Month: January 2021

Twitter’s stock fell around 7 percent on Monday after the social media company on Friday evening permanently banned President Donald Trump from the platform. Trump’s account, which has 41.6 million followers, was banned from tweeting […]

Biden Announces William Burns for CIA Director

President-elect Joe Biden announced Ambassador William Burns as his nominee for director of the CIA on Monday, Fox News informed. Burns, currently the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, previously had a 33-year career in the U.S. Foreign […]

DOJ Charges 2 Men in Connection with Capitol Riot

Two more men were charged in federal court in connection with Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced Sunday, with the Counterterrorism Section of the DOJ’s National Security Division helping take up the prosecution, Fox News informed. […]

Nearly $170 Billion Wiped off Cryptocurrency Market in 24 Hours as Bitcoin Pulls Back

Bitcoin and other digital coins tanked on Monday wiping off some $170 billion from the entire cryptocurrency market, CNBC writes. The market capitalization or value of the cryptocurrency market was $959.53 billion at 12:10 p.m. […]

U.S. to Designate Yemen’s Houthis Terrorist Organization

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist organization, Voice of America reported. The move has been expected as one of the State Department’s possible actions […]

China Reports Biggest Daily COVID-19 Case Jump in Over 5 Months

Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in over five months, the country’s health authority said on Monday, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beijing continued to rise, Reuters informed. A […]

SolarWinds Hackers Linked to Known Russian Spying Tools, Investigators Say

The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said on Monday, Reuters informed. Investigators at Moscow-based cybersecurity […]

Outgoing U.S. Capitol Police Chief Says His Effort to Get Help Was Thwarted

The outgoing chief of the U.S. Capitol Police said House of Representatives and Senate security officials had thwarted his efforts to call in the National Guard, contradicting assertions from other officials who said the force […]

Washington Mayor Asks for Increased Security Around Biden’s Inauguration

Washington’s mayor has asked for increased security around the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden after last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, Reuters informed. Describing last week’s assault […]

Democrats in Congress Kick off Efforts to Drive Trump From Office After Violence at Capitol

Congressional Democrats on Monday begin their drive to force President Donald Trump from office, kicking off a week of legislative action that could end with a vote that would make him the only president in […]

Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 90 Million in Battle on New Variant

Worldwide coronavirus cases surpassed 90 million on Monday, according to Reuters tally, as nations around the globe scramble to procure vaccines and continue to extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight new coronavirus variants, Reuters writes. […]

Pope Francis to Have COVID-19 Vaccine as Early as Next Week

Pope Francis said on Saturday he planned to have a COVID-19 vaccination as early as next week and urged everyone to get a shot, to protect not only their own lives but those of everyone […]

OPEC Crude Output Cuts Should Help U.S. Shale Profits in 2021

A decision by OPEC and allied countries to cut crude production through March delivered a late Christmas present for U.S. shale firms that have slashed costs, but any rise in prices spurred by the unexpected […]

Pompeo Lifts Restrictions on U.S.-Taiwan Relationship

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he was lifting restrictions on contacts between U.S. officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, a move likely to anger China and increase tensions between Beijing and Washington in […]

Democrats Push Toward Second Trump Impeachment, Republican Support Uncertain

Democratic-led efforts to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump for a historic second time gained momentum over the weekend, although it looked far from certain whether enough Republicans would back the move with just days left […]

Apple, Amazon Suspend Parler Social Network From App Store and Web Hosting Service

Apple and Amazon.com have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service popular with many right-leaning social media users has not taken adequate measures to prevent the […]

Biden to Unveil Trillions in Pandemic Economic Relief Spending Next Week

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said Americans need more economic relief from the coronavirus pandemic now and that he will deliver a plan costing “trillions” of dollars next week, Reuters informs. Biden, introducing several members of […]

Iran Bans Foreign Companies From Testing COVID-19 Vaccines on Iranians

Foreign companies will not be allowed to test COVID-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, a day after Iran’s Supreme Leader banned vaccine imports from the United States and Britain, […]

U.S. Governors Work to Speed up Vaccinations, Biden Pledges Faster Distribution

President-elect Joe Biden may speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. states, a spokesman said on Friday, in an effort to jump-start the slow roll-out of inoculations that have made little impact on the […]

Majority of Americans Want Trump Removed Immediately After U.S. Capitol Violence, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Shows

Fifty-seven percent of Americans want Republican President Donald Trump to be immediately removed from office after he encouraged a protest this week that escalated into a deadly riot inside the U.S. Capitol, according to a […]

Trump Says He Will Look at Creating His Own Platform After Twitter Ban

President Donald Trump said he will look at building his own platform after Twitter suspended him on Friday, citing a risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday […]

Laptop Stolen From Pelosi’s Office During Storming of U.S. Capitol

A laptop was stolen from the office of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, one of her aides said on Friday, Reuters reports. Drew Hammill, […]

Congressional Democrats Will Pursue Second Impeachment of Trump

Democrats in the House of Representatives plan to introduce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday, two sources familiar with the matter said, after a violent crowd of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. […]

China and Russia Could Exploit Chaos in the U.S. After Capitol Riot, Says a National Security Expert

China and Russia could exploit the chaos that erupted in the U.S. after rioters stormed the halls of Congress on Wednesday, according to one expert, CNBC reports. “Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will be delighted […]

Trump Is a ‘Danger’ to the Country and He Needs to Go, Say Former U.S. Diplomats

President Donald Trump — who has been blamed for inciting a mob that invaded Capitol Hill — is a “danger” to the U.S. as long as he remains in office, two former American diplomats told […]

Raging COVID-19 Cases Are Expected to Have Restrained U.S. Labor Market in December

The U.S. economy likely created the fewest jobs in seven months in December or even shed workers as the country buckled under an onslaught of COVID-19 infections, marking the start of what is expected to […]

Trump Has Discussed Pardoning Himself, Source Says

U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed the possibility of pardoning himself in recent weeks, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Such a pardon would be an extraordinary use of presidential […]

U.S. Transport, Education Secretaries Quit in Staff Exodus After Capitol Violence

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned on Thursday, joining a growing list of aides leaving President Donald Trump’s administration in protest at the storming of the U.S. Capitol by his […]

U.S. Lawmakers Say Police Downplayed Threat of Violence Before Capitol Siege

As the mob swarmed into the U.S. Capitol, Pennsylvania congresswoman Susan Wild took cover, squeezing into a tight aisle in an upper-floor gallery and inching across the floor as supporters of President Donald Trump banged […]

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Dies of Injuries From Riot by Trump Supporters

A U.S. Capitol Police officer, Brian Sicknick, has died of injuries suffered when supporters of President Donald Trump assaulted the legislative building, the force said, bringing to five the number dead from the riot, Reuters […]