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Biden calls Trump threat to American democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack US President Joe Biden speaks in Statuary Hall on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2022. (Reuters photo)
US President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor, Donald Trump,... |
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Capitol riot anniv.: Biden to call out Trumps singular responsibility for carnage US riot police push back supporters of former US president Donald Trump after they stormed the Capitol building, on Jan 6, 2021. (Via AFP)
US President Joe Biden is set to tell Americans that former president Donald Trump carries "singular responsibility" for the deadly January 6 Capitol attack as... |
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Biden admin. keeps 22K people in ICE jails amid COVID surge Central American migrants wait for food in a makeshift detention center in El Paso, Texas. (File photo)
The administration of US President Joe Biden has placed a record number of migrants under detention, in a move that heightened alarm among advocates who call for the prisons to be closed amid a surge... |
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Warren: Some Republicans exploiting every possible avenue to maintain power Senator Elizabeth Warren
Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren says some Republicans are using every possible means to maintain their position in power.
"Today, Republican opponents of democracy are exploiting every possible avenue to allow their party to maintain control," Warren said during a speech... |
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US denies role in Kazakhstan uprising White House press secretary Jen Psaki is shown speaking to reporters on Wednesday. © Getty Images / Win McNamee
White House says ‘crazy Russian claims of US instigating civil unrest in Central Asia are ‘absolutely false
President Joe Bidens spokeswoman has denied that the US government... |
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Democrats seek political dividends from Jan. 6 riot, says former FBI agent Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Getty Images file)
Democrats and the mainstream media in the US are desperately trying to reap political dividends from the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, according to a former American spy and whistleblower.
Coleen Rowley, a... |
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Trump cancels Jan. 6 news conference amid GOP complaints In this file photo taken on November 24, 2020 US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on the stock market during an unscheduled appearance in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
Former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled a news... |
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George Floyds 4yo niece shot FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / Thomas Cristofoletti
The young girl reportedly sustained a serious bullet wound to the torso while asleep in the early hours of New Years Day
The four-year-old niece of George Floyd was struck in a shooting on New Years day, according to local media reports, which... |
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Biden could be impeached if GOP wins the House in 2022 midterms, Republican senator suggests US President Joe Biden speaks with members of the White House Covid-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant, on January 4, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
A top Republican senator has suggested... |
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Extremist groups continue to metastasize and recruit after Capitol riot: Study Members of the far-right group Proud Boys and supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in front of the US Capitol Building to protest against the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by the US Congress, in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. (Reuters photo)
Extremist groups... |
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Manchin on Bidens $1.75 trillion bill: No negotiation going on Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks during a hearing on a budget request for the Department of the Interior for 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 27, 2021. (Reuters photo)
It looks like US President Joe Bidens social spending and... |
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Americans quit their jobs at record pace © Getty Images / Joe Raedle
More than 4.5 million workers voluntarily walked away in November, leaving employers scrambling to fill empty slots amid a starved labor market
Americans are quitting their jobs at the fastest pace ever, exacerbating staffing shortages for restaurants, hotels, and... |
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400 people died in US in first 4 days of 2022: Gun Violence Archive Police officers patrol a street near the Nationals Park stadium as the game between the Washington Nationals and the San Diego Padres was suspended due to a shooting outside the ballpark in Washington, D.C., July 17, 2021. (Getty Images)
In the first four days of 2022, some 400 Americans have already... |
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COVID-19 infections spiking in US Capitol Coronavirus infections in the US Capitol have skyrocketed, according to a memo sent to lawmakers from Capitol physician Brian Monahan. (AP file photo))
Coronavirus infections in the United States Capitol have skyrocketed, with lawmakers and their staff members mostly getting affected by omicron and... |
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Trump children not to comply subpoenas from NY AG In this Nov. 2, 2020 file photo Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are seen during a US President Donald Trump campaign rally at Kenosha Regional Airport in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The eldest children of former President Donald Trump, Ivanka and Donald Jr., are not planning to comply with subpoenas from... |
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US judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Navy SEALs who refused COVID-19 vaccine The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, US, October 9, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A federal judge on Monday barred the US Department of Defense from punishing a group of Navy SEALs and other special forces members who refused COVID-19 vaccines on religious grounds.
