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Democrats decry Bidens poor Omicron response, say nation at crossroads Bernie Sanders wearing a mask in December of 2021 while speaking with media members. (File photo)
Frustrated with the governments lackluster response to the rising tide of new COVID-19 cases, Democratic lawmakers in the US are pressing the Biden administration to do better in curbing the pandemic... |
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GOP leader dubs Jan. 6 riot probe committee as illegitimate, refuses cooperation US House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has rejected a congressional committee investigation into the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol as "illegitimate" and "abuse of power." (Photo by AP)
A top Republican leader in the US Congress has refused to cooperate with a... |
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Struggling with recruitment, US Army offers largest enlistment bonus ever The US Army has been struggling to rope in new recruits to fill critical military posts as the pandemic continues to rage on furiously in the country. (AP Photo)
Struggling with new recruitment amid coronavirus-related disruptions, the US Army has increased its enlistment bonus by 25 percent, offering... |
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Top Republican blasts Bidens speech as incoherent and unpresidential Mitch McConnell and then US vice president Joe Biden participate in a mock swearing-in on Capitol Hill in January 2015. (AFP Photo)
The US Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell, has ripped into President Joe Bidens speech in which he urged the Senate to change its filibuster rules to pass voting... |
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58% of Americans believe US democracy in danger of collapse: Poll A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. 2021. (Reuters photo)
One year after the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, six out of 10 Americans believe the countrys democracy is in danger of collapse, according... |
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US ill-treatment of its spies not an exception, but a rule This file photo shows Nizar Zakka (C), a Lebanese national, who was detained and imprisoned in Iran over spying for the US, in 2015. (By AFP)
The United States has long been neglecting its informants recruited from other countries to spy for Washington, after they get in trouble.
Citing several informants,... |
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Gaffe Machine: Internet cracks up as Biden again calls his VP President Harris The 79-year old US President Joe Biden has earned a dubious reputation for his occasional gaffes. (Getty Images)
US President Joe Biden has earned a dubious reputation globally for his occasional off-the-cuff remarks, verbal gaffes and Freudian slips, which often land him into troubled waters.
In... |
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US Sen. Rand Paul driving violent threats against me: Fauci says Dr. Anthony Fauci (Left) and Senator Rand Paul spar during a Senate health hearing on Tuesday.
Top US scientist Anthony Fauci has accused a vaccine skeptic Republican senator of spreading misinformation which has provoked threats of violence against him and his family while distracting the Americans... |
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Biden calls for changing Senate rules to allow voting bills to pass President Joe Biden speaks in support of changing the Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, at Atlanta University Center Consortium, on the grounds of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta. (AP Photo)
President Joe Biden has called for a historic... |
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Close Guantanamo and end 20 years of lawlessness and cruelty: US Muslim lawmaker Members of the group Witness Against Torture protest against the Guantanamo Bay prison outside the White House, 2019.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says January 11 - which marks 20 years since the opening of Guantanamo Bay - should be "a day to reflect and to act," urging Americans to build pressure on President... |
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#BareShelvesBiden trends on Twitter as US shoppers encounter food shortages This picture shows nearly empty store shelves on October 26, 2021 in New York City. (File photo by AFP)
#BareShelvesBiden hashtag is trending on Twitter as American shoppers encounter food shortages in shops across the country.
US media reports on Monday cited numerous sources citing food supply chain... |
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US judge questions judge Trumps actions during his speech on January 6 A protester holds a bust of Donald Trump after storming the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. (AFP photo)
A federal judge in Washington, DC, has questioned then-US President Donald Trumps actions during his speech on January 6, 2021, that led to the brief occupation of that the Capitol Hill building... |
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Republican senator hits back at Trump, saying he lost the 2020 election Republican US Senator Mike Rounds from South Dakota
Republican US Senator Mike Rounds from South Dakota has fired back at former President Donald Trump and rejected his claims about the outcome of the disputed 2020 presidential election, saying he "lost" the vote.
Rounds issued a fiery statement... |
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Trump blasts GOP senator who called 2020 election fair Republican US Senator Mike Rounds from South Dakota
Former US President Donald Trump has blasted Republican Senator Mike Rounds after the South Dakota lawmaker rejected Trumps claims about the outcome of the disputed 2020 presidential election.
