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President Joe Biden’s choices for Transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, and Department of Homeland Security head, Alejandro Mayorkas, were confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday. Buttigieg received overwhelming bipartisan support – with a vote of 86 to 13 – to become the nation’s first openly gay Senate-confirmed cabinet secretary. Mayorkas got through with a tighter votoe of … Read more
More than 200 flights have been canceled as travel chaos hit the Midwest on Tuesday when up to 15 inches blanketed a few states during a major winter storm that left 100 million people under weather advisories. The storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the middle of the country while … Read more
Next week, a small airport in Iowa will become the first to implement a program to screen passengers for coronavirus symptoms before they enter security. Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the plans created by the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. If proven to be successful at deterring sick passengers from boarding flights, the … Read more
A new study that found traces of coronavirus in US blood samples from December last year is adding to the growing evidence that the virus was circulating for months before China announced its existence, casting more shadows over the truth about the pandemic and fuelling suspicions of a cover-up by Beijing. Claims the global outbreak … Read more
Coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million Americans, as of Wednesday night, marking a sobering milestone just under 11 months since the first case was identified in the U.S. on January 20. The U.S. remains the country with the most fatalities in the world, its 250,029 deaths exceeding the … Read more
Though many Democrats viewed President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic as his greatest weakness, election returns show that in places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support. In 376 counties with the highest number of new cases per capita, the overwhelming majority – 93 percent of those counties – went … Read more
Voters across the United States on Tuesday braved worries about getting sick, threats of polling place intimidation and expectations of long lines caused by changes to voting procedures to cast their ballot. The U.S. was on pace to exceed the 2016 presidential vote, driven largely by the nearly 102 million ballots cast ahead of Election … Read more
Voters across the United States on Tuesday braved worries about getting sick, threats of polling place intimidation and expectations of long lines caused by changes to voting procedures to cast their ballot. The U.S. was on pace to exceed the 2016 presidential vote, driven largely by the nearly 102 million ballots cast ahead of Election … Read more
President Donald Trump battled problems with his microphone at his fourth rally of the day on Monday. The sound on his microphone was so low it was nearly impossible to hear him speak when he addressed supporters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ‘Turn it up. Turn it up,’ the crowd of a few thousand shouted. ‘Can you … Read more
President Donald Trump kicked off his final day of campaigning with an old litany of complaints – against the polls, against Democratic rival Joe Biden, against the media, against his impeachment trial, and even against his 2016 foe Hillary Clinton. The president is holding five rallies in four states ahead of Election Day to make … Read more