President Joe Biden said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump left him a “very generous letter” before departing the White House. Biden, speaking from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office after signing Day One executive orders, said he would not immediately reveal the contents of the letter out of respect for Trump. “The President
Continue Reading Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton honored President Joe Biden Wednesday evening as America’s new leader in a joint message that emphasized the new President’s call for national unity. Appearing side-by-side in a video message recorded as part of the “Celebrating America” inauguration concert, the trio each wished Biden well as
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Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez delivered powerful performances at Wednesday’s inauguration. Gaga sang the national anthem, while Lopez performed a medley of patriotic songs that included “This Land Is Your Land.” Leading up the the event, Lopez shared a picture with National Guard troops near the Capitol, which she shared on Instagram. “What an honor
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “Let’s do this again tomorrow,” President Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki said at the close of her first White House press briefing on Wednesday, and many Americans, regardless of political bent, profession, state, or identity,
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This year has not started well for Real Madrid. The Spanish giant was booted out of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday after a humiliating defeat to third-division club Alcoyano. Zinedine Zidane’s side had taken the lead through Eder Militao late in the first half but was forced into extra time by a late goal
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(CNN Español) — Democracia, unidad, esperanza: las bases del discurso de toma de posesión de Joe Biden marcaron también las portadas de los diarios internacionales, que publicaron con alivio la llegada al poder del nuevo presidente de Estados Unidos. «La democracia ha prevalecido», dijo el diario británico The Guardian. «La democracia es preciada. La democracia es frágil.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 18 coronavirus-related deaths and 531 new cases Thursday morning. The latest fatalities included: 2 men in their 40s1 woman in her 60s2 men in their 60s2 men in their 70s1 woman in her 70s1 man in his 80s The pandemic death toll
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There is a single winner of the Powerball lottery on Wednesday. “A single ticket sold in Maryland matched all six numbers in the Wednesday night Powerball drawing to win the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history,” according to an early Thursday morning release from Powerball. The winning numbers were: 40, 53, 60, 68, 69, plus Powerball
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Newly sworn in President Joe Biden and his advisers are inheriting no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump administration, sources tell CNN, posing a significant challenge for the new White House. The Biden administration has promised to try to turn the Covid-19 pandemic around and drastically speed up the pace of
Continue Reading (CNN) — En la primera mañana de la presidencia de Joe Biden, Estados Unidos cambió por completo y no cambió en absoluto. Ya destruyendo el legado de Donald Trump, Biden está demostrando el vasto potencial de su oficina para cambiar el rumbo de la nación en un segundo. Ha observado a nueve presidentes desde que
Continue Reading PUNE, India (AP) — At least five people have died in a fire that broke out at a building under construction at Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, but the company says it will not affect COVID-19 vaccine production. It says the fire was restricted to a new facility it is constructing
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BAGHDAD, Iraq — Officials say twin suicide bombings have ripped through a busy market in Iraq’s capital, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens. The rare suicide bombing attack Thursday hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned early elections and a severe economic crisis. Blood smeared
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un líder de Proud Boys, un grupo extremista que participó en la insurrección en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos, fue detenido y enfrenta cargos, dijeron funcionarios federales. Joseph Randall Biggs, de 37 años, de la Florida, fue arrestado el miércoles y enfrenta tres cargos: obstrucción de un procedimiento, ingreso a terrenos restringidos y
Continue Reading (CNN) — Funcionarios de salud de California autorizaron a proveedores reanudar «inmediatamente» la aplicación de la vacuna de Moderna de un lote específico después de una pausa a principios de esta semana debido a posibles reacciones alérgicas. El departamento de salud del estado dijo anteriormente que tenía conocimiento de menos de 10 personas que recibieron
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos puso pausa a las deportaciones durante 100 días, anunció el miércoles por la noche, aunque con algunas excepciones. La pausa anunciada sobre las deportaciones se une a una lista de cambios radicales realizados por el presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, solo horas después de asumir
