Key takeaways from the first confirmation hearings for Biden nominees
With just one day left until President-elect Joe Biden takes office, five of his Cabinet nominees faced Senate panels as part of the first step of…
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‘Several dozen’ of Trump’s pardons pushed by criminal justice reform groups, source says
Several dozen of President Donald Trump’s final slate of more than 100 pardons and commutations will be doled out to individuals whose cases…
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Members of extremist Oath Keepers group planned attack on US Capitol, prosecutors say
Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the first significant conspiracy charge in the US Capitol attack, alleging that three members of the so-called Oath…
Continue ReadingBaseball Hall of Famer Don Sutton dead at 75
Hall of Fame baseball player Don Sutton died Monday night at the age of 75, his son tweeted Tuesday. “Saddened to share that my dad passed away…
Continue ReadingSen. Hawley blocks quick consideration of Biden’s Homeland Security nominee over border wall questions
Sen. Josh Hawley blocked quick consideration of President-elect Joe Biden’s Homeland Security nominee, Alejandro Mayorkas, on Tuesday, leaving…
Continue ReadingIt’s Inauguration Eve, and Wall Street is feeling good
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Biden’s State Department pick reaches out for GOP allies as he promises policy shifts
Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the State Department, indicated to Congress Tuesday that he plans to emphatically…
Continue ReadingUS Army soldier allegedly attempted to help plan attack on soldiers abroad and 9/11 Memorial
A US Army soldier was arrested Tuesday on terrorism charges after federal prosecutors said he allegedly attempted to assist ISIS’ efforts to…
Continue ReadingBiden’s daughter Ashley on not having traditional hand-off at White House on Inauguration Day: ‘I think we’re all OK with it’
President-elect Joe Biden‘s daughter, Ashley Biden, did her first network television interview with another member of the small club of…
Continue ReadingTrump talked out of pardoning kids and Republican lawmakers
President Donald Trump received an unsettling warning on his final Saturday night in the White House. Huddled for a lengthy meeting with his legal…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden grieves Covid victims on eve of his inauguration: ‘To heal, we must remember’
One of the great tragedies of the past year, as some 400,000 Americans lost their lives to Covid-19, was not only that many victims died alone…
Continue ReadingMitch McConnell: Capitol Hill mob was ‘provoked’ by Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday directly blamed President Donald Trump for the deadly mob that attacked the Capitol, as the Senate…
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Brazilian officials were warned six days in advance of a looming oxygen crisis in Manaus
Local and federal officials in Brazil were warned of looming oxygen shortages nearly a week before crisis struck in the city of Manaus, the…
Continue Reading11 ways kids can take part in the presidential inauguration
If kids were actually going to school, they’d likely be watching Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on television and…
Continue ReadingHiland Dairy recalls batch of chocolate milk sold in Texas, saying it may contain food-grade sanitizers
NORMAN, Oklahoma — A batch of chocolate milk sold in Texas and Oklahoma has been recalled after it was discovered that some could contain…
Continue ReadingMajor news outlets name women to lead coverage of the Biden White House
At least six major news networks have assigned women to lead White House coverage of the Biden administration, raising the profile of female…
Continue ReadingTrump is handing Biden a more dangerous world. There’s only so much the new president can undo
The recent attack on the US Capitol served as a sobering wake-up call: Not only have the Trump years left America deeply divided, they’ve also…
Continue ReadingThe world marks 2 million coronavirus deaths. The real toll is likely much higher
It’s as if 10 of the world’s largest commercial jets fell out of the sky, every day for an entire year. The official global death toll…
Continue ReadingTiffany Trump announces engagement on her father’s final full day in office
Tiffany Trump, the youngest daughter of President Donald Trump, announced her engagement to Michael Boulos Tuesday. Her happy news — which…
Continue ReadingWoman who raced back into burning home to save animals dies in fire
Click here for updates on this story HOLLISTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A woman who raced back into her burning home to…
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Ohio police chief mourns an ‘amazing police officer’ who was killed during standoff
An Ohio police officer was shot dead Monday after a suspect, wanted for arson and vandalism at a Toledo cathedral, emerged from a standoff with…
Continue ReadingTrump administration leaves Biden with ‘confusing’ Covid-19 vaccine numbers and states in limbo
States across the country say they’re running low on coronavirus vaccine supply, with many officials insisting the vaccine delivery numbers…
Continue ReadingFor the first time in NFL history, a woman will officiate at the Super Bowl
Sarah Thomas already made history when she was named the first permanent female NFL official in 2015 and became the first female to officiate an NFL…
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Joe Biden arrives in Washington on eve of inauguration
President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Washington, DC, on Tuesday for the start of his inaugural ceremonies at a dark and solemn moment in American…
Continue ReadingNetflix crosses 200 million susbcribers milestone
Netflix — which was founded in 1997 as a rental company that sent you DVDs in the mail — crossed a major milestone on Tuesday, further…
Continue ReadingBiden transition finds culture of coronavirus denial throughout Trump’s federal government
Joe Biden’s transition team found a culture of coronavirus skepticism within Donald Trump’s federal government as they prepared to take…
Continue ReadingBiden announces Rachel Levine as pick for assistant secretary at HHS, would be first transgender Senate-confirmed federal official
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as assistant health secretary, and she would make history as the first out,…
Continue ReadingBitter, Trump skips chance to say splashy, high-profile farewell
A president’s most valuable commodity is time and Donald Trump is out of it. With a day remaining in his term, Trump was still consumed with…
Continue ReadingIt’s chaos as older people struggle to get a Covid-19 vaccine. Here is what you can do
Nancy Wilkinson knows her way around the internet. Retired from a career in IT support, the 66-year-old was unfazed by the hurdles her Decatur,…
Continue ReadingPompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’
With one day left in his tenure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to his taxpayer-funded Twitter account and denounced multiculturalism, saying it…
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