US District Judge Reed... |
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Trump blasts low-life Twitter and Facebook as a disgrace to democracy Donald Trump on Monday evening blasted "low-life Twitter and Facebook," and called the social media networks "a disgrace to democracy." (AFP file photo)
Former US President Donald Trump has blasted "low-life Twitter and Facebook" after Twitter banned Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for... |
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US bank to pay $60mn for exposing personal data A Wall Street bank will pay millions to customers for failing to protect their personal information
US-based multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $60 million to settle a lawsuit by clients who claim the bank exposed their personal data by failing to upgrade its information... |
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US may slide into far-right dictatorship by 2030, warns Canadian academic An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. (Photo by Reuters)
The US could come under a "rightwing dictatorship" by 2030, a Canadian professor has warned, calling... |
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US Defense Secretary Austin tests positive for COVID-19 US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (File photo)
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement from him released by the Pentagon.
Austin is fully vaccinated and received a booster in early October. He last met President Joe Biden on Dec. 21, over a week before... |
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Jan. 6 committee looking at issuing subpoenas to Republican lawmakers: Chairman Pro-Trump protesters storm into the US Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by the US Congress, in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. (Reuters photo)
The congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack is... |
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Emboldened by Bidens faltering agenda, Republicans hope to recover lost ground in 2022 GOP congressional leaders hope to reclaim one, if not both, chambers of Congress in 2022.
Entering a pivotal election year and emboldened by a string of off-cycle electoral victories, a resurgent Republican Party is strategizing to reclaim one, if not both, chambers of Congress in 2022, as Democrats... |
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2021 ends as Chicagos deadliest year in a quarter century In this Nov. 11, 2020 file photo, Chicago police investigate the scene of a homicide and shooting on South Homan Avenue in Lawndale.
The year 2021 ended as one of the most violent on record in Chicago, as a rise in the number of shootings left more people dead than in any single year in a quarter... |
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Retired general warns US military could lead coup after 2024 election Former US president Donald Trumps supporters gather outside the Capitol building in Washington DC, the US, on January 6, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
As the anniversary of the Capitol insurrection approaches, a retired general has warned that the US military could lead a coup in the country after the 2024... |
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US embassies refuse to process applications from 300,000 Americans wishing to renounce citizenship A record number of Americans wish to give up their citizenship.
Americans living abroad who wish to renounce their citizenship have found themselves stuck in limbo as most US consular missions around the world have suspended their expatriation services for those seeking to officially sever their ties... |
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US moving towards fascism, racing to precipice: Chomsky Supporters of Donald Trump, with fur and horned hat, are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo by AP)
Renowned American scholar and political activist Noam Chomsky has warned that the United States is moving towards... |
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Bernie Sanders asks Warren Buffett to pay his workers better Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders
Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Warren Buffett, the ninth-richest person in the world, to settle a strike by 450 steelworkers at a company he owns and pay them better.
Sanders wrote a letter to the Berkshire Hathaway CEO, requesting that he... |
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Trump-appointed McWilliams resigns as US FDIC chair after power struggle Jelena McWilliams, the Republican chair of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, US, on October 18, 2021. (Reuters photo)
The Republican chair of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said... |
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US Muslim community shaken by spying incidents, call for action Muslims have been the target of increasing hostility in the US. (Photo by AP)
A Muslim-American advocacy group says it has uncovered a ‘mole in the leadership of one of its state branches as well as a ‘spy at a US mosque that passed information to an "anti-Muslim group".
The two shocking... |
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Most Republicans still consider Bidens victory as illegitimate: poll Most Republicans still consider Bidens victory as illegitimate: poll
A new US poll finds that 71% of Republicans still believe Joe Bidens victory in the November 2020 presidential election was illegitimate, and 22% of Republicans opined that the election result was "definitely not legitimate."
The... |
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