Nancy Pelosi

Democrats pushing Biden’s COVID-19 bill through House panels

3:22 pm February 12, 2021

Washington : Democrats pushed half of President Joe Biden’s USD 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan through a House committee Thursday, advancing USD 1,400 payments for millions of Americans and other initiatives that Republicans call too costly, economically damaging and brazenly partisan. The Ways and Means Committee approved its USD 940 billion chunk of Biden’s proposal on a 25-18 party-line vote, highlighting a frenzied […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Riot aftermath: Still-shaken lawmakers, troops stand guard

11:54 pm February 6, 2021

Washington: On Jan 6, the US Capitol was besieged by supporters of Donald Trump angered by the then-president’s election loss. While lawmakers inside the building were voting to affirm Democrat Joe Biden’s win, Trump loyalists were marching to Capitol Hill and breaking in. Five people died in the violent melee, including a police officer. Trump’s impeachment trial begins Tuesday on a charge that he incited the […]

Biden calls out ‘political extremism’ at prayer breakfast

9:17 pm February 4, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden on Thursday called for a confrontation of the “political extremism” that inspired the US Capitol riot and appealed for collective strength during such turbulent times in remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, a Washington tradition that calls on political combatants to set aside their differences for one morning. The breakfast has sparked controversy in the […]

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 […]

Woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop freed from jail

10:42 pm January 21, 2021

Harrisburg: A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the US Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge decided Thursday. US Magistrate Judge Martin Carlson released Riley June Williams into the custody of her mother, with travel restrictions, and instructed her to […]