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President Joe Biden on Thursday declared a halt to U.S. support for a Saudi Arabia-led military campaign in Yemen, demanding that the more than six-year war, widely seen as a proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia […]

Robinhood Lifts Trading Restrictions on All Stocks, Including GameStop

Online brokerage app Robinhood said on Thursday it has removed temporary trading restrictions on all stocks, including GameStop Corp and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc, according to an update on its website, Reuters writes. Earlier in […]

COVID-19 Infections in Tokyo May Have Jumped Nine-Fold, Antibody Survey Shows

The number of COVID-19 infections in Tokyo may have jumped by nine-fold since last summer, coronavirus antibody tests showed, as Japan tries to rein in the country’s third and most lethal wave of the pandemic […]

World Shares Near Record Levels as Vaccines Fuel Normalization Hopes

Global shares traded near record highs on Friday, with Asian stocks taking their lead from Wall Street, as progress in vaccine distribution prompted bets on further normalization in the global economy and an earnings recovery, […]

Russia to Try Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny for Slander Amid EU Talks

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due back in court on Friday for a slander trial despite Western calls for his release and on the same day as the European Union’s top diplomat is in […]

Johnson & Johnson Wants Emergency Use Authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine

Johnson & Johnson are one step closer to help the U.S. government fight against COVID-19, as they filed an application on Thursday for emergency use authorization for its single-shot coronavirus vaccine, reported The Hill. Now, […]

Greene Apologizes to GOP for Embracing QAnon Conspiracies

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) received a standing ovation from some of her colleagues, after apologizing for her past controversial remarks and her embrace of the QAnon conspiracy theories, during a closed-door House GOP conference […]

Biden Says US Won’t Support Offensive Operations in Yemen

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said at a White House press briefing that President Joe Biden will announce an end to U.S. support for offensive operations in Yemen on Thursday, during an address at the […]

Republicans Hammer John Kerry for Taking Private Plane to Accept Environmental Award

Several Republican lawmakers ripped Biden administration climate czar John Kerry on Wednesday after Fox News reported the former secretary of state flew on a private jet in 2019 to accept an award for climate leadership […]

Nunes on Report Schiff Pushing to be California AG: His Departure Would Improve House Intel Committee

If House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., succeeds in his reported push to become the Golden State’s next attorney general, it would “make the House Intelligence Committee much better,” panel ranking member Devin Nunes, […]

Academy Silent on Cuomo Emmy after Nursing Home Bombshell

The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has not commented publicly on whether it will take back an award from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after his administration confirmed last week that thousands more […]

Administration

Colorado Officials Want to Keep Space Command in State, Ask Pentagon to Reconsider Trump’s Relocation

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and a group of bipartisan state officials are urging Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to reconsider and “pause” former President Donald Trump’s decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to […]

Ben Carson to Launch Conservative Think Tank

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson announced Wednesday that he is launching a conservative think tank to “engage with local governments and work with communities to find solutions to our nation’s problems,” Fox News […]

Michigan Republican Defends Trump Impeachment Vote to Upset Voters

Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, one of just 10 Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump over the deadly attack on the Capitol, defended his decision while taking pointed criticism from voters Wednesday night, Fox […]

North Carolina Republican Blasts Political Cartoon Linking GOP to KKK

North Carolina’s first Black lieutenant governor blasted a local news outlet Wednesday after it ran a political cartoon depicting Republicans as KKK members, Fox News informed. “I have pretty thick skin,” Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson […]

Nikki Haley Accuses Biden of ‘Snubbing’ Israel, ‘Cozying up’ to Iran: ‘I Really Don’t Understand the Logic’

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused the Biden administration Wednesday of “snubbing Israel” and “cozying up to Iran” in the two weeks the 46th president has been in office, Fox News informed. Haley told “Fox News […]

Gaetz Decries Political Double Standards ‘Eating Away at Our Voters and the Country’

Every elected official in Washington should be held to the same standard when it comes to their rhetoric, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., told Fox News’ “Hannity” on Wednesday, Fox News informed. “I certainly hope … we point […]

Maxine Waters Says Trump Should be Charged with ‘Premeditated Murder’

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California Tuesday said she thinks former President Donald Trump should be charged with “premeditated murder” over the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Fox News informed. “He […]

Democrats Kick off the Process toward Passing $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Plan

Congress took its first major steps Tuesday toward passing Democrats’ $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, CNBC informed. The Senate voted in a 50-49 party line vote to advance a budget resolution, which sets the reconciliation […]

Trump Allied Lobbying Firm Is Closing down after Biden Win

A lobbying shop co-founded by leaders of former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign is closing its doors following Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, CNBC reported. Avenue Strategies was co-founded by Barry Bennett after […]

Porter Describes Hiding with Ocasio-Cortez during Capitol Riot: ‘She Said, ‘I Just Hope I Get to be a Mom’

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) opened up about how her and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) were sheltering during the riot at the Capitol Hill last month, revealing that Ocasio-Cortez told her that “I hope I get […]

South Korea Urges U.S. Flexibility on Sanctions to Restart North Korea Talks

The United States should flexibly enforce sanctions aimed at curbing Pyongyang’s nuclear programmes to revive denuclearisation talks, South Korea’s point man on North Korea said on Wednesday, Reuters writes. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un […]

McConnell says Taylor Greene’s Embrace of Conspiracy Theories is ‘Cancer for GOP’

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Senate Minority Leader blasted Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, calling her embrace of “loony lies and conspiracy theories” a “cancer for the Republican Party,” reported The Hill. “Somebody […]

Bezos to Give Amazon Reins to Cloud Boss Jassy as Sales Rocket past $100 Billion

Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division as successor in a sign of the company’s transformation from web retailer […]

Treasury’s Yellen Calls Top Regulator Meeting on GameStop Volatility

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling a meeting of top financial regulators this week to discuss market volatility driven by retail trading in shares of GameStop Corp, silver and other stocks favored on social […]

Recovered COVID Patients Likely Protected for at Least Six Months, Study Finds

Almost all people previously infected with COVID-19 have high levels of antibodies for at least six months that are likely to protect them from reinfection with the disease, results of a major UK study showed […]

Global Stocks Rise as U.S. Retail Trading Frenzy Comes under Scrutiny

World shares rose on Wednesday as volatility caused by a retail trading frenzy on Wall Street subsided on expectations of tougher regulation, while optimism about U.S. fiscal stimulus also supported sentiment, Reuters reported. The MSCI […]

Saudi Arabia Expects to See More IPOs Than Ever in 2021 Amid Strong Demand

The Saudi stock exchange expects to host more initial public offerings than ever in 2021, seizing on strong demand from local investors that supported several deals last year, Arabian Business reported. After 22 issuances across […]

February 2, 2021 Focus Washington

Two FBI Agents Killed, Three Wounded in Early Morning Raid in Florida

Two FBI agents were killed on Tuesday and three others were wounded as they tried to serve a search warrant at a Florida home in an early morning raid that turned into one of the […]

February 2, 2021 Focus Washington

Pfizer Expects About $15 Billion in 2021 Sales From COVID Vaccine

Pfizer expects to sell about $15 billion in coronavirus vaccine doses this year, the company announced in releasing its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday, CNBC writes. It forecasts revenue this year will be between $59.4 billion and […]