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Mounting confirmation battle sends warning sign to Biden

23 February, 2021

(CNN)Confirmation duels over Joe Biden's Cabinet picks have suddenly turned nasty, ringing alarm bells about the cliffhanger nature of a 50-50 Senate and bitter fights to come over the President's ambitious agenda.

Biden administration to revise PPP small business loans to reach smaller, minori…

22 February, 2021

CNBC - U.S. President Joe Biden will launch changes on Monday to the main U.S. coronavirus aid program for small businesses to try to reach smaller, minority-owned firms and sole proprietors left behind in previous rounds of aid.

Southern cities hit hard by storms face new crisis: No water

20 February, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Southern cities slammed by winter storms that left millions without power for days have traded one crisis for another: Busted water pipes ruptured by record-low temperatures created shortages of clean drinking water, shut down the Memphis airport on Friday and left hospitals str...

Joe Biden's coronavirus goals and timelines have shifted higher and lower

19 February, 2021

USA TODAY - WASHINGTON – When can most people get a COVID-19 vaccine? Do teachers need to be vaccinated before schools can reopen? When will life go back to normal? Those are some of the basic questions that the White House has sometimes struggled to answer as President Joe Biden tackles the biggest...

Democrats to introduce Biden's immigration reform bill

18 February, 2021

ABC News - Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday will introduce their version of immigration reform legislation, which essentially consists of a roundup of immigration priorities President Joe Biden laid out on day one of his administration.

Facebook unfriends Australia

18 February, 2021

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Facebook faced an angry backlash on Thursday after blocking news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of a dispute with the government which could be a test for the future of online publishing worldwide.

Second storm moves through the South with heavy snow, ice and tornado threat

17 February, 2021

ABC News - That is one storm down and another storm to go for most of the United States on Wednesday as winter storm watches and warnings have been issued from Dallas to New York City for this new storm that will bring heavy snow, ice and a threat for tornadoes.

Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable

16 February, 2021

ABC News - As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic's front-line workers.

Senate votes to hear witnesses in Trump trial

13 February, 2021

THe Hill - The Senate voted Saturday to allow for witnesses in former President Trump's second impeachment trial, a stunning development that could extend the proceeding.

Prominent anti-Trump Republicans reject third party

12 February, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of former Republican officials considering a new center-right political party to counter former President Donald Trump’s influence would face steep challenges in shaking up a U.S. political system that has favored two-party rule throughout its history.

Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense U.S.-China relations

11 February, 2021

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders, with Biden saying a free and open Indo-Pacific was a priority and Xi warning confrontation would be a ‘disaster’ for both nations.

Key takeaways from 1st day of Trump's 2nd impeachment trial

10 February, 2021

ABC News - The Senate kicked off Donald Trump's second impeachment trial on Tuesday with Democrats using a 13-minute video of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to help make their case to the Senate, debating the constitutionality of the trial of a former president.

After deadly Capitol riot, Trump impeachment trial to open with fight on Constit…

09 February, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, on a charge of inciting last month’s deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol, opens on Tuesday with a debate over the constitutionality of trying a president after he has left office.

'This is not justice.' Tenant activists upend U.S. eviction courts

08 February, 2021

(Reuters) - As freezing temperatures settled over Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 28, Judge Jack Grate opened his online courtroom. The first of 100 cases on his docket was that of Tonya Raynor, a 64-year-old who owed $2,790 in back rent and fees on an apartment on the city’s east side, a swath of va...

Thousands protest Myanmar coup despite internet ban

06 February, 2021

(Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon on Saturday to denounce this week’s coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi despite a blockade on the internet by the junta.

U.S. Senate passes budget plan to advance Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID aid packag…

05 February, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden’s drive to enact a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum on Friday as the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a budget blueprint allowing Democrats to push the legislation through Congress in coming weeks with or without Republican support.

Biden tells Democrats he's willing to target COVID relief checks, but not shrink…

04 February, 2021

ABC News - Sitting down in the Oval Office with 11 Democratic Senate leaders Wednesday morning, President Joe Biden sounded confident. "We'll get Republican support," he said of negotiations over his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. "I think we'll get some Republicans."

New storms crossing US as coldest air of the season hits East

03 February, 2021

ABC News - The long lasting, record breaking and historic nor’easter is finally starting to move out with just some blustery conditions and snow showers for New England today. The highest snowfall total in the Northeast from this storm was 3 feet in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

3 members of Idaho Army National Guard killed in helicopter crash

03 February, 2021

ABC News - Three Idaho Army National Guard personnel were killed after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed south of Lucky Peak near Boise shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, officials said in a news release.

