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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

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 […]

Mizoram churches reopen after over 10 months

Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight

11:11 pm January 3, 2021

Atlanta: For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument to the history of Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the legacy of an activist icon. It took a high-stakes Senate race and a Trump-era cultural debate to thrust Ebenezer Baptist Church into the center of the current […]

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 […]

GOP senator rebukes ‘dangerous ploy’ to fight Biden victory

3:28 pm January 1, 2021

Washington: Republican Sen Ben Sasse of Nebraska has issued a pointed rebuke of GOP attempts to object Jan 6 to the Electoral College tally of the presidential election, warning colleagues against a “dangerous ploy” that could damage the nation’s civic traditions. Sasse, a potential 2024 presidential contender, posted a lengthy explanation Thursday of his views on social media, […]

US group opposes Biden admin's steps on H1B visas

Trump extends freeze on H-1B, other work visas until March 31; Indian IT professionals to be hit

3:14 pm January 1, 2021

Washington : US President Donald Trump has extended the freeze on the most sought-after H-1B visas by Indian IT professionals, along with other types of foreign work visas and green cards through March 31 to protect American workers, saying that the reasons for which he had imposed such restrictions amidst the pandemic has not changed. The freeze on various categories of work visas […]