Month: May 2021

“Defund the police” issue has proved as dividing issue in New York City during the city’s first mayoral debate on Thursday, nearly a year after it became a rallying cry after George Floyd’s death, with […]

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo deflated New Yorkers’ hopes on Thursday saying he’s not ready to ease the state’s mask mandate even after feds greenlighted vaccinated Americans to finally breath free and gather indoors again, The Post […]

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Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will join a slew of lawmakers and advocates at the progressive AAPI Victory Alliance group’s virtual summit on May 19, The Hill learns. Clinton will address the inaugural Asian […]

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Colonial Pipeline does not plan to pay the ransom demanded by hackers who have encrypted its data, according to sources familiar with the company, CNN reports. The ransomware group that carried out a crippling cyberattack […]

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Starting next Wednesday, adults in Ohio who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and are at least 18 years old, may enter a lottery that will provide a $1 million prize each […]

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Senate Republicans expressed dismay over the House GOP’s vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney leadership, which is seen as a worrisome sign of former President Trump’s continued grip on the party as he jockeys to […]

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More than 120 retired generals and admirals have published an open letter questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election as well as President Biden’s fitness to be commander-in-chief, New York Post reports. The open […]

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Caitlyn Jenner, the Reality TV star and transgender woman, who recently announced her run for the gubernatorial seat said that she stands in support of building a wall on the border with Mexico, Fox News […]

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Some countries around the world have not yet received a single dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while richer countries are actively vaccinating their populations, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said en route on his visit […]

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President Joe Biden is running out of time for his goal of reaching an agreement with congressional Republicans to support a part of his wide-ranging infrastructure proposal. After weeks of outreach by White House aides […]

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President Biden announced Tuesday that one million Americans signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov during a special enrollment period that started on Feb. 15, Fox News reports. The White House issued a statement that […]

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the Pfizer-BioNTech’s emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15, The New York Times reports. It’s a […]

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In a letter sent to his Republican colleagues on Monday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told his GOP colleagues to “anticipate” a vote on Wednesday regarding the current state of the House GOP Conference Chair […]

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After last week’s cyber attack, the Colonial Pipeline once again started its operations on Monday. The first delivery was from North Carolina to a Maryland terminal, in a move to smoothly restart the process of […]

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A disbarred Harvard-trained American lawyer who’s battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest more than two decades attempted on Monday to fend off criminal contempt charges stemming from a lawsuit against him by […]

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A US coast guard ship fired about 30 warning shots as a group of 13 Iranian fast boats sped toward US navy vessels in the strait of Hormuz, in what the Pentagon called “unsafe and […]

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States and local governments will have significant leeway in deciding how to spend the $350 billion in Covid-19 relief funds authorized by President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, CNBC reported. The Treasury Department said Monday […]

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said an infrastructure plan should cost no more than $800 billion, setting down a marker ahead of a critical week for efforts to craft a bill that would refresh U.S. […]

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Caitlyn Jenner, who joined the race for California’s governor, stated that undocumented immigrants should have the opportunity to become citizens – but “the bad ones” have to leave, Fox News informed. The reality TV star stated […]

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A joint US Navy and Coast Guard team seized thousands of illicit weapons last week after stopping a small ship in the North Arabian Sea, the Navy said in a statement quoted by CNN. The […]

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