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[Christian Menefee breakfast Al Green] Over the weekend, newly elected Congressman Christian Menefee (D) held a swearing in breakfast at the University of Houston. Hundreds of supporters attended to show their support for the young Congressmen who defeated his opponent and veteran of just over 20 years in office, former 9th District Congressman Al Green who is also a Democrat. Al Green's 9th District was recently merged with the 18th Congressional District after the highly co

[Ukraine Belarus school bus attack] Just when the Ukraine-Russia war could get any deadlier, the Ukrainian military executed a drone strike on a Belarussian school bus that was transporting children within the borders of Belarus. While the Ukrainian military dismissed the drone strike as not of their doing, Belarusian officials believe otherwise. The Ukrainian drone strike on the school bus killed the soccer team's head coach and severely injured six children that were on boa

[US Iran Israeli sabotage peace talks] With the Trump Administration meeting in Geneva, Switzerland today, it appears that the most anticipated peace talks between the Americans and Iran have come not only to a standstill, but it appears as if talks between the two nations have failed. While the Americans want Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran wants both the Americans and Israelis to stop their joint war of choice and aggression on all fronts; this includes Israeli at

[Delcy Rodríguez Venezuela GE Vernova deal] In a landmark deal for a stronger, robust, and even more efficient electrical grid in Venezuela, Venezuelan inter-president Delcy Rodríguez signed a deal with American conglomerate General Electric (GE- Vernova) that would modernize Venezuela’s nearly antiquated power grid. Often suffering from power grid failures throughout the country, Venezuelan Intern-President Delcy Rodríguez latest deal with GE appears to be promising in recti

[Trump Iran peace deal] With the latest announcement from the Trump Administration that a peace deal with the Iranians should be reached and signed by Friday in Geneva, Switzerland sounds likely, geopolitical pundits and analysts don’t seem too much in a hurry to exhale any signs of relief. The Trump Administration stated that if the peace deal with Iran was to be completed by this coming Friday, it would include Iran agreeing to never produce, buy, or obtain a nuclear weapon

[Tina Peterson Harris County Flood Control] With the subject of corruption being at the forefront of nearly every governmental institution on every level, it appears that Harris County is no exception. As of yesterday, during a Commissioners Court hearing, it was confirmed that Dr. Tina Peterson who is a graduate of University of Houston with a terminal degree in Environmental Engineering, resigned from her role as the Director of the Harris County Flood Control; a department

[Consumer Price Index May 2026] The Consumer Price Index for May appears to show that despite all the domestic and international political tension, American consumers are still racing to spend in order to meet their daily needs for the exceptions of several sectors. On the surface, “All Items” grew to 4.2% even though the biggest winner was “Energy” which grew to a staggering 23.5%. “Food” stood at 3.1% in terms of growth and “All Times Less Food and Energy”2.9%. Drilling dow

[Israel Iran American Apache shot down] in a crushing blow to both America and Israel, the Iranian military IRGC, executed a large barrage of missiles that struck military assets in Israel and the American Naval Fifth Fleet which was positioned in Bahrain as well as an American airbase in Jordan on Sunday as Israel carried out aerial bombing against Hezbollah on Saturday. Iran also executed an additional missile strike in Kuwait hitting several American military assets includ

[Armenia H.E. Nikol Pashinyan Eurasian Economic Union] With Armenian Prime Minister H.E. Nikol Pashinyan winning reelection, the socio-economic fate of Armenia lies in the balance. The reason why Armenia's socio-economic status appears to be compromised is because of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s pivot to the Collective West, specifically, the Americans the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). It was reported that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's centrist Civil Contract Party s

[Hadron Energy manufacturing light-water microprocessor] The following a Press release provided by Hadron Energy. “Hadron Energy is the first light-water microreactor company to receive acceptance by the NRC of QAPD — establishing a vetted quality framework spanning the full life cy “Hadron Energy is the first light-water microreactor company to receive acceptance by the NRC of QAPD — establishing a vetted quality framework spanning the full life cycle of the Hadron Mi

[Black Houston Creatives Network Black Label Experience The Essence of Summer] The following is a Press release that was provided by the Black Houston Creatives Network regarding the upcoming event entitled: “Black Label Experience The Essence of Summer”. This event will be occurring during the weeklong celebration of Juneteenth.

[Texas Representative Charlene Ward Johnson Juneteenth Texas Acres Homes] With the relatively new federal holiday of “Juneteenth” coming up, Houston, Texas Acres Homes Community Leader and Texas State Representative Charlene Ward Johnson of District 139 has set out to host this year's weeklong Juneteenth celebratory event. Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans in Texas on June 19, 1865. According to the his

[Israel Iran ceasefire] While on paper there is a ceasefire agreement in place between Israel and Iran, in the real world, the opposite is true as Israel continued to violate the ceasefire agreement by executing a series of aerial attacks overnight on both the Yemenis Ansarullah (Houthis) and Iranian oil and gas refineries and on various Iranian radar sites throughout Iran. Israel cited reason for executing the aerial attacks is because obtained intelligence that there was a

[Screwworm Texas Canada livestock] Out of an abundance of caution to protect both Canadian consumers and Canadian livestock, Canada has placed a ban on the importation of U.S. state Texas livestock due to the outbreak of the Screwworm parasite. The Screwworm parasite is a flesh-eating parasite that has proven itself to be fatal to livestock. The Canadian ban on Texas livestock also includes horses. The first case of the parasite was detected as early as Wednesday 50 miles (80

[India Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement CEPA] Last year countries India and Oman agreed and signed the CEPA also known as The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in December of last year as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Muscat, this year that same India-Oman trade pact that trade pack has been ratified. The new economic trade pact between both nations was not only signed as way for both nations to diversify their ability to engag

[Russia Ukraine counter-offens] In retaliation for Ukraine's drone barrage that killed 21 students and severely injured dozens more that were staying in a Russian college dorm located Starobilsk, a city in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine on May 21. The Russian military launched a fierce large-scale counter-offensive which included a total of 656 drone combined and 73 missiles on the Ukraine cities of Kiev, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Poltava that left 17

[France riots Paris Saint-Germain Arsenal Champions League] With Paris Saint-Germain defeating arsenal resulting them winning the Champions League, it led to a celebration that ended up becoming an aggressive rioting mob that not only engaged in acts of vandalism, theft, arson, public disorder, and physical assaults towards 57 officers being physically assaulted. At least 780 people that participated in the mob were arrested. Of the 780 arrested 277 people were booked into ja

[ICE Protest New Jersey curfew] With ICE protestors continuing to demonstrate outside of an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey for about a week as it was reported that mayor Ras Baraka invoked a curfew that would extend between the hours of 9pm to 6am for half of a mile in each direction around the ICE facility at Delaney Hall. The overnight curfew comes at a time where an estimated 300 ICE detainees decided to go on both a hunger and labor strike as a way to protest what the

[Edwin Raymond New York Sheriff] With a nationwide push for more accountability in law enforcement, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently appointed NYPD lieutenant and Haitian American Edwin Raymond to the position of New York city Sheriff. Sheriff Edwin Raymond graduated from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and began his service in the New York Police Department at the age of 22 patrolling in the 77th Precinct and Transit District 32. Throughout his 15-year career,

[Mohammed Odeh assassinated Israel] As the highly controversial war between Israel and Hamas continues, Hamas announced and confirmed the assassination of their top official Mohammed Odeh who was killed in an Israeli strike in the in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza. Along with the assassination of Mohammed Odeh was his wife and two children. The assassination of Mohammed Odeh occurred on Tuesday with a quick funnel procession followed the next day. Mohammed Odeh was elevated t