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In Georgia, Biden’s presidency meets early defining moment

2:45 pm January 2, 2021

Atlanta : Usually it’s a president’s first midterm election that reorders a White House’s political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office. Two runoffs Tuesday in Georgia will decide which party controls the Senate and, thus, how far the new president can reach legislatively on […]

Biden criticizes pace of vaccine rollout, vows to accelerate

12:21 pm December 30, 2020

Wilmington : President-elect Joe Biden has criticised the Trump administration for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that “things will get worse before they get better” when it comes to the pandemic. “We need to be honest — the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough, very tough for our nation. Maybe the […]

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Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages

3:08 pm December 27, 2020

Washington: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections. The fate of the bipartisan package remained in limbo Sunday as Trump continued to demand larger COVID relief checks and […]

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US blacklists top Chinese chipmaker, alleging military ties

10:35 pm December 18, 2020

Washington: The Trump administration blacklisted China’s top chipmaker Friday, limiting the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp’s access to advanced US technology because of its alleged ties to the Chinese military. “We will not allow advanced US technology to help build the military of an increasingly belligerent adversary,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement explaining the decision to put SMIC on […]

Biden wants Census Bureau to ensure everyone is counted accurately

11:57 pm December 1, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said the Census Bureau must ensure that every American is counted accurately in the ongoing nationwide population counts. Biden said that he hoped the US Supreme Court rejects a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to exclude from the census the immigrants living illegally in the country. The apex court heard a case on Tuesday regarding […]