COVID-19 live updates: Hospitalizations on the decline in US

02 February, 2021

ABC News - A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 103 million people worldwide and killed over 2.2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Major winter storm wallops D.C., Northeast

01 February, 2021

Washington Times - The first significant snowfall to hit the D.C. area in two years was expected to affect transportation into Tuesday by slickening roads in sheets of ice and sleet. The snowfall Sunday was part of a larger weather system covering parts of the Midwest, the mid-Atlantic and the North...

Biden Reverses $27.4B Trump Spending Cuts

01 February, 2021

Newsmax - President Joe Biden on Sunday withdrew all the spending cuts proposed by former President Donald Trump during his final days in office.

'Gamestonk' and the case for investor caution

30 January, 2021

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It sounds like the start of a parable: Investors stuck inside during a pandemic begin to bid up an asset until its price becomes untethered to reality. The value soars until one day the market runs out of buyers and freezes, causing prices to plummet and some unlucky few to lose...

Six AGs Threaten Suit Amid Flurry of Biden Orders on Immigration and More

30 January, 2021

Newsmax - The ominous threat from a half-dozen red-state AGs comes as Biden sets a blistering pace for executive actions in the first days of his presidency. Many of these actions have ruffled feathers as they've sought to roll back Trump administration policies on immigrants: For instance, Biden re...

Biden Under Fire Over Executive Orders

29 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Joe Biden and aides are getting increasingly prickly about the growing scrutiny of his heavy reliance on executive orders in his first days in office — more than three dozen so far.

GameStop slugfest spreads as calls for probe build

28 January, 2021

(Reuters) - An almost 60% surge in shares of American Airlines led stellar gains for a series of social-media hyped stocks on Thursday, broadening a battle between small-time traders and major Wall Street institutions that has shaken U.S. and European stock markets.

U.S. judge blocks deportation freeze in swift setback for Biden

27 January, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday temporarily blocked a move by new U.S. President Joe Biden to halt the deportation of many immigrants for a 100-day period, a swift legal setback for his ambitious immigration agenda.

Obstruction boomerang: FBI knew DOJ was preparing to fire Comey long before Trum…

27 January, 2021

Just The News - Newly declassified FBI memos provide startling new details that undercut the frenzied 2017 effort to investigate Donald Trump for obstruction,

Biden plans to limit private prisons and transfer of military equipment to polic…

26 January, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is poised to issue executive actions as soon as Tuesday scaling back the use of private prisons and placing new limits on the transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement, according to a person familiar with the matter and a planning document.

Impeach Trial 'Has to Happen,' Biden Says, but He Doesn't Think Senate Will Conv…

26 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Joe Biden said Monday he does not think enough Republicans will vote against former President Donald Trump to convict him of incitement to insurrection. Things might be different, he added, if his predecessor had six months remaining in his term. "The Senate has changed since I w...

House launching second impeachment trial

25 January, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday will formally charge ex-President Donald Trump with inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to his followers before this month’s deadly attack on the Capitol, signaling the start of his second impeachment trial.

Biden administration to unveil more climate policies, urges China to toughen emi…

24 January, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration next week will release more policies it believes are needed to tackle climate change and is urging China to toughen one of its targets on greenhouse gas emissions, his top climate advisers said on Saturday.

Britain's Boris Johnson Presses Biden for New Trade Deal

24 January, 2021

Newsmax - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made clear to President Joe Biden on Saturday that he's eager to forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal.

In Senate deal, Trump impeachment trial put off until early February

23 January, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of the U.S. Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more time to focus on President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and Cabinet nominees before turning to the contentious showdown over T...

Broadcast Legend Larrry King Dies at 87

23 January, 2021

Newsmax - King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded, tweeted. No cause of death was given, but CNN had earlier reported he was hospitalized with COVID-19.

GOP Whip Scalise: Biden Could Achieve Unity By Rejecting Impeachment

22 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Joe Biden could take a "big step" toward unity by telling the Senate that taking up the impeachment of former President Donald Trump is not something that is good for the country, Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said Thursday.

Biden to tackle coronavirus pandemic on first full day in White House

21 January, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will launch an array of initiatives on Thursday to rein in the raging coronavirus pandemic, tackling his top priority on his first full day in the White House as he tries to turn the page on Donald Trump’s tumultuous leadership.

Biden Leaving Impeachment Mechanics to Senate: WH

21 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Joe Biden will leave the mechanics of how to proceed with former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial to the U.S. Senate, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday.

Biden to assume presidency amid raging pandemic

20 January, 2021

Reuters - Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today, assuming the helm of a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a raging coronavirus pandemic.

Trump Pardons 73 People, Including Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne

20 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Donald Trump pardoned 73 people, including his former aide Steve Bannon and rapper Lil Wayne, and granted clemency to 70 others early Wednesday, just hours before he was to leave office.

Melania Trump Farewell Message: 'Violence Is Never the Answer'

19 January, 2021

Newsmax - First lady Melania Trump said in her farewell message that "violence is never the answer," a few weeks after her husband's supporters stormed the Capitol as Congress formalized his loss in the 2020 presidential election.

