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Month: January 2021

Sudden change to Homeland Security leadership raises new worries at the worst possible time

Against the backdrop of looming threats leading up to Inauguration Day, the Department of Homeland Security is bringing in its sixth secretary under President Donald Trump, fueling concerns over a department in flux as authorities brace for the possibility of more violence. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf abruptly resigned Monday after serving in the

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Tennessee grocery store workers want higher vaccine priority ranking

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV ) — Tennessee grocery store workers are frustrated over their position on the COVID-19 vaccination priority list. Currently, the federal government categorizes grocery store workers as critical infrastructure, and in most states, those employees will receive vaccines in phase two. But in Tennessee, grocery store

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On these 9 days, police in DC arrested more people than they did during the Capitol siege

Sixty-one: That’s the number of arrests Washington, DC, police made the day rioters laid siege to the Capitol in protest of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory. More have been arrested since, and several jurisdictions are now involved in hunting down the supporters of President Donald Trump who invaded and ransacked the Capitol during a joint

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Chicago teachers to hold ‘teach-out’ as students return to in-person learning

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WLS) — Teachers unwilling to teach from inside their classrooms are expected to teach virtually from outside the building once again Tuesday, according to the Chicago Teacher’s Union. Chicago Public School officials have threatened to dock pay for teachers who are unwilling to return to in-person teaching.

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Trump takes no responsibility for violent insurrection at Capitol, says remarks to supporters were ‘totally appropriate’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking no responsibility for his part in fomenting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, despite his comments encouraging supporters to march on the Capitol and praise for them while they were still carrying out the assault. Trump says, “People thought that what I said was

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Trump administration reverses course and adopts Biden vaccine distribution plan

WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce sweeping changes Tuesday in vaccine rollout guidelines in an effort to boost the lagging number of vaccinations in the first month — effectively adopting the approach proposed by President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. The Trump administration plans to release reserved second

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