United States

The last of the country’s declared chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed, President Joe Biden said, thus ending a decades-long effort to eliminate the deadly weapons first used on a large scale in WWI

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a web designer who designs wedding websites can refuse to work for same-sex couples; one of the court’s liberal justices wrote in a dissent, affirming the decision would bring along other discrimination

Maryland followed Maine and Vermont to become the first three states to have eliminated all time limits on lawsuits for crimes of child sexual abuse; advocates say momentum is growing for completely removing the statute of limitations for such crimes

Donald Trump has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, a development that makes him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government that he once oversaw

The Pentagon has overestimated the value of weapons sent to Ukraine by at least $3 billion; this accounting error could allow the Defense Department to send more weapons without asking Congress for more budget

1.500 active-duty troops will be sent to the USA-Mexico border from next week, in view of an expected migrant surge following the end of pandemic-era restrictions

15 million people could lose Medicaid coverage; one moth after Covid safety net was dropped on March 31st, states are starting to disenroll people from Medicaid program if they no longer meet pre-pandemic eligibility requirements, mostly based on income

Around 18.000 cows were killed in an explosion at a Texas dairy farm near the town of Dimmitt; according to local authorities, machinery in the facility may have ignited methane gas and the blast also left one person in critical condition

The Justice Department appealed a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the US; the unprecedented case of a lone judge overruling the FDA’s medical decisions could put at risk other medications

Miami Beach is once again struggling with spring break violence and unruly crowds, despite a massive police presence and a range of activities that offer alternatives to drinking alcohol and roaming the streets

Silicon Valley Bank, a leading lender for technology start-ups, collapsed in consequence of wrong decisions and panicked customers in the largest failure since the 2008 crisis; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation stepped in to guarantee stability