The Dark Side of America

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel slammed the United States government, accusing it of meddling in its country’s affairs. Díaz-Canel’s stance was in response to the U.S. State Department, which the communist island accused Monday of backing hundreds of residents who rallied in the streets to protest food and electricity shortages. Speaking to NBC News on the sideline of Havana’s International Informatics Fair, the communist leader claimed the U.S. embargo, which dates back to 1958, is illogical ...

In the current U.S. job market, many workers on the prowl for new positions are encountering an unexpected challenge — not just the scarcity of job offerings, but a noticeable absence of wage growth, with some salaries witnessing a downturn. According to a recent report by ZipRecruiter, out of 2,000 U.S. companies surveyed, nearly half testified to diminishing pay for certain roles, the BBC reported. Yet experts suggest that this trend is not a simple case of companies exploiting the job marke ...

Prosecutors opposed each of Trump’s demands to dismiss the case. The Espionage Act’s prohibitions are clear and a former president should understand the paramount importance of protecting the country’s national security and military secrets, prosecutors argued. “Trump’s vagueness argument is meritless,” prosecutors wrote in a filing. “The statute’s prohibitions are clear.” Prosecutors also said the documents are “indisputably presidential,” rather than personal as Trump claims. Prosecutors said ...

The Postal Service and its law enforcement division say they’re cracking down on armed robberies of letter carriers, mail theft and related crimes. But USPS and the union that represents letter carriers say they’re frustrated with the prosecution and sentencing of these cases. Now that union, the National Association of Letter Carriers, is championing bipartisan legislation aimed at imposing more severe penalties on postal crimes. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in a statement Tuesday it w ...