"It Was Like Two Bucks": Homeless Residents Say They Were Paid To Vote In Los Angeles Mayoral Race

The UN Security Council will meet Monday afternoon of the topic of Israel’s ongoing invasion of Lebanon, a war that notionally has been in a state of ceasefire since mid-April but seemingly is continuing to be escalated on a regular basis. The European Union has urged Israel to halt its ongoing escalation and to respect […]

New Jersey May Pay Home Battery Owners To Help Grid When Demand Surges New Jersey officials are weighing a plan that would allow homeowners to use batteries as emergency energy backups and a way to earn extra money. Under the proposal, storage systems installed at customers' homes could join a virtual power plant program, helping the grid when electricity demand surges and paying participants for taking part. On July 15, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities issued a straw proposal for a two-year, technology-neutral VPP. The state's electric distribution companies would...

EU Climbs Escalation Ladder With Beijing, Plans Wider Curbs On Chinese Imports Europe's political elite is belatedly confronting the electoral cost of deindustrialization, as right-wing gains in local elections expose surging voter anger over globalist policies that have crushed the industrial base. The push to curb cheap Chinese imports suggests Brussels is scrambling for political survival, as Nomura analysts recently said elections across the continent over the next year and a half are expected to shift right. Bloomberg reports that the EU is preparing restrictions on imports of chemicals, furniture,...