WASHINGTON (AFP) – Parler, the social network popular among conservatives, could return to Apple’s App Store if it changes how it moderates posts on the platform, the tech giant’s CEO Tim Cook said Sunday (Jan 17). Apple suspended all downloads of the Parler app following the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, citing […]
WASHINGTON — The atmosphere was tense in the nation’s capital and at statehouses across the country on Sunday, where military vehicles and police barricades lined the streets and officials braced for the possible influx of pro-Trump protests amid concerns about potential violence. In Washington, the crowds were sparse by midday, but law enforcement and National […]
Some analogies can help in assessing the risks: a yo-yo, hungry bears, a sloshing bathtub and a reflating balloon. By Neil Irwin The warnings that higher inflation lurks around the corner are starting to show up everywhere. They are appearing in some business surveys, with companies looking to raise prices as they prepare for a […]
A 25-year-old New York man from the Hudson Valley was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents at his home on Saturday after he posted photos and videos on social media placing him outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 during the rampage by violent extremists. In the caption of one video, the man, Edward […]
LOS ANGELES (BLOOMBERG) – The Greater Los Angeles area has surpassed one million confirmed Covid-19 cases, though county scientists estimate actual infections are three times higher. The milestone means one in 10 people in LA County have tested positive at some point in the outbreak. The health department reported 14,669 new cases on Saturday (Jan […]
Thousands of migrants from Honduras have entered Guatemala and plan to continue north to the United States, potentially posing an early test of the immigration policies of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has pledged to ease the Trump administration’s restrictions on asylum. After a few hundred people were able to push past the border […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Overthrowing the government. Igniting a second Civil War. Banishing racial minorities, immigrants and Jews. Or simply sowing chaos in the streets. The ragged camps of far-right groups and white nationalists emboldened under President Donald Trump have long nursed an overlapping list of hatreds and goals. But now they have been galvanised by […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President-elect Joe Biden will issue a flurry of executive orders on his first day in office to start reversing some of President Donald Trump’s most contentious policies, the New York Times reported. The initial orders are expected to include a reversal of Trump’s travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries, and rejoining the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Two former Obama administration officials have emerged as front-runners for the top antitrust job at the US Department of Justice under the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. One of the picks is Renata Hesse, who has had several stints at the Justice […]
Overthrowing the government. Igniting a second Civil War. Banishing racial minorities, immigrants and Jews. Or simply sowing chaos in the streets. The ragged camps of far-right groups and white nationalists emboldened under President Trump have long nursed an overlapping list of hatreds and goals. But now they have been galvanized by the outgoing president’s false […]