WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An heiress to the Publix Super Markets chain donated about $300,000 to fund a rally that preceded the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol this month by supporters of former President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The Journal said the funding from Julie Jenkins Fancelli, a prominent donor to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see some kids starting to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in the next few months. It’s a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the virus. Vaccines are not yet approved for children, but testing already is underway for those as young […]
Former US President Donald Trump has abruptly parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers little more than a week before his trial, it has been reported. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier have left the defence team in what one person described as a “mutual decision” following a difference of opinion on the direction of the […]
The police officer who was killed during the riots at the US Capitol will lie in honour at the building next week. Brian Sicknick, 42, died at the hands of violent Donald Trump supporters who stormed the Washington DC landmark on January 6 and has since been hailed for his heroism. The New Jersey officer, […]
After years of dealing with a mayor hostile to business, New York’s corporate leaders had hoped that the city’s next mayor would be different. Yet several of the leading Democratic candidates have backed positions unpopular to many in the business sector: raising taxes on the wealthy, cutting the police budget, a targeted guaranteed income program. […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Food banks, immigrant rights groups, and struggling colleges across the United States discovered a surprise benefactor last year as billions of dollars flowed into organisations hurting during the pandemic. Ms MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, unlocked a staggering sum of nearly US$6 billion (S$8 billion) in charitable gifts […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation on Friday for altering an email the Justice Department relied on in its surveillance of an aide to President Donald Trump during the Russia investigation. Kevin Clinesmith apologized for doctoring the email about Carter Page’s relationship with the CIA, saying he was “truly ashamed” […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The Pentagon halted plans to offer coronavirus vaccines next week to the 40 wartime prisoners at Guantanamo Bay after an outcry over whether the Defence Department was putting terrorism suspects before the American people. Mr John Kirby, a department spokesman, announced on Saturday (Jan 30) the reversal on Twitter, noting that none […]
The Capitol decked out in a fur hat with horns is now willing to testify against his former hero Donald Trump at the former president’s impeachment trial, according to his lawyer. Jacob Chansley of Arizona, who calls himself the “QAnon Shaman,” feels that he has been “betrayed” by Trump, who failed to pardon him and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The warden brought in to clean up the federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself has abruptly stepped down after a yearlong tenure marred by the rampant spread of the coronavirus, inmates’ complaints about squalid conditions, a smuggled gun and an inmate’s death. Marti Licon-Vitale, 54, quit the Metropolitan Correctional Center […]