Politics Oct 08 White House blocks Donald Trump from withholding documents on Jan. 6 attack President Biden and White House officials on Friday formally blocked an attempt by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents from the House committee investigating the January 6th Capitol attack.
World Oct 08 Mexico returns 129 Haitian migrants to their homeland Mexico has sent another plane load of Haitian migrants back to their homeland on a flight carrying 129 people to Port au Prince.
Health Oct 08 WHO establishes clinical definition of long COVID The first official clinical definition of so-called long COVID has been agreed upon after global consultation and released to help boost treatment for sufferers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Politics Oct 08 WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House press briefing The White House said Friday President Joe Biden will not block a tranche of documents sought by a House committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Politics Oct 08 WATCH: Biden restores protections for national monuments President Joe Biden restored two sprawling national monuments in Utah, reversing a decision by President Donald Trump that opened for mining and development some red-rock lands sacred to Native Americans.
Economy Oct 08 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on September jobs report President Joe Biden addressed the disappointing jobs report Friday, insisting despite the weak numbers, his administration is making "real progress."…
Politics Oct 07 WATCH: Senate votes to extend borrowing, averting debt disaster The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default that experts warned would devastate the economy and harm millions of Americans.
Arts Oct 07 Sonia Sanchez wins Gish Prize for lifetime achievement Poet, educator and activist Sonia Sanchez is this year’s winner of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, a $250,000 lifetime achievement honor previously given to Chinua Achebe, Bob Dylan and Maya Lin among others.
Politics Oct 07 WATCH: Former U.S. special envoy to Haiti delivers remarks Foote resigned last month, saying that he did not want to be associated with what he called the United States’ “inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees” back to the island nation.
Arts Oct 06 WATCH: Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize in literature The award was in recognition of his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”…