Alveda King: My Uncle Taught That People 'Must Learn to Live Together'

18 January, 2021

Newsmax - The late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught that people "must learn to live together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools," and his message still holds true in a nation that has become increasingly divided, his niece, Alveda King, said Monday.

NRA Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, 'Dumping' NY for Texas

16 January, 2021

Newsmax - The venerable gun advocacy group insists the move is not one of financial necessity. It says the filing is part of a larger restructuring as a Texas nonprofit, enabling it to shift its base from New York, where it has been under legal siege.

Biden Pledges 'New Chapter' ... but Trump Impeachment Trial Looms

15 January, 2021

Newsmax - Senators will have to thread the tightest of needles in figuring out how to simultaneously try a Republican former president while cooperating on an agenda sent by a new Democratic one to combat a pandemic and bolster the economy.

Poll: Republican Voters Side With Trump Over McConnell

14 January, 2021

Newsmax - A majority of Republicans say President Donald Trump was right to challenge his election loss and don't blame him for the mob riot at the Capitol, according to a new Axios/Ipsos poll.

Pence Rejects Calls to Invoke 25th Amendment; Now a Trump Impeachment Looms

13 January, 2021

Newsmax - The vice president's refusal to push the narrative that Trump is unfit to serve as president sets the stage for House action to impeach him with just days left in his term.

Trump and Pence Signal President Won’t Resign or Be Removed

12 January, 2021

Newsmax - The president and vice president hadn't spoken for days following last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol, with critics accusing Trump of inciting the rioters. But a Trump-Pence meeting on Monday seemed to ease the tensions between the two, who seemed united in their determination to pursu...

Vice President Pence to Attend Biden Inauguration

11 January, 2021

Newsmax - Mike Pence will attend the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden, multiple media reports said Saturday, the vice president becoming the latest longtime loyalist to abandon an increasingly isolated President Donald Trump.

Banned by Twitter, Trump Tries Posting Pitch to Build Out His Own Platform

09 January, 2021

Newsmax - Twitter booted Donald Trump's personal account on Friday, citing this week's deadly Capitol breach and claiming a risk of further incitement. So he tried proposing a Twitter alternative through posts on his office's official account: @POTUS. It didn't take long for those tweets to get take...

Pence Resisting Push to Remove Trump

08 January, 2021

Newsmax - Vice President Mike Pence is planning to reject calls from lawmakers to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.

Trump Vows ‘Orderly Transition’ After ‘Greatest 1st Term’ in History

07 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Donald Trump, minutes after Congress certified Democrat Joe Biden's Electoral College Victory and hours after demonstrators broke into the Capitol, pledged "an orderly transition" to the incoming administration.

Ga. Shocker: Warnock Beats Loeffler, Ossoff Defeats Perdue

06 January, 2021

Newsmax - Democrat Raphael Warnock edged ahead of incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs on Tuesday, and by late Tuesday night he was the projected winner in half of a runoff battle that'll determine which party controls the Senate under a new Biden administration.

Trump: VP Can Reject Fraudulently Chosen Electors

05 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure Tuesday on Vice President Mike Pence to take action to change the outcome of Wednesday's Electoral College vote.

Trump: I Don't Concede!

05 January, 2021

Newsmax - At a Georgia rally on behalf of two Republican senators in a tough runoff battle, the president also finds time to renew his charge that the presidential contest in November was manipulated in favor of Democrat Joe Biden. On Wednesday, a day after the runoffs, a divided Congress will tussl...

Trump Ga. Transcript Shows Case for Vote Fraud, President Acted Properly

04 January, 2021

Newsmax - The Washington Post on Sunday released audio of a Saturday phone call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which the two can be heard discussing election results.

In 2020, Vote Fraud Claims Were Not 'Baseless'

03 January, 2021

Newsmax - Each time a member of the big media reports on someone referring to acts of fraud or even irregularities in the Nov. 3 presidential election, they describe them as "baseless claims" or "unproven." Such words are included in almost every wire story since election day published by the Associ...

Trump Declares Ga. Senate Runoffs ‘Invalid and Illegal’

02 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Donald Trump on Friday said that changes made by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to loosen the state’s absentee ballot signature verification laws were unconstitutional, making November’s election in the state as well as the Senate runoff races ''illegal and invalid...

Trump Hails Vaccine Effort in Year-End Speech

01 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Donald Trump delivered a year-end video message Thursday after returning early from vacation, highlighting his administration’s work to rapidly develop a vaccine against COVID-19 and rebuild the economy.

Defying Trump, Senate Presses Ahead to Override His Veto

01 January, 2021

Newsmax - President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate are expected to take steps toward overriding his veto of a major defense bill in a rare New Year's Day session on Friday and hand him his first major rebuke 20 days before he leaves office.

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