Month: March 2021

U.S. Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth on Sunday expressed doubts about FBI Director Chris Wray’s initial assessment that the fatal shooting of six Asian women in Atlanta-area spas may not constitute a hate crime, saying it […]

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Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have effectively hit the pause button on two potentially competitive Senate races that could help determine which party controls the upper chamber through the next presidential election, […]

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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas defended President Joe Biden’s administration’s efforts to “orderly” rebuild the nation’s immigration process, arguing that former President Donald Trump had “dismantled” the system, Newsweek reports. The Biden administration has […]

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Iceland has reported a volcanic eruption on the southwest Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest of the capital Reykjavík,the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) tweeted Friday as quoted by CNN. “A volcanic eruption started this evening at 20:45 near […]

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Donald Trump’s Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago, has been partially closed because of a Covid outbreak, The Guardian writes. Several people familiar with the situation, including a club member who received a phone call about the […]

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Another woman has come forward to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, this time a current aide, Politico reports. Alyssa McGrath, who told the New York Times in a story published Friday […]

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In his first standoff with China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a calculated risk. Staring at his Chinese counterpart across a hotel conference room in Alaska’s largest city, he called Beijing a threat to […]

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Mayor de Blasio was heckled and swarmed on Friday night by protesters at a Union Square vigil that was held to protest anti-Asian racism and mourn the victims of the Georgia massage parlor shootings, New […]

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A federal grand jury charged four leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiring to block Congress from certifying U.S. President Joe Biden’s election on the day of a deadly assault on the Capitol, according […]

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Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would establish paths to citizenship or legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants, including those brought to the country unlawfully as children and […]

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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed bills providing a pathway to citizenship for immigrants nicknamed “Dreamers,” who are living illegally in the United States after entering as children, as well as for a […]

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In an interview made during an appearance on Bill Clinton’s podcast “Why Am I Telling This?,” Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) pointed at former President Trump’s use of terms like “Kung flu” and “Chinese virus” when […]

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An apology is requested from the United States by Russian officials who are threatening with a response after the newly elected President Biden said that he believes that the Russian President is a “killer,” reported […]

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A Republican lawmaker in Ohio has proposed renaming one of the state’s parks in honor of former President Donald Trump, citing his popularity among locals, Newsweek reports. State Representative Mike Loychik said he would introduce […]

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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will speak with British trade minister Liz Truss next week to further talks on a possible trade agreement, Bloomberg reported bloom.bg/30VGlHu on Thursday. The call will likely to happen on […]

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A new poll shows growing optimism over a possible end to the coronavirus pandemic over a year after it was first declared, The Hill reports. The survey from Navigator Research found that a majority of registered […]

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Supporters of nixing the 60-vote legislative filibuster are facing big hurdles in the Senate, even as President Joe Biden joins the fray by calling for reforms, The Hill reports. Progressives view Biden’s comments endorsing a […]

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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the labor market is regaining its footing as an acceleration in the pace of vaccinations leads to more businesses reopening, […]

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Alaska’s top doctor awoke last Tuesday not knowing her state would throw open access to coronavirus vaccines that afternoon, making everyone 16 and older eligible for immunization, according to The Washington Post. Two messages that […]

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Washington, DC, police arrested a Texas man outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence, the US Naval Observatory, in the nation’s capital on Wednesday and he’s now facing weapons and ammunition charges, CNN reports. A […]

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President Joe Biden’s top national security officials, speaking after meetings with their South Korean counterparts early Thursday, condemned the spate of murders targeting Asian Americans in Atlanta this week, Politico writes. Secretary of State Antony […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior officials in Moscow sought to influence the 2020 election by spreading misleading information about Joe Biden through prominent individuals, some of whom were close to former president Donald […]

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Top Border Patrol officials said officers are “overwhelmed” by the influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border, a spiraling “crisis” that intensified this week when a gun battle between rival cartel gangs broke out in […]

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Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Thursday said that the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) will be probably update the guidance for social distancing for […]

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The top U.K.’s pharmaceutical regulatory agency said on Thursday that they did not found any evidence for blood clots caused by the coronavirus vaccine created by Astra Zeneca and the Oxford University, which was noticed […]

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U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday introduced a sweeping election reform bill, a top priority for the party that cleared the House of Representatives earlier this month but faces steep odds in the upper chamber, Reuters […]

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