President Donald Trump has mistaken a satirical information story on the Babylon Bee a few whole Twitter shutdown for an actual one, prompting confusion amongst supporters and an onslaught of mockery from his critics. ...

The most important metropolis in Western Europe is ready to face a tightening of restrictions, and tens of millions are disgruntled, however they don't have any proper to be. If something, the clampdown must be more durable, to save lots of extra lives. ...

Hurricane Laura, which stormed via the US Gulf of Mexico on the finish of August, pressured shut-ins of an estimated 14.four million barrels of crude oil in the course of the two weeks of shut-down rigs. ...

The primary US presidential debate rapidly devolved from pleasant greetings to chaos as Democratic challenger Joe Biden struggled to make his factors whereas being interrupted incessantly by President Donald Trump. ...

With the Pentagon reportedly set to shutter the US army’s long-running newspaper, President Donald Trump has stepped in to declare Stars and Stripes secure from closure. Nevertheless, that closure has been within the works for months. ...

New York’s legal professional common – a Democrat – has filed a lawsuit to attempt to dissolve the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation. It’s political activism masquerading as judicial oversight, aimed solely at chopping off funding for Republicans. ...

Protecting colleges closed, as many educating unions need, will trigger extra accidents and deaths to kids and long-term harm to their educations. But the menace from Covid-19 to them – and to their academics – is tiny. ...

President Donald Trump’s reelection marketing campaign noticed its texts to potential supporters blocked by contractors for main cell operators, in one other episode prompting considerations over communication platforms’ affect over US elections. ...

Portland police have introduced a swift and unceremonious finish to a newly-created ‘autonomous zone’ within the metropolis, which was seen by many as an offshoot of a now-defunct protester camp in Seattle.  ...

Threats to grease delivery routes are nothing new to the oil market. It has endured Iran seizing tankers within the Strait of Hormuz, and it has endured Iran's repeated threats to shut this most necessary chokepoint on the planet. ...