Pete Buttigieg will testify before a Senate panel on Thursday considering his nomination for transportation secretary, putting the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor on the path to becoming the first Senate-confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet secretary. Buttigieg is expected to play a central role in President Joe Biden’s push for a bipartisan infrastructure package. During the campaign,
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is pledging to reopen most K-12 schools within 100 days — an ambitious goal as Covid cases surge and teachers across the country fight some plans to reopen. Teachers’ union leaders say they are pleased with Biden’s sense of urgency and focus, but they warn that the 100-day pledge may need to
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump left him a “very generous letter” before departing the White House. Biden, speaking from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office after signing Day One executive orders, said he would not immediately reveal the contents of the letter out of respect for Trump. “The President
Continue ReadingFormer Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton honored President Joe Biden Wednesday evening as America’s new leader in a joint message that emphasized the new President’s call for national unity. Appearing side-by-side in a video message recorded as part of the “Celebrating America” inauguration concert, the trio each wished Biden well as
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Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez delivered powerful performances at Wednesday’s inauguration. Gaga sang the national anthem, while Lopez performed a medley of patriotic songs that included “This Land Is Your Land.” Leading up the the event, Lopez shared a picture with National Guard troops near the Capitol, which she shared on Instagram. “What an honor
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “Let’s do this again tomorrow,” President Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki said at the close of her first White House press briefing on Wednesday, and many Americans, regardless of political bent, profession, state, or identity,
Continue ReadingThis year has not started well for Real Madrid. The Spanish giant was booted out of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday after a humiliating defeat to third-division club Alcoyano. Zinedine Zidane’s side had taken the lead through Eder Militao late in the first half but was forced into extra time by a late goal
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The European Union has joined a growing number of international voices calling for a probe into Ugandan election abuses and violence that left more than 40 people dead in the lead up to the polls. Opposition candidates were harassed by security forces, the media was suppressed by the government, and observers’ offices were raided, said
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(CNN Español) — Democracia, unidad, esperanza: las bases del discurso de toma de posesión de Joe Biden marcaron también las portadas de los diarios internacionales, que publicaron con alivio la llegada al poder del nuevo presidente de Estados Unidos. «La democracia ha prevalecido», dijo el diario británico The Guardian. «La democracia es preciada. La democracia es frágil.
Continue Reading There is a single winner of the Powerball lottery on Wednesday. “A single ticket sold in Maryland matched all six numbers in the Wednesday night Powerball drawing to win the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history,” according to an early Thursday morning release from Powerball. The winning numbers were: 40, 53, 60, 68, 69, plus Powerball
Continue ReadingNewly sworn in President Joe Biden and his advisers are inheriting no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump administration, sources tell CNN, posing a significant challenge for the new White House. The Biden administration has promised to try to turn the Covid-19 pandemic around and drastically speed up the pace of
Continue Reading (CNN) — En la primera mañana de la presidencia de Joe Biden, Estados Unidos cambió por completo y no cambió en absoluto. Ya destruyendo el legado de Donald Trump, Biden está demostrando el vasto potencial de su oficina para cambiar el rumbo de la nación en un segundo. Ha observado a nueve presidentes desde que
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un líder de Proud Boys, un grupo extremista que participó en la insurrección en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos, fue detenido y enfrenta cargos, dijeron funcionarios federales. Joseph Randall Biggs, de 37 años, de la Florida, fue arrestado el miércoles y enfrenta tres cargos: obstrucción de un procedimiento, ingreso a terrenos restringidos y
Continue Reading They’re scattered all over Europe but their perfect geometrical beauty can only be fully admired when seen from above. Like snowflakes viewed through a magnifying glass, there’s a dazzling fractal-like quality to the neat, intricate way they’ve been laid out — just that we’re not talking here about natural wonders. An entirely new, rational way
Continue Reading (CNN) — Funcionarios de salud de California autorizaron a proveedores reanudar «inmediatamente» la aplicación de la vacuna de Moderna de un lote específico después de una pausa a principios de esta semana debido a posibles reacciones alérgicas. El departamento de salud del estado dijo anteriormente que tenía conocimiento de menos de 10 personas que recibieron
Continue Reading Twin suicide bombs rocked a busy market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 13 people, a security official told CNN. Security forces say they pursued the two attackers before they blew themselves up. It was the first suicide attack to strike Baghdad in nearly two years. The first bomber entered the marketplace
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos puso pausa a las deportaciones durante 100 días, anunció el miércoles por la noche, aunque con algunas excepciones. La pausa anunciada sobre las deportaciones se une a una lista de cambios radicales realizados por el presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, solo horas después de asumir
Continue Reading The US Capitol in Washington, DC, and state capitols across the country were under tight security as President-elect Joe Biden was inaugurated on Wednesday. After a pro-Trump mob attacked the US Capitol two weeks ago, the FBI warned of possible armed protests at the Capitol and all 50 state capitols in the days leading up
Continue Reading Twin suicide bombs rocked a busy market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 13 people, a security official told CNN. Security forces say they pursued the two attackers before they blew themselves up. It was the first suicide attack to strike Baghdad in nearly two years. This is a breaking story, more
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Con un gol de Cristiano Ronaldo y otro de Álvaro Morata, la Juventus derrotó este miércoles al Napoli por 2-0 para consagrarse campeón de la Supercoppa Italiana. Ese fue el gol número 760 para el portugués, quien sigue trepando en el escalafón histórico de máximos goleadores. Corrían los 64 minutos del choque
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