’s first ever jellyfish museum in Florida
Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images…
Read at source →
Breathtaking ‘blood moon’ lunar eclipse will be visible in US and Canada next week. Here’s how to see it
The lunar eclipse will reach its maximum around 12:12 a.m. Eastern Time on August 28
Read at source →
Inscription on bullet shows Charlie Kirk was targeted for his politics, prosecutors say
Judge Tony Graf said he will decide if the case should advance to trial after he hears again from both sides on Sept. 1
Read at source →
Lindsey Graham’s sister roasted over epic debate fail: ‘I’m not that informed on national security’
A Democratic strategist seized on the flub to call Darline Graham, ‘NOT the brightest crayon in the box’
Read at source →
Army unit dangles Grand Theft Auto VI leave to entice soldiers into reenlisting
At least 20 soldiers in a Georgia battalion have taken up an offer amid re-enlistment challenges and declining morale
Read at source →
Natalie Harp stowed in trunk of SUV when Trump’s motorcade had no space for her: report
Preston Harp said his sister’s devotion to the president was an ‘unhealthy obsession’
Read at source →
A left tackle can make $4M in college football, not the NFL. Is this pay for play?
College sports are undergoing a transformation with the rise of NIL deals, allowing athletes to profit from their name,…
Read at source →
Man robbed NASCAR driver’s home after learning he and his family died in plane crash
The case broke open last month when the Georgia man was arrested in a separate burglary tied to a ‘highly publicized’…
Read at source →.png?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0)
Bodycam reveals rescue of young sisters from trailer after alleged kidnapping by babysitter who befriended mom on Facebook
Suspect allegedly involved in a similar case with a newborn baby about five years ago in Alabama
Read at source →
Trump pretends to be Spider-Man on new White House website tracking eliminated ‘fraud’
New tracker claims to trace misappropriated funds from different government departments around Washington, D.C.,…
Read at source →
Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration
President Donald Trump has picked Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration
Read at source →
Trump unveils latest construction obsession with hardhat tour of White House helipad: ‘Real artists’
Trump takes time from his day to marvel at the granite and grass being used in his White House makeover
Read at source →
85% of Missouri’s waterways have ‘potentially unsafe’ amounts of feces in them
Swimming or wading in water contaminated with fecal matter can lead to gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses
Read at source →
Judge removed from Karmelo Anthony case as he seeks a new trial over track meet murder in Texas
Karmelo Anthony’s supporters cheered in the courthouse hallways and outside the building as his request was granted
Read at source →
Trump claims he told disgraced Florida congressman to drop out of race — after he loses primary
Trump’s words come after Cory Mills lost his primary amid an ethics investigation into whether he engaged in sexual…
Read at source →
Trump’s Kennedy Center finally reveals why a massive tarp and scaffolding are still covering up the entrance
Installing and then removing Trump’s name from the building appears to have damaged the marble facade, lawyers say
Read at source →
Nashville hospital leaves patient paralyzed after drug mix-up when they went for routine epidural
A 72-year-old woman admitted for knee surgery has no sensation from her chest down, after an apparent drug mix up that…
Read at source →
Trump aide Natalie Harp signs note to him ‘With all my heart’ and gushes that she forgets to eat and sleep: report
Details of the letter come as the 35-year-old aide’s proximity and ‘devotion’ to the president have ‘unnerved some of…
Read at source →
Amazon’s drone delivery set for massive expansion across 500 US cities
Millions more people may be able to get smaller, lightweight Amazon packages delivered by drones by the end of the year…
Read at source →
Potential Karoline Leavitt replacement Scott Jennings literally trashes Ossoff over Natalie Harp cracks
White House and its allies have fiercely pushed back on Senator Ossoff’s comments about Trump and his longtime aide…
Read at source →