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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

How a leading anti-Trump group ignored a crisis in its ranks

6:37 pm February 11, 2021

Washington: Last June, the Lincoln Project was on a high. Led by several prominent former Republican consultants, its slickly produced ads attacking President Donald Trump made it perhaps the best known of the so-called Never Trump organisations. The group tried to claim a higher moral ground in an effort to purge Trump from the GOP. Money flowed in by the tens of millions […]

Biden, Yellen say GOP virus aid too small, Democrats push on

8:55 pm February 3, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden panned a Republican alternative to his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan as insufficient as Senate Democrats pushed ahead, voting to launch a process that could approve his sweeping rescue package on their own, if Republicans refuse to support it. Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen joined the Democratic senators for a private virtual meeting Tuesday, both declaring the […]

Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

Budget office projects 4.6 per cent growth in Biden’s first year

10:42 pm February 1, 2021

Washington: The Congressional Budget Office expects the US economy will grow at a 4.6 per cent annual rate this year, with employment returning to pre-pandemic levels in 2024. The 10-year outlook issued Monday said the economic recovery from the coronavirus has been boosted by an unprecedented wave of government spending to combat the outbreak, such […]

Justice Dept drops Yale admissions discrimination lawsuit

FBI: Pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were planted night before riot

11:48 pm January 29, 2021

Washington: Two pipe bombs left at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees, discovered just before thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol, were actually placed the night before, federal officials said Friday. The FBI said the investigation had revealed new information, including that the explosive devices were placed outside the two buildings between 7:30 pm […]

Veteran activists campaign for Biden’s immigration reform

1:49 pm January 26, 2021

Renton: Immigrant rights activists energised by a new Democratic administration and majorities on Capitol Hill are gearing up for a fresh political battle to push through a proposed bill from President Joe Biden that would open a pathway to citizenship for up to 11 million people. The multimillion-dollar #WeAreHome campaign was launched Monday by national groups including United We Dream and the United […]