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FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is seen outside Downing Street, as uncertainty over Brexit continues, in London, Britain May 15, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - Britain agrees with the United States that Iran poses a heightened threat and will work closely with its ally, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday. Hunt said he had discussed Iran with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week in London, and again in Brussels on Monday. “We share the same assessment of the heightened threat posed by Iran,” Hunt said on Twitter. “As always we work closely with the USA.” Earlier this week, Britain’s defence ministry backed a British general who appeared to question the Trump administration’s claims that an imminent threat had emerged from Iran. The U.S. military has sent forces, including an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers, to the Middle East in a move that U.S. officials said was made to … [Read more...] about Britain says shares same assessment of Iran as the United States

Ryan W. Miller USA TODAY Published 9:19 AM EDT May 15, 2019 The birth rate in the United States hit a 32-year low last year as the number of babies born dropped for the fourth straight year, federal health officials said in a report released Wednesday. More than 3.78 million babies were born in the U.S. in 2018, a 2% drop from the year before and the lowest number in 32 years. The total fertility rate in the United States also dropped 2% since last year and hit a record low at 1.728 births per woman, meaning not enough babies are being born to replace current population levels. The total fertility rate "in 2018 was again below replacement – the level at which a given generation can exactly replace itself (2,100 births per 1,000 women)," health officials said in the report. "The rate has generally been below replacement since 1971 and consistently below replacement for the last decade." 'Sheer pace of modern life' to blame? Couples are having less … [Read more...] about Birth rate in United States hits 32-year low in 2018, CDC says

Daniel R. DePetris 15 May 2019 12:16 PM 15 May 2019 12:16 PM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp Picture a forum where some of America’s most prominent men and women assemble in a healthy, civilised way to discuss and hash out the country’s major issues for the good of the people. This forum, theoretically, was supposed to be the United States Senate, a group of distinguished legislators who would introduce reason into the national debate. George Washington himself called the Senate a ‘saucer,’ a cooling agent to the scalding legislation that came out of the House of Representatives. My how far the Senate has fallen. In the past, being a US senator was a point of pride. You were an elite member of an elite club working in an elite institution. Some of America’s greatest politicians made their living as senators – think Ted Kennedy, Sam Nunn, Richard Lugar, and John McCain. Many US presidents: John … [Read more...] about The United States Senate is dying