The US giant food chain McDonald’s and coffee chain Starbucks both blamed pro-Palestine boycott campaigns for slower sales after they saw grassroots protests over their pro-Israeli stance in the Gaza war.

“Several markets in the Middle East and some outside the region are experiencing a meaningful business impact due to the war,” the burger chain stated on LinkedIn.

A shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa has left "multiple gunshot victims," on the first day back in classes after their annual winter break, but without confirming if anyone had been killed.

More than 750 staffers said they would refuse to work for 24 hours in the biggest labor protest at the media house in nearly 50 years.

Although US budget deficit has widened to $1.7 trillion, Biden has requested $106 billion mostly for Ukraine and Israel.

Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as Speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal historic rebellion by far right Republicans.

A US government shutdown has narrowly been averted yet there's a strong possibility that lawmakers will find themselves battling it out once again in 45 days when the deadline is reached.