By VOA News U.S. President Joe Biden meets virtually Tuesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, marking Biden’s first bilateral meeting with a foreign leader since taking office last month. The two leaders are set to discuss China, climate change and other issues, according to a Biden administration official who spoke to reporters anonymously, as they […]Read More
Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio host of right-wing media in the U.S. for 30+ years, died on Wednesday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 70. Limbaugh’s wife, Kathryn, announced the news on his radio show. Limbaugh revealed his illness to listeners of his syndicated “The Rush Limbaugh Show” in February 2020. That […]Read More
By VOA News Scientists say the rapidly evolving coronavirus will be circulating among the world’s population for some time. One thing, however, that scientists agree upon in the battle against the virus that has killed more than 2 million people is the importance of the COVID-19 vaccinations. Dr. T. Jacob John, a leading Indian public health official, told the Associated Press that at some point the coronavirus will […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – The political fortunes of former U.S. President Donald Trump are now an open question, even after the Senate acquitted him of allegations that he incited insurrection last month by urging hundreds of his supporters to confront lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol as they were certifying his election loss to Democrat Joe […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Prosecutors at former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial began to lay out their case against him on Wednesday, saying he was “no innocent bystander” to the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol last month as lawmakers certified Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Congressman Jamie Raskin, […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeie WASHINGTON – The historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump starts Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, with Trump accused of inciting insurrection a month ago by urging his supporters to confront lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol as they were certifying that Democrat Joe Biden had defeated Trump in the 2020 election. […]Read More
WASHINGTON – Three paragraphs into the introduction to the brief submitted by Democrats in the House of Representatives is a window into their strategy for the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. In accusing the then-president of inciting a “violent mob to attack the United States Capitol,” the brief portrays the attackers […]Read More
Sen. Reed supports reconciliation to speed overdue COVID-19 relief to the American people and worked to include key initiatives, such as funds to boost vaccine distribution, $1,400 direct stimulus payments, state and local aid, expanded unemployment insurance, housing assistance, & support for schools & libraries WASHINGTON, DC – With new, more contagious variants of COVID-19 surfacing, Senator Reed says it is urgent […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden renewed his commitment Wednesday to send $1,400 checks to millions of adult Americans to boost the country’s coronavirus-ravaged economy. But he said he was open to Republican demands to tighten restrictions on who would get the money. In a call to Democratic lawmakers in the House […]Read More
By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting 10 Republican senators for talks Monday about a new round of coronavirus economic relief, but the U.S. leader and the lawmakers are far apart on how much should be spent. The Democratic president, in the second week of his four-year term, has proposed a $1.9 […]Read More
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