Month: April 2021

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to Rep. Liz Cheney telling that she’s not ruling out a presidential bid, New York Post reports. Trump called the Wyoming Republican a “warmongering fool” and said that […]

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The United States on Tuesday ordered government employees out of its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul if their work can be done elsewhere, citing increasing violence in the city, Reuters writes. The order […]

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The Biden administration on Tuesday said it was easing travel restrictions on Chinese and other international students into the United States this fall, a change that could provide financial help to some colleges whose enrollments […]

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Israel is committing the crimes of apartheid and persecution against Arabs in the occupied territories and Israel itself, Human Rights Watch says as quoted by BBC. In a new report, it says Israel has a […]

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced on Monday that any West Virginian aged 16 to 35 who gets vaccinated will receive a $100 savings bond, in an effort to get more young residents inoculated, […]

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Allegations that a Texas lobbyist drugged a legislative aide shook the state Capitol on Monday, leading to some lawmakers restricting access to their offices as both law enforcement and a major lobbying firm said they […]

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The Washington D.C. police department’s server has been hacked, U.S. media quoted it as saying, in an attack that news agency AP reported had been claimed by a Russian-speaking ransomware group, Reuters writes. The department […]

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The United States agreed Monday to train members of a Guatemalan task force responsible for protecting the country’s borders and putting a brake on uncontrolled migration, Politico learns. The U.S. offer came during a video […]

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John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate change, is denying allegations that he discussed Israeli military operations with Iran’s foreign minister when he served as secretary of State under then-President Obama, calling the claims […]

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A new proposal in Florida would allow a student to record their college professors’ lectures in order to use the information as evidence of political bias, Fox News informed.  According to the bill, students would be permitted to conduct […]

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Lawmakers in New York introduced joint legislation Saturday that would ban police officers who are forced to resign or are fired over disciplinary issues from being rehired in another jurisdiction in the state, Fox News informed. […]

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison made his case for why George Floyd’s death was not charged as a hate crime, arguing that systemic racism, not individual racial motivation, was at work when former Minneapolis police […]

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Social distancing inside at 60 feet is no safer than at 6 feet  and “exposure time” indoors is actually far more important, according to a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology quoted by […]

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Global military expenditure rose by 2.6% to $1.98 trillion last year even as some defence funds were reallocated to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report issued on […]

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The White House is preparing to unveil a roughly $1.8 trillion spending and tax plan this coming week that includes many of President Biden’s campaign promises but also reflects the daunting challenges facing the administration […]

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The Washington state Senate passed a new capital gains tax on the sale of high-profit stocks, bonds and other assets on Sunday, sending the bill to the desk Gov. Jay Inslee (D), The Hill reports. […]

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American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed back into the European Union this summer. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, told the New York Times Sunday that […]

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West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Friday, vowed to take the Biden administration to court if the president does not seek congressional approval for his latest plan to combat climate change, Fox News informed. […]

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Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday blasted a decision by the Biden administration to increase the number of available H-2B seasonal worker visas, citing long-standing concerns, Fox News informed. The Biden administration […]

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Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill into law Friday that’s set to protect gun owners in the state from any new federal regulations or bans on firearms, Fox News informed. “Today, I proudly signed Rep. […]

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