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Fauci says vaccine goal would cover 67 million

11:41 pm January 24, 2021

Washington: Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that President Joe Biden’s goal of administering 100 million vaccinations in the first 100 days actually means about 67 million Americans should be protected from COVID-19 during that time. Fauci, the government’s top infectious diseases expert, said the president’s goal refers to 100 million shots, not people. Current vaccines require two shots. […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Citizenship data is latest rollback of Trump census efforts

11:15 pm January 23, 2021

Washington: The US Census Bureau is suspending efforts to create neighborhood-level statistics on the citizenship of residents, using 2020 census data, in the latest rollback of Trump administration census-related initiatives that critics feared would be used to favor Republicans and whites during the drawing of state and local districts. As part of an order President Joe Biden signed Wednesday on the 2020 census, […]

Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’

At 78 and the oldest president, Biden sees a world changed

10:14 pm January 23, 2021

Washington: When Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president, he became not only the oldest newly inaugurated US chief executive in history but also the oldest sitting president ever. Biden was born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was 78 years, two months and one day old when he was sworn in on […]

Trump shuns ‘ex-presidents club’ — and the feeling is mutual

3:21 pm January 23, 2021

Washington : It’s a club Donald Trump was never really interested in joining and certainly not so soon: the cadre of former commanders in chief who revere the presidency enough to put aside often bitter political differences and even join together in common cause. Members of the ex-presidents club pose together for pictures. They smile and pat […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Maduro sent letter to Iran’s Leader accrediting US fugitive

11:21 pm January 22, 2021

Miami: A Colombian businessman was carrying a letter from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accrediting him to Iran’s supreme leader when he was arrested on a US warrant last year, according to a new court filing in a politically charged corruption case ratcheting up tensions with the South American nation. Attorneys for Alex Saab made the filing in Miami federal […]