Month: April 2021

Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts Tuesday for causing George Floyd’s death, a verdict that could send the disgraced former Minneapolis police officer to prison for the rest of his life, NBC News […]

Congressional Investigation Launched Into Emergent BioSolutions’ Federal Vaccine Contracts

Top House Democrats have launched an investigation into whether Emergent Biosolutions, which recently botched 15 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, won the federal contract to make the shots based on its cozy relationship with a […]

Bitcoin Rally This Year Is the Start of Going Mainstream, Investors Claim

Longtime value investor Bill Miller told CNBC on Tuesday he believes bitcoin is firmly entering into the mainstream, contending the cryptocurrency’s rally in recent months is significantly different from its 2017 ascension and subsequent plunge. […]

Joe Biden seeks to resume student loan payments

Biden’s Recovery Plan For Families Set to Cost More Than $1 Trillion

President Joe Biden’s next economic recovery package will cost at least $1 trillion and extend the beefed-up child tax credit, a source familiar with the proposal confirmed Tuesday, CNBC reported. Biden is set to follow […]

Amnesty International Has Culture of White Privilege, Report Finds

Amnesty International has a culture of white privilege with incidents of overt racism including senior staff using the N-word and micro-aggressive behaviour such as the touching of black colleagues’ hair, according to an internal review […]

Senate GOP Faces Post-Trump Spending Brawl

Republicans are bracing for a fierce fight over spending as the party tries to figure out its post-Trump identity, The Hill reports. GOP senators this week will wade into two major sources of division in […]

Trump Offers Cover to 78-Year-Old Biden from Ageist Attacks: He’s ‘Not Old’

Former President Donald Trump dismissed the idea that President Joe Biden is an “old” guy, according to Washington Examiner. During an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity that aired on Monday, Trump was asked how […]

European States Slip in Media Freedom Rankings Amid Rising Violence

While EU leaders often pledge their support for press freedom, the on-the-ground realities for European journalists are getting more grim, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index from the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders, […]

State Department to Designate Most Countries with ‘Do Not Travel’ Advisory

The State Department said Monday that it would start updating its travel advisories this week to drastically increase the number of countries that get the “Level 4: Do Not Travel” designation, The Washington Post reports. […]

Minneapolis Braces for Derek Chauvin Verdict and Potential Unrest

Julia Hinton walked along downtown’s Nicollet Mall on Monday morning, watching as a man installed plywood over the doors and windows of 801 Chophouse on 8th Street and Nicollet Avenue. Armed troops and military vehicles […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Support for Biden’s Plan – Who Pays? – Defining Infrastructure – McConaughey for Guv?

April 19, 2021 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, April 19, 2021 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 53%Down 1 from last week RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on nine polls, ranging from 47% (CNBC) to 61% (The Hill-HarrisX). […]

Wall Street Banks Brace for Digital Dollars as the Next Big Disruptive Force

Wall Street is warming up to the idea that the next big disruptive force on the horizon is central bank digital currencies, even though the Federal Reserve likely remains a few years away from developing […]

CDC Says Fewer Than 6,000 Americans Have Contracted COVID After Being Fully Vaccinated

U.S. health officials have confirmed fewer than 6,000 cases of Covid-19 in fully vaccinated Americans, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Monday, CNBC writes. That represents just 0.007% of the […]

Senate to Vote on Bill to Combat Anti-Asian American Hate Crimes

The Senate will vote Wednesday on legislation to address a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday, CNBC reported. The bill, put forward by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, […]

Saudi Arabia’s Anti-Corruption Authority Initiates a Number of Criminal Cases

Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-corruption Authority (Nazaha) said on Sunday it had initiated a number of criminal cases and legal procedures, Arab News reported. Among the most prominent cases, a retired major general and two […]

Austin Police Identify Former Sheriff’s Detective Accused of Rape as Suspect Behind Massacre

A massive multi-agency manhunt including the FBI and U.S. Marshals continued Monday morning stemming from a shooting on Sunday in Austin and an armed former sheriff’s detective is wanted for killing at least three people […]

As Biden's one-year anniversary in office draws to a conclusion on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden is sure to face a long list of questions

Biden to Hold Second Meeting with Bipartisan Lawmakers on Infrastructure

President Biden is scheduled to meet Monday with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, all of whom are former governors or mayors, to discuss his $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, according to The Hill. The group, which […]

Half of U.S. Adults Now Have Received at Least 1 Covid Shot

Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one Covid-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to convince […]

Graham: ‘I Could Not Disagree More’ with Trump Support of Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday pushed back on former President Trump’s support for removing all troops from Afghanistan, writing on Twitter that he “could not disagree more with former President Trump regarding his support […]

NY State Adds New COVID Vaccine Rules for Nursing Homes as Workers Decline Jab

Nearly half of New York’s nursing home workers haven’t gotten the COVID-19 vaccine — so the state Department of Health is now putting more pressure on the facilities to bridge the gap, The Post has […]

Trump Calls Afghanistan Withdrawal ‘Wonderful and Positive Thing to Do,’ Criticizes Biden’s Timeline

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday praised withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, while knocking his successor’s timeline for doing so, CNN reports. Though the former President offered his support of President Joe Biden’s plans to […]

Pentagon Confirms New Photos and Videos of UFOs are Real

The leaked photos and video of “unidentified aerial phenomena” taken in 2019 are indeed images of unexplained objects, Defense Department confirmed last week. According to CNN, Pentagon spokeswoman Susan Gough said that the photos and […]

SpaceX to Launch Starship SN15 this Week

According to Teslarati, the CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk said that the company is “aiming to launch” its fifth Starship on a high-altitude test flight as early as next week, maintaining their schedule of at […]

US Pressuring Israel to Stop Commenting on Iran

The Biden administration has turned to Israel several times in the past few days, asking that it stops commenting on Iran, N12 reported as quoted by The Jerusalem Post. According to the report, the Biden […]

Feds Hit Roger Stone with $2 Million Tax Suit

The Justice Department is suing political strategist and longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone for almost $2 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest, dating back more than a decade, Politico reports. The civil suit, […]

Russia to Expel 10 U.S. Diplomats in Response to Biden Administration Sanctions

The Kremlin said Friday it would expel 10 U.S. diplomats and blacklist eight current and former U.S. officials including FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, Susan Rice and John Bolton in response to U.S. sanctions and […]

Biden Appears to Cave on 15K Refugee Cap Under Pressure from Left, Democrats

Just hours after President Joe Biden signed an executive order that would retain the Trump administration’s 15,000 person cap on refugee admissions Friday, the White House reversed course on the matter, apparently caving after facing […]

Florida Woman Charged for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Kamala Harris

A Miami woman has been charged for allegedly threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, CNN reports. […]

April 17, 2021 Focus Washington

World Passes 3 Million Coronavirus Deaths

The world has surpassed three million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker, a shocking toll that comes amid new warning signs even as vaccinations progress, The Hill writes. Both cases and deaths […]

April 17, 2021 Focus Washington

New Details Emerge about Feds’ Decision Not to Charge Jeffrey Epstein in 2016

New details emerged Friday about the feds’ decision not to pursue charges against Jeffrey Epstein in 2016 — when a number of lawyers warned he might still be abusing girls, according to New York Post. […]