Apr 06 WATCH: President Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 By Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Before he signed the law, Biden declared that the "Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation."… Continue reading
Apr 06 No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Minnesota prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in February. Continue reading
Apr 06 Rights groups charge Ethiopia with ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray region By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International charge in a new report that widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Continue reading
Apr 06 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki urges Republicans to reach deal on COVID funding By Associated Press Speaking at the briefing Wednesday, Psaki warned, "the virus is not waiting for Republicans in Congress to get their act together."… Continue reading
Apr 06 WATCH: House committee hearing on COVID-19 immigration rule Title 42 and asylum at the border By News Desk and Associated Press At the 2020 height of the pandemic, President Donald Trump imposed immigration curbs letting authorities immediately expel asylum seekers and migrants for public health reasons. … Continue reading
Apr 06 WATCH: House votes to hold Scavino, Navarro in contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe By News Desk and Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House has voted to hold former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress over their monthslong refusal to comply with subpoenas from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Continue reading
Apr 06 WATCH: President Biden says war in Ukraine is ‘far from over’ during trade union conference By Associated Press The U.S. on Wednesday announced a new wave of punishing “war crimes” sanctions on Russia that President Joe Biden said would cramp the country’s economy for years to come. Continue reading
Apr 06 Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration water rule By Associated Press The Supreme Court has reinstated, for now, a Trump-era rule that had curtailed the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways. Continue reading
Apr 06 WATCH: House Democrats accuse oil companies of ‘rip off’ on gas prices in hearing By News Desk and Matthew Daly, Associated Press House Democrats are accusing oil companies of "ripping off the American people" and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from higher gasoline prices amid the war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Apr 06 WATCH: Treasury Secretary Yellen says Russia’s aggression will have ‘enormous economic consequences’ By News Desk and Associated Press The United States and Western allies have imposed an avalanche of sanctions against Russia in the first weeks of the war. Continue reading