Cruz blocks State Department nominees, increasing the backlog of unconfirmed Biden officials

Sen. ted-cruz” target=”_blank”>Ted Cruz<, blocked the confirmation of dozens of foreign-policy nominees Wednesday morning in an effort to pressure the Biden administration over world-regions Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., tried to get nearly 30 nominations confirmed during the tail-end of an all-night session before the Senate recess, but Cruz…

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N95 masks: How often can they be reused?

How many times can I reuse my infectious-disease? It depends, but you should be able to use N95s and KN95s a few times. 400M FREE N95 MASKS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says health care workers can wear an N95 mask up to five times. But…

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Georgia woman accused of driving into fast-food workers after drive-thru argument

A us-regions woman was crime” target=”_blank”>arrested< workers with her car during an argument, authorities said. Police responded around 10:30 p.m. to a fast-food restaurant in Jonesboro, about 20 miles south of Atlanta, the Clayton County Police Department said. BURGER KING DRIVE-THRU WORKERS TRICK DRUNK DRIVER INTO WAITING FOR POLICE Officers learned that an argument had broken…

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Dems turn to hostile dictators for oil production as gas prices tick up, GOP blame 'war on American energy'

President Biden and Democratic lawmakers doubled down on the importance of hostile actors boosting oil output Wednesday after a decision from a Saudi-led group to cut production. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the powerful Middle Eastern oil cartel, and its Russian counterpart announced a massive production cut of 2 million barrels of…

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