6 killed in Texas accident involving 130 vehicles

A massive crash involving more than 130 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate left six people dead and dozens injured Thursday amid a winter storm that dropped freezing rain, sleet and snow on parts of the US.
12 February 2021, 07:50 AM

China will ‘eat our lunch,’ Biden warns after clashing with Xi on most fronts

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a “disaster” for both nations.
11 February 2021, 19:51 PM

Trump is off platform for good, even if he runs again: Twitter

Twitter will not allow former president Donald Trump back on the platform even if he runs for office again, the company's chief financial officer said Wednesday.
11 February 2021, 09:02 AM

In chilling video, Democrats focus Trump trial on mob's threat to his fellow Republicans

House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump’s impeachment trial for inciting the deadly siege of the Capitol played chilling security video on Wednesday showing members of the pro-Trump mob searching the building for his vice president, chanting: “Hang Mike Pence!”
11 February 2021, 04:57 AM

Trump Impeachment: Senate votes to proceed with trial

A divided US Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday to move ahead with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol, but Republican senators made clear how difficult it will be to win a conviction.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM

1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minnesota health clinic

A 67-year-old man unhappy with the health care he’d received opened fire at a clinic Tuesday, killing one person and wounding four others, and bomb technicians were investigating a suspicious device left there and others at a motel where he was staying, authorities said.
10 February 2021, 04:43 AM

Biden administration moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Council

US President Joe Biden’s administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over what his administration called bias against Israel and a lack of reform.
8 February 2021, 06:13 AM

Biden foresees ‘extreme competition’ with China, not ‘conflict’

US President Joe Biden anticipates the US rivalry with China will take the form of “extreme competition” rather than conflict between the two world powers.
8 February 2021, 04:58 AM

Biden admin suspends Trump asylum deals with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

The Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately suspending Trump-era asylum agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, part of a bid to undo his Republican predecessor’s hardline immigration policies.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM

‘America is back’

US President Joe Biden on Thursday promised a new era after the scattershot foreign policy of his predecessor, Donald Trump, declaring “America is back” on the global stage in his first diplomatic address as president.
5 February 2021, 18:00 PM

House impeachment managers ask Trump to testify under oath next week

US House of Representatives impeachment managers asked former President Donald Trump yesterday to provide testimony under oath about his conduct before the violent breach of the Capitol in rioting on Jan. 6.
4 February 2021, 19:10 PM

Family members won’t weigh in on any government decisions: US President Biden

United States’ President Joe Biden has promised that no one in his extended family will weigh in on government decisions in an interview with People magazine published Wednesday, reports CNN.
3 February 2021, 18:26 PM

Trump Impeachment Trial: Trump lawyers, Democrats spar at pre-trial brief

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Tuesday the US Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic lawmakers due to serve as prosecutors called him singularly responsible for the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM

Biden signs immigration orders as Congress awaits more

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a second spate of orders to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, demonstrating the powers of the White House and its limitations without support from Congress.
3 February 2021, 06:42 AM

‘He invited us’: Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defense

Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off rioters storming the US Capitol on January 6.
2 February 2021, 19:45 PM

'He invited us': Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defense

Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off rioters storming the US Capitol on Jan. 6.
2 February 2021, 15:50 PM

Trump parts with impeachment lawyers a week before trial

Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday.
31 January 2021, 05:53 AM

US Capitol police officer who died after riot to lie in honor

The US Capitol police officer who died after being injured in the January 6 attack by pro-Trump rioters will lie in honor at the building’s Rotunda, lawmakers said Friday, a mark of respect rarely bestowed.
30 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Trump flexes political muscle, meets top House Republican

Donald Trump met with US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in Florida Thursday amid a tug of war over the Republican Party’s future, with congressional leadership appearing eager to present a united front with the former president.
29 January 2021, 18:00 PM

US judge blocks Biden’s deportation freeze

A US federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing a 100-day pause on deportations.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM