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When Joe Biden was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 2021, only 37% of American adults disapproved of his job performance – a low the office had not seen since the final weeks of the Obama...
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There have been more than over 34,000 deaths from gun violence in the United States in 2023, as of the middle of October. Included in that figure, which comes from data released by the Gun Violence...
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Semi-automatic pistols are by far the most popular type of firearm in the United States, outselling rifles nearly every year in the last decade. Still, rifles are seeing a resurgence in popularity....
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Federal law requires licensed firearm dealers to conduct a background check on all gun buyers in the United States. Background checks are typically completed in under two minutes and are designed to...
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The 2024 presidential election is just over a year away. And with Donald Trump leading a crowded field of potential Republican candidates, and President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic...
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With the ongoing war in Ukraine and continuing tensions between China, Taiwan and the United States, global tensions may be at their highest point in several decades. Russia’s invasion of...
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Today, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to conscript 130,000 Russian citizens into military service. Likely, many of these men will be sent to the front in Ukraine, where the war is rapidly...
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Under the terms of the United States Constitution, congress is the only branch of government with the power to declare war – a power it has not exercised since 1941, the year the United States...
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The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957. Throughout the 1960s and during the Cold War, space was a testing ground for government-funded satellites sent by the Soviets and the...
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Guns and ammunition are a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States. According to government data, gunmakers produced over 13.3 million firearms domestically in 2022. In addition to guns...
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There were approximately 1,225 active hate and anti-government groups in the United States last year, according to civil rights advocacy nonprofit the Southern Poverty Law Center. Of those, 733 were...
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There are currently genocidal acts being carried out in at least 10 countries, including Yemen, Myanmar, Syria, and Sudan, according to the multinational nonprofit alliance Genocide Watch. While some...
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Motorists worldwide have left the pandemic behind and are back on the roads. However, this resurgence poses a significant challenge for several of the world’s cities, as they grapple with...
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