A “small fire” under a nearby bridge prompted the temporary shutdown of the U.S. Capitol complex and the evacuation of the west front of the building, where a rehearsal for Wednesday’s inaugural ceremony was underway Monday. “Public safety and law enforcement responded to a small fire in the area of 1st and F streets SE, […] Read more
President-elect Joe Biden faces a range of pitfalls in trying to push his coronavirus relief plan through Congress. The Democrat will unveil his aid proposal Thursday and make his case for it in a prime-time speech, scheduled for 7:15 p.m. ET. He is expected to push for more direct cash to Americans, an extension of supplemental unemployment insurance, […] Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on the incendiary rhetoric that incited the Capitol riot last week, warning darkly that it was dangerous to the United States for him to be impeached for his conduct. Trump also claimed that his inflammatory comments at a rally shortly before the invasion of the halls of Congress by thousands of […] Read more
The Trump administration on Monday slapped sanctions on seven Kremlin-linked individuals and four entities for attempting to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The U.S. Treasury Department described the targeted sanctions as the “inner circle” of Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Derkach, who was sanctioned last year. Derkach has previously worked with Rudy Giuliani to dig up […] Read more
Major U.S. business leaders on Monday urged that Congress this week certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump, who has refused to recognize his loss in the 2020 election. Business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Partnership for New York City separately issued […] Read more
President Donald Trump signed a massive coronavirus relief and government funding package into law Sunday, five days he sent Washington into a panic by suggesting he could veto the bill that he considered was a “disgrace.” He refused to approve the legislation for days after receiving it, blowing past a Saturday deadline to prevent an estimated 14 […] Read more
Channels that project themselves as “nationalist” have given relatively scant primetime coverage to the extremely important round of by-elections that have just been completed in Jammu and Kashmir. There was some coverage when the eight-phase election process began in November, but it tapered off thereafter. Although they were by-elections and only for local bodies, they […] Read more
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is on a hiring spree for lobbyists as President-elect Joe Biden, who has signaled that he will take a tougher stance with the nation, prepares to take office. With the potential for a more turbulent relationship with the U.S., Saudi Arabia has been hiring some lobbyists with ties to Republican […] Read more
The multilateral approach to global affairs came under attack during President Donald Trump’s administration with the “America First” agenda sweeping aside more cooperative and communal strategies to world trade, diplomacy and politics. But the secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) told on Monday that a Biden presidency is likely to […] Read more
Seventeen states whose elections were won by President Donald Trump told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bid to file a lawsuit that could effectively reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s projected Electoral College victory. The filing backing Paxton by those states came a day after he asked the Supreme […] Read more
