Donald Trump has halted funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), citing the organization’s alleged mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak. After a day, the WHO responded: We alerted the world in a timely matter and kept everyone up to date. Bill Gates has been outspoken about Trump’s decision. He tweeted, “Halting funding for the World …

Of 13.4 million renters in the United States, 31% did not pay their rent between April 1 and April 5. Last year at this time, only 18% of renters had not paid rent. These numbers are alarming, but there are a total of over 40 million rental units in the United States, and the 13.4 …

Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square , has pledged $1 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. He says this is approximately 28% of his wealth. It is not yet clear where this money will go. Other ultra-rich have donated large amounts: Jeff Bezos has given $100 million to food banks and Mark Zuckerberg pledged …

Healthy volunteers are ready to begin testing a COVID vaccine funded by Bill Gates. It is the second such vaccine trial funded by Gates. Bill Gates’s foundation has been pouring billions of dollars into factories for producing a COVID vaccine. There are currently seven promising vaccines, but only one or two will make the final …

After Joe Biden swept three more primary races, Bernie Sanders’s chances of taking the nomination have dropped to basically nil. In reality, Sanders’s chances dropped after Super Tuesday; the recent primaries are the nails in the coffin. Amy Klobuchar ended her presidential primary bid just before Super Tuesday. Like her main rival, Pete Buttigieg, she …

Amy Klobuchar has ended her presidential primary bid just before Super Tuesday. Like her main rival, Pete Buttigieg, she hoped to secure the moderate vote. Joe Biden’s big South Carolina win dashed those hopes. Pete Buttigieg, the youngest candidate in the primaries and the first openly gay presidential contender, also dropped out of the race …

Pete Buttigieg, the youngest candidate in the primaries and the first openly gay presidential contender, has suspended his primary bid for the democratic nomination. Although Buttigieg narrowly won Iowa, he likely opted to drop out now for a few reasons. First, Joe Biden, Buttigieg’s moderate rival, crushed the South Carolina primary. This makes Buttigieg an …

The fallout for Trump’s controversial war crimes pardons is still happening. Special Warfare Rear Adm. Collin Green, the US Navy admiral responsible for the service’s special-operations forces plans to step down over Trump’s treatment of the Gallagher case. Last month, Donald Trump restored the rank of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who was demoted for …

The platypus is on the “brink of extinction,” say researchers. Their numbers have been declining since Europeans arrived in Australia, to which they are endemic. With the recent droughts in Australia, the animals are in even graver danger. Fortunately for heat- and fire-stricken Australia, the rains have come. Unfortunately, that means there ash is being …

A new Washington Post-Ipsos poll found that 83% of black Americans believe Trump is a racist. According to those on the left side of the political spectrum, Donald Trump is a flaming racist, and the only thing that could make his racism more obvious would be a Ku Klux Klan hood. Those on the right …

Bernie Sanders has risen in the polls, and he is now tied with Joe Biden among registered voters. As one New York Times op-ed author titled a recent piece: “President Bernie Sanders: It Really Could Happen.” Things are changing in the Democratic primary field. It’s looking increasing likely that Bernie Sanders could actually be the …

Although climate scientists are not surprised by fact that fires are sweeping through Australia, they are surprised by the magnitude of the fires. Basically, the fires are far bigger and more devastating than expected. And this is a sign of things to come, they claim. The extremity of these droughts and fires are our new …