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Congress was convulsed by controversy over the incendiary behavior of a freshman Republican from Georgia. Wall Street was roiled by insurgent amateurs trading in GameStop stock to punish giant hedge funds. But in a week of extremes, the biggest underlying story — and the central challenge facing the Biden administration — was the race to
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the life of Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson. Personal Birth date: December 19, 1924 (some sources say 1933) Death date: January 28, 2021 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Cicely Tyson Father: William Tyson, a carpenter and painter Mother: Theodosia Tyson Marriage: Miles Davis (1981-1988, divorced) Education: Attended New
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Over five decades in Washington, President Joe Biden has watched seven newly-elected presidents get started. Improbably, he has the chance for a stronger opening act than any of them. Just 12 days into Biden’s presidency, the emerging alignment of forces holds the promise of two giant early legislative breakthroughs. The potential for rapid payoffs in
Continue ReadingMaryland on Saturday became the second state to report a case of a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa — a strain that health experts say is more transmissible than previous ones. The announcement by the Maryland governor’s office came two days after South Carolina reported two cases of the strain. The Maryland case
Continue ReadingThe South Carolina Republican Party voted Saturday to formally censure Rep. Tom Rice for his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump in the latest example of an official GOP apparatus punishing Republicans who have dared to buck the former President. “We made our disappointment clear the night of the impeachment vote. Trying to impeach
Continue ReadingRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Saturday she had spoken with former President Donald Trump amid calls for her expulsion from Congress, saying she’ll “never apologize” as she faces backlash over controversial actions and recently resurfaced comments. In a series of tweets, the Georgia Republican said she was “so grateful for (Trump’s) support and more importantly
Continue ReadingThe 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump are facing a wave of anger at home, with Republican officials, donors and voters condemning their votes and primary challengers launching their campaigns early. The backlash has turned their 2022 primaries into tests of how long Trump can hold the stage in Republican
Continue ReadingJaydyn Carr was a GameStop shareholder long before the buying frenzy that sent share prices skyrocketing, and now the 10-year-old investor has cashed in, making almost $3,200. His mother, Nina Carr, told CNN that she bought Jaydyn 10 shares of the company’s stock in 2019 as a Kwanzaa present, because she wanted to teach him
Continue ReadingAt least four new variants of the coronavirus are keeping scientists awake at night. One, first identified in southeast England, has now shown up in at least 50 countries and appears to be spreading more efficiently than older variations of the virus. Its appearance has frightened political leaders, who have closed borders and imposed travel
Continue ReadingAn earlier plan to give Guantanamo Bay detainees the Covid-19 vaccine has been paused as of Saturday, according to a US Pentagon official. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a Saturday afternoon tweet that no Guantanamo Bay detainees have been given a Covid-19 vaccine and announced that the Department of Defense is “pausing the
Continue ReadingA California sheriff’s deputy was arrested and charged on Friday with felony vandalism and falsely reporting a crime for allegedly staging a “shocking ambush,” according to the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office. A year ago, on January 31, 2020, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sukhdeep Gill reported that “he was shot from a
Continue ReadingIf you’re pregnant during the pandemic, major medical groups in the United States have a clear message for you — please consider being vaccinated against Covid-19. “US regulatory bodies and medical experts have clearly stated that all eligible pregnant individuals should have the choice to receive the vaccine,” said Dr. Christopher Zahn, vice president of
Continue ReadingA Virginia dad, frustrated with the lack of options to send his children to school during the coronavirus pandemic, stood before a county school board delivering a passionate speech. “You’re a bunch of cowards hiding behind our children as an excuse to keep our schools closed,” Brandon Michon said at a Loudoun County School Board
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, who has been vaccinated for Covid-19, tested positive for the virus on Friday afternoon and remains asymptomatic, according to his spokeswoman. “This afternoon U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch received a positive test result for COVID-19 after a staff member in the Congressman’s Boston office had tested positive earlier in
Continue ReadingKelli Ward on Friday rejected calls for an audit into her recent reelection as the chair of the Arizona Republican Party and other party races, arguing that the state GOP does not have the structure to review them. “We don’t have the structure to be able to do an audit,” she said on KFYI’s radio
Continue ReadingAs health experts warn that highly contagious coronavirus variants could soon worsen the spread in the US, the country is about to require masks on public transportation. The pending order from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes as the country wraps up its deadliest month of the pandemic. The CDC announced an
Continue ReadingAn Austrian man who died in December has left an undisclosed fortune to the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon to thank residents for hiding his family from Nazis during World War II. Erich Schwam, a Jewish refugee who arrived in the village with his mother and father in 1943, bequeathed a sum thought to be
Continue ReadingThe foundation set up by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has called on US President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on at least eight high profile Russian figures it says are close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) said it had submitted a broader list of 35 people in total in a
Continue ReadingA recommendation from the acting chief of the US Capitol Police for permanent fencing and other enhanced security measures around the US Capitol in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection has been met with resistance from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and from the mayor of Washington. Acting chief Yogananda Pittman proposed
Continue ReadingGrammy-nominated experimental pop artist and producer Sophie Xeon — publicly known as SOPHIE — died in a “terrible accident” on Saturday morning aged 34, according to a statement from the musician’s record label Transgressive. “Tragically our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident. True to her spirituality she had climbed up to
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