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top adviser on the pandemic says the United States will again fund the World Health Organization and join its consortium aimed at sharing coronavirus vaccines fairly around the globe. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s quick commitment to the WHO marks a dramatic and vocal shift toward a more cooperative approach to
Continue Reading The US Capitol in Washington, DC, and state capitols across the country were under tight security as President-elect Joe Biden was inaugurated on Wednesday. After a pro-Trump mob attacked the US Capitol two weeks ago, the FBI warned of possible armed protests at the Capitol and all 50 state capitols in the days leading up
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Con un gol de Cristiano Ronaldo y otro de Álvaro Morata, la Juventus derrotó este miércoles al Napoli por 2-0 para consagrarse campeón de la Supercoppa Italiana. Ese fue el gol número 760 para el portugués, quien sigue trepando en el escalafón histórico de máximos goleadores. Corrían los 64 minutos del choque
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Mientras Joe Biden juraba como presidente de Estados Unidos, otra transición de poder tuvo lugar en las redes sociales. El miércoles, Biden y su equipo obtuvieron acceso a una larga lista de cuentas oficiales del Gobierno en las principales plataformas de redes sociales. Esto incluye la cuenta @POTUS en Twitter. Con solo
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Dave Russell is a light sleeper, but he never had any issues sharing a bed with his girlfriend, Izzy James, before the pandemic. Things began to change in March. Lockdown significantly altered Russell’s daily life. Like many people, he started working from home and limiting his contact with others, and he began to struggle to
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The United States could face as many as 100,000 more Covid-19 deaths in less than a month, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although the CDC’s new leader offered a glimmer of hope, saying that “healthier days lie ahead.” The nation reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths Wednesday, only the third
Continue Reading BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say twin suicide bombings have ripped through a busy market in Iraq’s capital, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens. The rare suicide bombing attack Thursday hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned early elections and a severe economic crisis. Blood smeared
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President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday looked a bit different from past ceremonies ushering in a new administration. The day’s historic events navigated heightened security measures in Washington, DC, Covid-19 precautions and the absence of the outgoing President, the first time that’s happened in more than a century and a half. Still, the unprecedented day
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As state leaders clamored for more Covid-19 vaccine doses, Joe Biden became President on Wednesday with an eye toward changing approaches to the pandemic that has claimed more than 400,000 lives in the US. Some state officials say they aren’t seeing as many doses as the federal government reports distributing and the demand for the
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China is rushing to build a massive quarantine camp that can house more than 4,000 people, after an outbreak of Covid-19 this month that has left tens of millions of people under strict lockdown. The quarantine camp is located on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital of Hebei province, which surrounds the country’s capital,
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Other inaugural celebrations have festooned chilly Washington, DC, nights in white ties, gilded gowns, and crowded dance floors. Not this one. Forget the imperial pomp, gaudy bunting, multi-kilowatt star power summoned, say, 60 years ago on this same night when John F. Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic President and the youngest man ever elected, was
Continue Reading (CNN) — En lo que constituyó su último espectáculo divisivo antes de dejar la Oficina Oval, Donald J. Trump es en el primer presidente en la historia moderna de Estados Unidos en renunciar a la tradición de asistir a la toma de posesión de su sucesor. En cambio, Trump —un magnate acostumbrado a llamar la
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden dijo el miércoles que el expresidente Donald Trump le dejó una «carta muy generosa» antes de salir de la Casa Blanca. Biden, en declaraciones desde el escritorio Resolute en la Oficina Oval después de firmar los decretos del primer día, dijo que no revelaría de inmediato el contenido de
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Human rights lawyer Tara Murray had hopes of somehow witnessing Kamala Harris’ vice-presidential oath in person. But a raging pandemic and the January 6 violent siege on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob got in her way. So on Wednesday, Murray — the founder of a pro-Harris group, Mamas for Momala — celebrated the
Continue Reading Fox News host Judge Jeanine successfully lobbied former President Donald Trump in an eleventh-hour effort to pardon her ex-husband in the final hours of Trump’s presidency, CNN has learned. Pirro was upset that her ex-husband Albert J. Pirro Jr. wasn’t on Trump’s final pardon list that came out early Wednesday morning, and that message was
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