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Democratic wins could strengthen Biden’s legislative push

9:25 pm January 9, 2021

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory in November was tempered by concerns that he would face Republican opposition in the Senate that could stymie him at every turn. Those worries eased this past week when Democrats swept two Senate special elections in Georgia, giving the party control of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2011. And the bipartisan outrage over the violent insurrection at the Capitol by pro-Donald […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Cohen seeks to dismantle Trump legacy, one podcast at a time

8:34 pm January 9, 2021

New York : The rehabilitation of Michael Cohen has reached a surreal new stage: Quizzing the actor Ben Stiller about his approach to impersonating him on “Saturday Night Live.” Since September, President Donald Trump‘s former lawyer and fixer has been producing a podcast from the Park Avenue apartment where he is serving the remainder of his prison sentence for lying […]

Indian-American Sabrina Singh named Dy Press Secretary in White House

3:24 pm January 9, 2021

Washington: Indian-American Sabrina Singh would serve as Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President in the White House, according to an announcement made by the Biden-Harris Transition. Singh was Press Secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris campaign. Prior to her role on the campaign, she served as senior spokesperson for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign and National Press Secretary for Cory Booker’s presidential campaign. She previously […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump decides not to attend President-elect Biden’s inauguration on Jan 20

11:09 pm January 8, 2021

Washington : President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration on January 20. He will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successors inauguration. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted. Trump offered no clues for how he would spent […]

Analysis: With call, Trump shows no limit to his power grab

9:35 pm January 5, 2021

Atlanta: President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to overturn the 2020 election results — laid out in stark detail in an hour long weekend phone call with a Georgia election official — are demonstrating his unrestrained determination to maintain a grip on power no matter the consequences for the nation’s democratic traditions. Trump, in a Saturday […]