More Covid-19 fatalities discovered in US
New York--While Covid-19 deaths head lower and there are raising hopes the United States is turning a corner as vaccinations continue, states around the...
US Congress passes roughly $770bn defense spending bill for FY2022
Washington-- The US Senate voted to pass a roughly $770 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2022.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) cleared...
The decisive vote that turned Democrat Joe Manchin from ‘villain’ to ‘hero’
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Washington-- Democrat Joe Manchin from West Virginia has turned 'hero' from 'villain' by pulling through with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer to...
Biden signs bill into law to curb anti-Asian hate crimes
Washington--US President Joe Biden on Thursday afternoon signed a legislation to curb anti-Asian hate crimes that have skyrocketed during the Covid-19 pandemic in the...
Senate Republicans offer short-term debt-limit extension
Washington-- US Senate Republicans have proposed extending the federal government's debt limit into December in order to avert a looming debt default, local media...
Trump’s re-election campaign raised more than $30mn
Washington-- US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has raised more than $30 million in the first fundraising quarter of 2019, a top official has...
US Justice Department: Harvard Discriminates Against Asian-American Applicants
BOSTON--The Department of Justice filed a Statement of Interest on the side of the plaintiff in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President And...
Ex-cop gets record 10-yr sentence over US Capitol riots
New York-- A federal jury in New York has sentenced a former police officer to a record 10-year prison term for assaulting law enforcement...
WH says CDC can’t renew eviction ban for renters
Washington-- The White House said that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not have the legal authority to renew an...
‘US economic recovery would reverse into recession if debt limit not raised’
Washington-- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the country's economic recovery would reverse into recession if Congress fails to swiftly raise the...
