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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

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

Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary

8:47 pm January 19, 2021

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate. A pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, Levine was appointed to her current post by Democratic Gov Tom Wolf in 2017, making her one of the few […]

Police command structure crumbled fast during Capitol riot

11:14 pm January 18, 2021

Washington: As the rioters stormed the US Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. There was no direction. No plan. And no top leadership. One cop ran from one side of the building to another, fighting hand-to-hand against rioters. Another decided to respond to any […]

Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

In inaugural address, Biden will appeal to national unity

9:41 pm January 17, 2021

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he is sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies, his incoming chief of staff said Sunday. Biden intends a series of executive actions in his first hours after […]

‘Clear the Capitol,’ Mike Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows

Statehouses, US capital brace for potentially violent week

9:33 pm January 17, 2021

Waghington: The threat of extremist groups descending on statehouses across the country in demonstrations Sunday prompted some governors to roll out a massive show of force and ramp up security, less than two weeks after a mob overran the nation’s Capitol. Fencing, boarded-up windows and lines of police and National Guard troops have transformed statehouse […]