Rounds on Sunday said that he didnt subscribe to Trumps... |
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US House top Dem. steps up attack on GOP: Legislative continuation of Jan. 6 TOPSHOT - Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (C), D-CA, bows her head during a minute of silence during a prayer vigil on the first anniversary of the assault on the US Capitol, on the East Steps of the Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2022. (AFP photo)
US House speaker... |
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US federal agencies to take disciplinary action against unvaccinated employees US President Joe Biden
Federal agencies in the United States are preparing to take punitive action against employees who are not complying with President Joe Bidens controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Some agencies plan to notify unvaccinated federal employees that they might get suspended,... |
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Advocates frustrated with Bidens foot-dragging on Guantanamo closure File photo shows Detention Center Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Human rights advocates are increasingly frustrated with US President Joe Biden for failing to deliver on a pledge to close Guantanamo Bay a year into his presidency, leaving inmates languishing in the notorious offshore prison with... |
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Jan. 6 committee will ask Mike Pence to answer questions: Chair says Former US vice president Mike Pence
The congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack will ask former US vice president Mike Pence to answer its questions, according to the panels chairman.
"I think you could expect that before the months out," Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the Select... |
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Both Republican and Democratic parties are funded by corporations: Analyst The US Capitol building in Washington, DC.
The mainstream US media takes its marching orders from the leadership of Republican and Democratic parties, who are funded by the corporations, according to American political analyst and activist Myles Hoenig.
Hoenig, a former Green Party candidate for Congress,... |
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US panel probes Trump over potential criminal conspiracy to stop Bidens certification Donald Trump supporters rioted at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. (Photo by AP)
A US House panel, investigating the deadly January 6 Capitol attack, reportedly has evidence that suggest former President Donald Trump oversaw a criminal conspiracy to stop President Joe Bidens certification with the... |
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As spending bill stalls, Biden climate goals remain elusive The US Capitol is seen in Washington, early Dec. 17, 2021. (AP photo)
US President Joe Biden faces a steep path to achieve his ambitious goal of slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, amid legislative gridlock that has stalled a $2 trillion package of social and environmental... |
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US states face threat of violent insurrection: ex-homeland security chief Donald Trumps supporters clash with police and security forces outside the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The United States is too consumed with the events surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, leaving it unprepared for the evolving threat of another potential insurrection at the state level, according... |
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Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical of Bidens vaccine policy for businesses US President Joe Biden
Conservative US Supreme Court justices on Friday questioned the legality of President Joe Bidens pandemic-related vaccine-or-testing mandate for large businesses but appeared more receptive to his administrations vaccine requirement for healthcare facilities at a time of surging... |
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Ex-president Jimmy Carter: US at genuine risk of civil conflict The US Capitol building raid on January 6 last year was the moment America woke up to growing divisions that may yet tear the country apart.
Former US president Jimmy Carter has warned that America "teeters on the brink of a widening abyss," amid heightened political division in the country.
"Our... |
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Three white men sentenced to life in prison for killing Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery Ahmaud Arberys mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, (C) walks out of the Glynn County Courthouse surrounded by relatives and supporters after a judge sentenced his sons killers to life in prison in Brunswick, January 7, 2022. (photo by AP)
A judge in the US state of Georgia has sentenced three white men... |
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US not scaling back troop deployments and military exercises in Eastern Europe: White House Troops from the US, Poland, Britain, and Romania take part in a joint military exercise at the military training ground in Bemowo Piskie on Nov. 18, 2021. (Photo by Getty Images)
The administration of US President Joe Biden has rejected a media report that the US is ready to propose scaling back troop... |
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Trump: Democrats and media driving America into the ground Then-US President Donald Trump speaks during the rally that came before the Capitol protest on January 6, 2021. (AP file photo)
Former US President Donald Trump on Friday delivered a forceful rebuke of Democrats and the media a day after the anniversary of the brief January 6 occupation of Capitol... |
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Democrats quietly explore barring Trump from office over Capitol attack In this file photo taken on May 13, 2019 Hungarys Prime Minister Viktor Orban listens while US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
A handful of Democrats, alongside some constitutional scholars and pro-democracy... |
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US insurrection anniversary highlights threat of domestic terrorism (FILES) In this file photo taken on January 06, 2021 Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
The US, the self-proclaimed flag-bearer of democracy, was dealt a devastating blow to its image by insurrectionists, apparently encouraged by... |
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Trump: Bidens political theater a distraction from failed presidency Former US President Donald Trump (AFP)
Former US President Donald Trump has denounced President Joe Bidens fiery speech on the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol calling the remarks "political theater."
In his speech, Biden accused Trump of creating a "web of lies" to pursue "power... |
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