By James Oliphant (Reuters) – Last month, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds surrounded herself with members of the conservative parents-rights group Moms for Liberty when she signed a bill that outlawed…
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration was extending a pause on student loan repayments through Aug. 31 of this year, giving borrowers additional financial support…
By Clare Jim and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG -Hong Kong Chief Secretary John Lee, a security official during the global financial hub’s prolonged and often violent 2019 pro-democracy protests, said…
WASHINGTON -U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday after experiencing mild symptoms, the Commerce Department said. Raimondo, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, used an at-home…
(Reuters) – Rock n’ Roll singer and actor Bobby Rydell, a teen idol in the 1950s and 60s who starred in the hit movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie” and recorded…
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Justice will on Wednesday outline new enforcement actions “to disrupt and prosecute criminal Russian activity,” it said in a statement. Top Justice officials, including Attorney…
SHANGHAI – Shanghai is distributing to residents millions of boxes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), such as herbal products and flu capsules, which it says can treat COVID-19 in the…
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – In 2020, Mahinda Rajapaksa won elections to become Sri Lanka’s prime minister, serving under his brother and president Gotabaya. In 2021, another…
By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS -Multi-genre artist Jon Batiste won album of the year and R&B duo Silk Sonic took two of the top honors on Sunday at a Grammy…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – Advisers to South Korea’s president-elect sought redeployment of U.S. strategic assets, such as nuclear bombers and submarines, to the Korean peninsula during talks held on…
DUBAI -Iran has handed over documents related to outstanding issues to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday, as Tehran demands closure of the agency’s…
By Dan Whitcomb and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -A 27-year-old man who was seriously wounded in a shooting in Sacramento over the weekend that left six people dead was arrested on…
SHANGHAI – The elderly woman slouched in a chair in Shanghai’s cool spring weather as her three companions squabbled with police and others clad in white biohazard suits, the only…
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The International Space Station (ISS) is set to become busier than usual this week when its crew welcomes aboard four new colleagues from Houston-based startup Axiom…
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – This spring, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to roll back constitutional protections for abortion that have been in place since the 1973 Roe v.…
(Corrects description of Texas ban in 4th paragraph) By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -Oklahoma lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it illegal to perform an abortion in the…
WOLF: Biden Admin Pulled The Plug On Title 42. Now America Is In For A Reckoning Chad Wolf on April 5, 2022 The Biden administration has announced it will withdraw…
By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON -Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office in 2017 to tout the…
(Reuters) – A fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine lowered rates of COVID-19 among the elderly but the protection against infection appeared short-lived, a large study in Israel has found.…
‘Cynical Symbolism’: Biden’s Education Dept Issues New Rules To Crush Charter Schools Kendall Tietz on April 4, 2022 The Department of Education is proposing new rules that will give teachers…
REPORT: Biden Expected To Extend Moratorium On Student Loan Payments Harry Wilmerding on April 5, 2022 President Joe Biden is expected to pause student loan payments through Aug. 31, once…
NYC Fires City Worker Who Dared To Ask Why Toddlers Are Still Masked: REPORT Laurel Duggan on April 5, 2022 New York City employee Daniela Jampel was reportedly fired from…
Biden’s Decision To Kill Keystone XL Has Come Back To Haunt Him: REPORT Thomas Catenacci on April 5, 2022 The Biden administration is reportedly planning to boost imports of Canadian…
‘Wrought With Entitlement’: Florida Dems Forced Back To The Drawing Board Over Cratering Latino Support Sebastian Hughes on April 5, 2022 Democrats in Florida are admitting they may have to…
California City To Give Trans Residents $900 A Month Despite Resistance from Transgender Mayor Laurel Duggan on April 5, 2022 Palm Springs, California is set to debut a program giving…