Headlines for July 20, 2022: Trump-backed governor candidate wins MD primary – Maryland State legislator Dan Cox won the Republican primary for governor Tuesday night. Cox, who received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, defeated Kelly Schulz, a former cabinet member for outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD). Cox has been heavily against Hogan, suing…

A day after Reuters reported Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom had warned customers in Europe of a potential halt in its oil supply, the company penned a $40 billion memorandum of understanding with an oil company in Iran. The deal with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) was reported on by Iran’s oil ministry’s news…

Putin visits Iran – Russian President Vladimir Putin began just his second trip abroad since the Ukraine invasion began on Tuesday. The trip is to Iran, where Putin is scheduled to meet with Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The three leaders are expected to deepen ties and shore up support…

A major gas pipeline from Russia to Europe has been shut down for what have been called routine repairs, but there is concern that it may not be restarted anytime soon. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline runs beneath the Baltic Sea and delivers much of Russia’s natural gas to the continent. No country is more…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering Ukrainians a fast-track to Russian citizenship. Putin’s decree, which expands an existing program, is seen as another maneuver to expand influence in the war-torn country. Ukrainian officials have yet to react to Putin’s announcement. Originally, Russia’s fast-track to citizenship option was only offered to people living in Ukraine’s eastern…

The economic forecast for the U.S. remains gloomy, and experts say the worst may be yet to come. Wall Street just endured its worst first-half performance since 1970 and the World Bank expects global economic growth to slow dramatically in 2022. As his poll numbers sink amid soaring gas prices, President Joe Biden has tried…

While decreasing gas demand has prices below June’s record highs, the cost per gallon is still at levels never seen before this year. Despite President Joe Biden’s efforts to paint the problem as “Putin’s price hike,” the political pressure is on the Biden administration to lower domestic prices, though most of its ideas are being…

President Joe Biden has made a series of gaffes throughout his political career, sometimes causing major headaches for his administration. In fact, during a speech in Warsaw earlier this spring, President Biden made an off-the-cuff remark that echoed around the world. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” he said of Russian President…

President Biden reiterated at the end of the NATO summit in Spain that the United States will support Ukraine in its fight against Russia for “as long as it takes.” But are the U.S. and its NATO allies doing enough to help the Ukrainians hold the line against Putin’s army and its brutal military strategy?…

On the same day NATO formally invited Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, President Joe Biden promised to maintain the United States’ recently-increased military presence in Europe for the “foreseeable future.” Both moves are seen as steps to bolster their respective defense capacities in Europe amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. “I think the…