$1 billion disasters in US hit record number in 2020
California fires, Atlantic hurricanes and a Midwest windstorm were among a record number of $1 billion disasters that hit ... Read More
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Trump’s future in right-wing media seen undimmed by Capitol riot
WASHINGTON — Facebook and Twitter suspended him. Cabinet officers have abandoned him. And members of Congress want to impeach him — again.
But even as Silicon Valley and Washington drew the line with President Donald ...Read more
Trump’s ‘death to asylum’ rule is blocked before it takes effect
The Trump administration’s final attempt to restrict U.S. asylum laws aimed at immigrants fleeing from oppression — coined “death to asylum” by its opponents — was blocked by a federal judge before it was to go ...Read more
Protest over shutdown planned at California Capitol days after arrests at Trump rally
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group opposed to California regional orders to halt the COVID-19 spread plans to host a rally at the state Capitol building Saturday, three days after a rally of President Donald Trump supporters ...Read more
Pelosi consults general on curbing Trump’s military power as House weighs impeachment
WASHINGTON — Amid mounting pressure to remove President Donald Trump from office, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday spoke to the nation’s top military leader about taking precautions to ensure against Trump rashly ...Read more
House talks impeachment as Biden focuses on inauguration
WASHINGTON — As House Democrats on Friday discussed whether to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, President-elect Joe Biden said “the quickest way” to remove Trump from office is through the Jan. 20 ...Read more
Capitol Police overhauls, once an afterthought, now at the forefront after riot
WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police, whose size and budget are equivalent to those of many metropolitan police departments, has typically received little attention from the lawmakers the force is sworn to protect despite ...Read more
Dunleavy administration will appeal federal government’s decision to reject Pebble permit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Dunleavy administration will file an administrative appeal to challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision denying a key permit for the proposed Pebble copper and gold project in Southwest ...Read more
Trump's Twitter account permanently suspended
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was permanently suspended Friday night, two days after his rhetoric and tweets were widely blamed for sparking a violent siege on the U.S. Capitol that left five ...Read more
Rubio waited until after Capitol attack to say politicians lied to Trump rioters
WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday in a video that the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol were “lied to by politicians who were telling them that the vice president had the power to change the election ...Read more
Florida adds more than 19,000 COVID-19 cases again as hospitalizations continue to rise
MIAMI — On Friday, Florida reported 19,530 new COVID-19 cases, 24 hours after reporting a record high single-day number of COVID-19 cases of 19,816 on Thursday.
Friday’s report by the Florida Department of Health ...Read more
2020 ends with unexpected job losses, raising worries about a longer economic winter
The surging COVID-19 pandemic is taking a bigger and more worrisome toll on the economy than expected, with employment falling last month for the first time since April and fears growing that a slower and tougher recovery ...Read more
Poll: Half of Republicans say Biden to blame for Trump supporters storming Capitol
A majority of Republican voters surveyed in a new poll said President-elect Joe Biden is at fault for the actions of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
The poll, which ...Read more
Illinois children’s boutique sues over retroactive taxation by California. ‘It’s basically going to be the end of my business’
When Isabel Rubinas launched Lollipop Seeds in 2012, the upscale children’s boutique was a small storefront in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood, and the fulfillment of a lifelong entrepreneurial dream.
The ...Read more
A self-pardon could invite the criminal charges Trump fears
WASHINGTON — Any move by President Donald Trump to pardon himself in his final days in office could backfire, legal experts say, inviting the incoming administration to challenge the unprecedented action by filing ...Read more
Helen Ubiñas: America’s addiction to 'normalcy' is how we got here and where we’ll stay
America, we have a problem.
And it’s not just the treasonous president who unleashed a mob of armed terrorists against a country he obscenely spent the last four years insisting he was making great again while ...Read more
Biden vows next COVID-19 stimulus on the way, names more Cabinet picks
President-elect Joe Biden vowed Friday to deliver immediate economic relief to Americans through a new coronavirus stimulus package just days after Democrats won control of the Senate.
Biden, who will assume the ...Read more
Trump permanently banned from Twitter
Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump late Friday, saying that allowing him to keep posting will heighten the risk of “further incitement of violence.”
The extraordinary action comes as Trump remains under...Read more
Editorial: The way forward for America after Trump
President Donald Trump’s decision to skip President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration ceremony disrupts yet another tradition in this country’s historic, peaceful transition of power. In this case, it is a ...Read more
Storming the Capitol may be new to Americans, but the violence is a familiar theme
Even living in a time of isolation, the shock waves that spread across the nation Wednesday were seismic. After insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, the first breach of its kind in more than two centuries, an ...Read more
As COVID-19 rages, an LA hospital plans to close its doors, sparking criticism and questions
LOS ANGELES — When health care workers at Olympia Medical Center reported for work on New Year's Eve, they were prepared for another grueling day of patient care amid L.A.'s worsening COVID-19 surge. What they weren't ...Read more
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