Jun 18 Iran votes in presidential poll tipped in hard-liner’s favor By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Iranians are voting in a presidential election dominated by a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after authorities disqualified nearly all of his strongest competition. Continue reading
Jun 18 WATCH: Biden announces 300 million COVID-19 shots given in 150 days By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The president noted that 65 percent of adults have received at least one shot, setting the stage for most Americans to have a relatively normal summer as businesses reopen and employers hire. Continue reading
Jun 18 WATCH: Kamala Harris delivers remarks on COVID vaccination effort By Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Atlanta on Friday to tour a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor until his assassination in 1968. Continue reading
Jun 17 Supreme Court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labor suit By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The companies had been sued by a group of six adult citizens of Mali that claimed they were taken from their country as children and forced to work on cocoa farms in neighboring Ivory Coast. Continue reading
Jun 17 Voting bill showdown looms as GOP rejects Manchin plan By Brian Slodysko, Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press The Senate will take a key vote next week on a sweeping rewrite of voting and election law, setting up a dramatic test of Democratic unity on a top priority that Republicans are vowing to block. Continue reading
Jun 17 EPA chief reinstates science advisory board he dismantled By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The five women and two men on the panel include three people of color, making it the most diverse panel since the committee was established more than 40 years ago. Continue reading
Jun 17 Juneteenth is now a national holiday. How did it come to pass? By Associated Press The United States government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called "Juneteenth."… Continue reading
Jun 17 Texas joins list of states dropping permit rules for guns By Lindsay Whitehurst, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Texas will now let people carry handguns without first getting a background check and training. It's the latest and largest on a growing list of states to roll back permitting requirements for carrying guns in public. Continue reading
Jun 17 WATCH: Pelosi calls Supreme Court ACA decision a ‘landmark victory’ By Associated Press The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact in ruling that Texas, other GOP-led states and two individuals had no right to bring their lawsuit in federal court. Continue reading
Jun 17 Ex-President Gbagbo back in Ivory Coast after acquittal By Yesica Fisch, Associated Press Gbagbo was extradited to the International Criminal Court at The Hague in 2011 and spent eight years awaiting trial on war crimes charges. A judge acquitted him in 2019, saying prosecutors had failed to prove their case. Continue reading