Focus Washington 2022 - Page 80 of 106 from

Border Patrol Officers Expect Huge Surge of Migrants if Title 42 is Phased down

April 1, 2022 Dime

Border Patrol officials believe that if the Biden administration cancels Title 42 in May, they will be hit by a major influx of migrants at the southern border, in addition to the already overwhelming numbers they are dealing […]

Follow

House Speaker Responds to Calls for Supreme Court Justice’s Resignation

April 1, 2022 Dime

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., refused to call for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ resignation, but said that his wife’s recently released text messages about attempts to keep former US President Donald Trump in office demonstrate the need […]

Follow

Nebraska Republican Resigns for Giving False Statements to the FBI

April 1, 2022 Dime

Republican Representative Jeff Fortenberry from Nebraska submitted his resignation from Congress on Thursday after being found guilty of lying to the Department of Justice during a probe into foreign money provided to his campaign fund, Fox News informed. […]

Follow

Governor Jay Inslee of Washington signed a minimum wage requirement for Uber and Lyft drivers into law on Thursday, making Washington the first state in the United States to do so

Washington Gov Signs Minimum Wage Law for Uber, Lyft

April 1, 2022 Maja Popovska

Governor Jay Inslee of Washington signed a minimum wage requirement for Uber and Lyft drivers into law on Thursday, making Washington the first state in the United States to do so, Reuters informs. Drivers in […]

Follow

Putin Won’t Immediately Demand Switch to Roubles for Gas Payments

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly pulled back on his demands that gas bills be paid for in Russian roubles, saying that Russia will not immediately demand […]

Follow

Californian Group Votes to Limit Reparations to Slave Descendants

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

California’s task force on reparations, the first in the country, voted this week to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the US in the 19th century. […]

Follow

Meta Reportedly Paid Republican Firm to Push Message TikTok is a Threat

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The owner of Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms reportedly paid a notable republican consulting firm to create overall public distrust in TikTok and pose it as “the real threat” in a nationwide campaign. […]

Follow

Zelenskyy Tells Biden Russian Invasion at a ‘Turning Point’

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Ukraine’s president said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is at a “turning point.” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s remarks come as Russian military attacks intensified around Kyiv and Chernihiv, and NATO warned that “even more suffering” was […]

Follow

Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on pending US judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington

Ketanji Brown Jackson to Receive Rare Republican Vote

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Republican Maine Senator Susan Collins will vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, which gives the nominee a rare vote from the GOP side of the aisle as she proceeds towards becoming […]

Follow

Americans Can Opt for ‘X’ Gender Marker on Passports After April 11

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a move that intends to make federal documents more inclusive for transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people, the State Department announced Thursday that, as of April 11, Americans will be able to identify with […]

Follow

Georgian Breakaway Republic South Ossetia Wants to Unite with Russia

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Georgian breakaway region and partially recognized republic, South Ossetia, will soon be taking legal steps in an attempt to join the Russian Federation after similar aspirations from Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, its president, […]

Follow

EU Antitrust Regulators Raided Gazprom offices in Germany

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

EU antitrust regulators raided on Wednesday German offices of the Russian gas company Gazprom – Gazprom Germania GmbH and Wingas GmbH- as the EU watchdog ramps up its investigation into the company’s gas supplies to […]

Follow

Putin Issues Executive Order Banning Foreign Software

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In an apparent bid to make Russia less vulnerable to further Western sanctions and potential cyberattacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an executive order – effective from Thursday – banning state agencies and semi-government […]

Follow

Biden to Control Gas Prices by Tapping Strategic Oil Reserve

March 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a bid to control energy prices that have skyrocketed as the US and their allies have imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, President Biden is preparing to order the release […]

Follow

Trump Shamelessly Asks Putin for Hunter Biden Dirt

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former President Donald Trump has brazenly asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to release dirt about President Joe Biden’s family, specifically, especially about his son Hunter Biden. In a new interview released with conservative website JustTheNews, […]

Follow

Why a Ruling Declaring Trump ‘Likely’ Broke Laws May Not Mean He’ll Be Prosecuted

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a high-profile ruling, a federal judge concluded this week that former president Donald Trump likely committed felonies related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It intensified scrutiny on […]

Follow

International Skepticism over Russian Pullback Near Kyiv

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Ukraine, the U.S., and Western allies have dismissed a Russian military pullback from near Kyiv as a ploy to refit troops after Russia maintained heavy losses. Russia announced that it was curtailing operations near Kyiv […]

Follow

Lynching Made a Federal Hate Crime

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Lynching is now a federal hate crime in the United States. President Joe Biden signed into law yesterday the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. It is named after a 14-year-old Black boy who in 1955 was tortured […]

Follow

BA.2 Version of Omicron Now Dominant in the U.S.

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The BA.2 sub-variant of the Covid omicron variant is now expected to represent more than half of Covid cases in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that 54.9 percent of […]

Follow

US Trade Representative Urges Ramping Up Trade Defense Against China

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Biden administration must confront more directly the harmful effects of Beijing’s economic behaviors, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai says. In her testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Tai warned that considering China’s […]

Follow

Trevor Reed Goes on Hunger Strike in Russian Jail

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former US Marine Trevor Reed, who’s serving a nine-year jail term after being detained, accused, and convicted of endangering the lives of two policemen while drunk in Moscow in 2019, has begun a hunger strike, […]

Follow

Emergency Plan Activated in Germany to Secure Gas Supply

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As fears are rising that Russia could cut off gas supplies if Western countries refuse the rubles payments’ mandate, Germany declared on Wednesday an early warning of a possible gas supply emergency. Being considered preventative […]

Follow

Ukraine’s Breakaway Donetsk Republic Considers Joining Russia

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

East Ukraine’s self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic may consider joining Russia once Moscow controls all of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the separatist leader Denis Pushilin said on Tuesday. Quoted by the Donetsk News Agency, Pushilin noted that […]

Follow

‘Say Gay’ Billboards Emerge in Florida After Controversial New Bill

March 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new bill on Monday that blocks classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation by primary teachers, a political action committee initiated a billboards campaign urging people […]

Follow

Roman Abramovich Suffered ‘Suspected Poisoning’ at Talks

March 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich may have been poisoned at the peace talks on the Ukraine-Belarus border that took place earlier in March. Sources close to Abramovich say that he suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning but […]

Follow

Biden Makes ‘No Apologies’ for Saying Putin ‘Cannot Remain in Power’

March 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden defended his unscripted remarks that he made over the weekend during an important speech in Poland, in which he said that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” The off-the-cuff remarks […]

Follow

FDA May Authorize Second Covid Booster for Adults 50 and Older

March 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Food and Drug Administration is likely to soon approve an extra Covid booster shot for everyone aged 50 and older. The FDA could approve the extra dose of the vaccination as soon as today, […]

Follow

Walmart to Stop Selling Cigarettes in Some Stores

March 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Walmart is pulling tobacco products from some stores, making it the largest national retail chain to cut off cigarette sales. Stores in a certain few states are on the list to stop selling cigarettes at […]

Follow

Saudi Oil Chief Says Energy Security Imperiled by Attacks

March 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that the markets are going through a “jittery period” and that the country’s ability to ensure energy security is no longer guaranteed. The oil chief said […]

Follow

France Slaps Google with €2m Fine for Abusive Commercial Practices

March 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Paris Commercial Court fined the US tech giant Google two million euros on Monday for the significant imbalance the tech company created between itself and the application developers through clauses that were deemed unfair. […]

Follow