The Biden Administration recently approved a new oil drilling project in Alaska. A watered down version of the “Willow Project,” spearheaded by firm ConocoPhillips, was approved by Biden last Monday. The day previously, the administration announced that other oil and gas projects in Alaska and the adjacent Arctic Ocean would be limited or blocked. The […]
This past week, the former President Donald Trump claimed that he would be arrested by New York City authorities on Tuesday. A New York Grand Jury, in conjunction with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, has been investigating alleged tax fraud and financial crimes in the hush money case between Trump and adult actresses Stormy Daniels. […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Alekseyevna, on Friday, Mach 17. The arrest warrant claims that Putin and Alekseyevna are allegedly responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children in occupied Ukrainian territory, a violation of the Rome Statute. The warrant alleges […]
This past Friday marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. So far, the conflict has been defined by Ukrainian persistence, an international grain and energy crisis, alongside claims made by the West accusing Russia of numerous war crimes including mass graves of civilians discovered in Bucha earlier last spring. Outside of the war […]
On Tuesday, Jan. 21, President Joe Biden traveled to New York to announce $292 million in funding for a new rail tunnel underneath the Hudson River to provide additional connection between Manhattan and New Jersey. Part of the wider Gateway infrastructure program and the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed in November of 2021, the tunnel […]
In China, Protests Over Zero Covid and Political Freedoms Over the weekend, protests began in China over the country’s Zero Covid Policy. The Zero Covid Policy is the strategy adopted by the Communist Party of China in its efforts to contain COVID-19. The strategy includes large scale lockdowns, mass testing, surveillance, among other factors. With […]
DEVELOPING: A Russian-produced missile struck the Polish village of Przewodow, 15 miles from Ukraine’s border, killing two people working on a farm, according to a statement by the Polish Foreign Ministry. According to AP, a senior U.S. intelligence official stated that Russian missiles crossed into Poland. Speaking to CNN, a Polish official said that nothing […]
From Oct. 6-9, Monmouth University’s Model United Nations (MUN) team competed in the Boston Regional Conference, referred to as BarMun. The conference took place in Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel, and schools including Georgetown, the University of Chicago, American University, the Naval Academy, alongside others, competed at the conference. Monmouth University’s delegation consisted of ten people […]
What makes a slice of pizza good? You can ask anyone this question and get about a thousand answers. The crust, tomato, cheese, toppings, how long it’s cooked. In this state, it doesn’t just stop with pizza.There are bagels. Is it fluffy? Has it been toasted just right? Is there enough cream cheese or butter? […]
In August, US President Joe Biden announced a program aimed at forgiving a portion of the total student loan debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 per year. Under his plan, borrowers could receive up to $10,000 in forgiveness, while Pell Grant recipients are eligible for upwards of $20,000. Parents who took out Parent PLUS […]