Iran Rejects Ceasefire In Formal Reply To US, As Israel Attacks Key Petrochemical Plants

Washington Gets A Win After Post-Maduro Venezuela Withdraws From ICC Via Middle East Eye The US has welcomed a decision by the new Venezuelan government to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a post on X, the US State Department hailed the move as marking a "partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC." It pointed to an investigation by the court into former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who was abducted from the South American country during a US military assault in January 2026, saying it had produced "no...

Increasing Number Of US Families Took On Debt, Tapped Savings To Meet Food Needs: Report Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Many American families are struggling to make ends meet on their incomes alone and have resorted to credit cards, payday loans, and Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) options for groceries, according to nonprofit research center Urban Institute. The findings are based on a survey of 18-to 64-year-old working-age adults conducted in December 2025. About 8.7 percent of adults said they used a credit card for groceries and were unable...

Higher Electricity Rates In Blue States Linked To Renewable Energy Policies Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, A new analysis by Always On Energy Research and the Institute for Energy Research concludes that renewable energy mandates and net-zero policies have contributed to higher electricity prices in states that adopted them, while states with fewer climate-related mandates generally have lower electricity costs. The analysis examined electricity pricing data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and found that most states with electricity rates above the national average voted for the Democratic presidential...