Jun 04 Haaland sends recommendation on Utah monuments to president By Brady McCombs, Associated Press Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made her recommendation about whether to reverse President Donald Trump's decision to downsize two sprawling national monuments in Utah. But details on her decision have not yet been released. Continue reading
Jun 04 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds news briefing By Associated Press White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday announced that the U.S. government had delivered one million vaccines doses had been sent to South Korea. Continue reading
Jun 04 Facebook suspends Donald Trump’s accounts for 2 years By Associated Press Facebook says it will suspend former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan.6 insurrection. Continue reading
Jun 04 After 2-year battle, House panel to interview Trump counsel McGahn By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The House Judiciary Committee is poised to question former White House counsel Don McGahn behind closed doors on Friday, two years after House Democrats originally sought his testimony as part of investigations into former President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jun 04 WATCH: Pence says he’ll likely never see eye to eye with Trump on Jan. 6 By Michael Casey, Associated Press Former Vice President Mike Pence says that he isn't sure that he and former President Donald Trump will ever see "eye to eye" over what happened on Jan. 6 but that he would "always be proud of what we accomplished… Continue reading
Jun 04 U.S. taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country By Elliot Spagat, Julie Watson, Associated Press The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country. Continue reading
Jun 04 WATCH: Biden touts new May jobs report By Associated Press His comments came Friday after the latest report showed U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May, according to the Labor Department. Continue reading
Jun 03 Czech coalition government survives no-confidence vote By Associated Press The Czech coalition government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis has survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Jun 03 U.S. to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing, Biden announces By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The White House says the U.S. will swiftly share millions more doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world. The U.S. will be directing most of the excess doses through the lagging UN-backed international COVAX program. Continue reading
Jun 03 Some fear Republicans’ post-Trump actions are eroding democracy By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press To advocates of democracy, the persistence of Republicans' election denial shows how the party is increasingly open to bucking democratic norms. That's raising the prospect that Republicans might take the extraordinary step of refusing to certify future elections if they… Continue reading