In a first, the White House plans to provide American Sign Language interpretation for President Joe Biden’s address to Congress next week. The Biden White House has been providing simultaneous ASL interpretation for its daily news conferences, briefings by its COVID-19 team and remarks by the president and vice president, […]
President Joe Biden will take his first overseas trip as president this June as he heads to the United Kingdom and Belgium for crucial meetings with allied nations. This news comes amid Biden's virtual climate summit with global leaders as he pushes for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The Biden […]
SAN FRANCISCO — A white sheriff’s deputy in the San Francisco Bay Area shot and killed a Black man in the middle of a busy intersection about a minute after trying to stop him on suspicion of throwing rocks at cars last month, newly released video showed. Graphic body camera […]
She’s been on the job for only about a month, but Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is already clear about what one of her priorities will be: addressing the scourge of violence against Native American women. Haaland announced Thursday that she is creating a joint commission, led by the Department of […]
Former US Vice-President Walter Mondale, who had served under President Jimmy Carter, has died on Monday aged 93. Family spokesperson Kathy Tunheim said Mondale died at home in downtown Minneapolis surrounded by family. “It is with profound sadness that we share news that our beloved dad passed away today in […]
Indonesia’s KRI Nanggala 402 submarine vanished Wednesday morning near the island of Bali. Rescuers found a submerged magnetic object and are trying to identify it, the navy said Friday. There is only enough oxygen until 3 a.m. local time Saturday. 53 crew members were on board. See more stories on […]
Cruz calls on Biden to fix gap in Texas levee that protects border towns Sen. Ted Cruz is calling on President Biden to fix a giant gap in a levy that protects border towns from the Rio Grande Valley Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said at a press conference Thursday that […]
Moments before the country waited to see if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin would be held accountable for murdering George Floyd in 2020, a police officer shot and killed a teenage girl in Columbus, Ohio. Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges he was charged with—but that moment, […]
DC statehood bill: How the US capital could become the 51st state For the first time the House passed a bill that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. If the bill gets past the Senate, here’s how H.R. 51, The D.C. Statehood Act would work. As I warned last fall, Democrats […]
WASHINGTON – The Democratic-led House of Representatives again passed legislation Thursday that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state – something residents and leaders in the nation’s capital have been requesting for decades. The bill passed 216-208. But the Washington, D.C. Admission Act faces slim chances of advancing in the split Senate, […]
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