Politics
Putin cancels plan to storm last stronghold in Mariupol; Russian ramp-up likely ahead of May 9
Putin cancels storming of Mariupol steel plant, instructs it to be sealed off instead Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to ditch its plan to storm the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian troops as well as civilians are encamped. He is opting instead to continue to hermetically […]
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Parachute demo at Nats Park causes brief Capitol evacuation
Pedestrians walk by the United States Capitol building in Washington, March 15, 2022. Emily Elconin | Reuters The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed “a probable threat” — but the plane was actually carrying members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who then parachuted into […]
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Trump asks judge not to hold him in contempt, says he complied with subpoena from NY attorney general
New York State Attorney General Letitia James in New York City, November 19, 2019. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Former President Donald Trump asked a judge to reject New York Attorney General Letitia James’ bid to hold him in contempt for allegedly failing to comply with a subpoena as part of a civil investigation into his […]
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Trump campaign must pay $1.3M in legal fees to ‘Apprentice’ star Omarosa Manigault Newman in White House book lawsuit
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Omarosa Manigault (R) attend a church service, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 3 2016. Carlo Allegri | Reuters An arbitrator ordered Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to pay $1.3 million in legal fees to Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former “Apprentice” star whom the campaign unsuccessfully sued over a book about […]
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DOJ announces $150 million in Covid health fraud, bogus vaccination prosecutions nationwide
Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., August 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced criminal charges against two people in California in a scheme that allegedly made $144 million in false and fraudulent health claims to federal programs for unnecessary […]
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New York Gov. Hochul warns of ‘rising tide’ of Covid cases as omicron subvariants drive spike in infections
Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, speaks during a news conference in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two mutated strains of the highly transmissible omicron variant of Covid-19 are the main culprits behind a “rising tide” of infections in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday. […]
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Feds: Intruder killed at Peruvian ambassador’s residence
Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III, speaks to reporters near the Peruvian ambassador’s residence in northwest Washington, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Manuel Balce Ceneta | AP U.S. Secret Service officers shot and killed an intruder who was smashing windows at the residence of the Peruvian ambassador to the United States in Washington on Wednesday, […]
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Op-ed: U.S. Democrats press Congress to pass China tech competition bill to create jobs and shore up supply chain
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., both sponsored legislation that promises to invest billions of dollars in technology, strengthen the U.S. supply chain and make America’s tech sector competitive with China. They both sit on the conference committee charged with combining different versions of the bill, which separately passed the U.S. House […]
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Russia sets new deadline for Mariupol surrender; Ukraine troops there facing ‘last days, if not hours’
Ukrainian troops in Mariupol facing ‘last days, if not hours,’ commander says Major Serhiy Volyna, commander of Ukraine’s 36th Separate Marine Brigade, issued a desperate plea to world leaders in a Facebook video posted from the besieged city of Mariupol. “This is our appeal to the world. This could be the last appeal of our […]
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Biden administration will appeal ruling that lifted Covid mask mandate on travel
An American Airlines worker assists passengers Don Wolfe and Sarah Curtis, of Huntsville, Alabama, after the Biden administration announced it would no longer enforce a U.S. coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mask mandate on public transportation, following a federal judge’s ruling that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, April […]
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