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115,000 more Americans will die of COVID-19 in January: Model predicts Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 6, 2020 in New York. (AFP photo)
COVID-19 will kill 115,000 more Americans in January alone as 348,000 have already died since the start of the pandemic across the US, according... |
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GOP-led Senate rebukes Trump, backs military spending $740 billion bill US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives before a cloture vote on overriding the veto on the National Defense Authorization Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 1, 2021. (Reuters photo)
The US Senate overrides President Donald Trumps veto of the defense bill, handing him the first... |
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Portland kicks off 2021 with violent protests in support of BLM Protesters light a fire in front of the Mark Hatfield Justice Center in Portland, Oregon on November 4, 2020, during a demonstration called by the "Black Lives Matter" movement. (Photo by AFP)
The US city of Portland in the northwestern state of Oregon has started the New Year with what was claimed... |
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US COVID vaccinations in 2020 fall far short of target of 20 million people Hundreds wait in line at Lakes Park Regional Library to recieve the COVID-19 vaccine in Fort Myers, Florida, December 30, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Only about 2.8 million Americans had received a COVID-19 vaccine going into the last day of December, putting the United States far short of the governments... |
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At least 140 House Republicans to object count of electoral votes in Congress: Report The US House of Representatives
At least 140 Republicans in the US House of Representatives are expected to object to the Electoral College vote next week when Congress is scheduled to certify President-elect Joe Bidens victory, two lawmakers have told CNN.
President Donald Trump, who has refused... |
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Trump extends immigration bans despite opposition from US business groups Central American migrants surrender to US Border Patrol Agent Jose Martinez south of the US-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas. (File photo)
US President Donald Trump on Thursday extended a pair of immigration bans that block many "green card" applicants and temporary foreign workers from entering... |
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US flies two nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over Persian Gulf again in threat to Iran The file photo shows US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber.
The Pentagon has deployed a pair of B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf in yet another provocative military posture against Iran, just weeks before US President Donald Trump is due to leave office.
The nuclear-capable bombers flew nonstop... |
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Pompeo sued over US rushed arms sale to UAE US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (AP file photo)
A lawsuit has been filed against US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a federal court to block his "rushed" arms sale to the United Arab Emirates, at the final weeks of Donald Trumps presidency.
The New York Center for Foreign Policy Affairs seeks... |
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US sets new COVID records as Fauci hints at next fall for normal life American clinicians work in the former lobby of Providence St. Mary Medical Center, in Southern California, US, on December 23, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Top US infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, says the country could return to normal life by early fall next year, if the nation "diligently" gets... |
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California detects 2nd confirmed case of virus variant in US California on Wednesday announced the United States second confirmed case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus, offering a strong indication that the infection is spreading more widely in the United States.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the infection found in Southern... |
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Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies of COVID-19 Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow
Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died of COVID-19 Tuesday, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards.
"It is with heavy hearts that Donna and I offer our condolences to Congressman-elect Luke Letlows family on his passing after a battle with COVID-19,"... |
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California nurse tests positive over a week after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine This handout photo courtesy of Valley Childrens Healthcare shows Dr. Karen Dahl, VP, Quality, Patient Safety & Medical Affairs, pediatric infectious disease specialist, holding a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on December 16, 2020 at Valley Childrens Hospital in Madera, California.... |
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US Justice Dept. says wont charge officers who fatally shot Black child Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, was fatally shot by two police officers in 2014. (File photo)
The US Justice Department says it will not charge two white Cleveland police officers who fatally shot Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, in 2014 because of lack of sufficient evidence to support federal... |
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FEMA assistance still pending as criminal investigation locks down Nashville bomb site A Metropolitan Nashville Police Department camera captures the explosion in Nashville on December 25, 2020. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department via Reuters
Tennessee elected officials have asked US President Donald Trump for federal assistance in the wake of Fridays downtown bombing, but five... |
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US Republicans side with Democrats, override Trumps defense veto The US Capitol Building following a rainstorm on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, on December 4, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The US House of Representatives has rejected Donald Trumps veto of a defense bill, dealing a blow to the president as it set the stage for the Senate to deliver the first veto override... |
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Congressman, other Republicans sue US Vice President Pence in last-ditch effort to overturn Biden win US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Defend The Majority campaign event on December 17, 2020 in Columbus, Georgia.
US Rep. Louie Gohmert became the latest Republican to file a long-shot lawsuit attempting to reverse President-elect Joe Bidens victory - this time by suing Vice President Mike... |
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Shooting leaves 3 people dead, 3 others wounded in Illinois Police investigate a shooting incident at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford in northern Illinois on Saturday, December 26, 2020. (Photo via rrstar.com)
Three people have been killed and three others injured in a shooting incident at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford in northern Illinois.
Officers received a... |
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Tennessee governor asks Trump for emergency aid after Nashville blast The site of the vehicle explosion in downtown Nashville, Tennessee (Photo by AP)
Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has requested emergency federal assistance as the southern US state struggles with the aftermath of an apparent bombing in the city of Nashville on Christmas Day.
A recreational vehicle... |
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Biden highlights Trumps abdication of responsibility in dealing with coronavirus pandemic US President-elect Joe Biden speaks at the Queen theater on December 22, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (AFP photo)
US President-elect Joe Biden is highlighting the "abdication of responsibility" by outgoing President Donald Trump in efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
The former Vice President... |
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Trump claims Afghan elections better run, more secure than US polls Outgoing US President Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that a "young military man" said elections in Afghanistan were "far more secure and much better run" than the US presidential election of 2020.
This despite Taliban suicide bombings killing scores of innocent people during a 2019 Afghan presidential... |
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UN concerned over Trumps pardons for guards who massacred Iraqi civilians Former Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Paul Slough, and Nicholas Slatten. (Photo by AP)
The UN Human Rights Office has voiced deep concern over US President Donald Trumps decision to pardon four former American security contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in the... |
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Trump pardons more senior allies after granting mercy to convicted war criminals Paul Manafort, center, in court in New York, on June 27, 2019. (Photo by AP)
US President Donald Trump has granted pardons and sentence commutations to more senior allies in his second clemency spree in just two days.
Among those pardoned on Wednesday were his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort... |
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Trump vetoes defense bill, setting up congressional override US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo by AP)
US President Donald Trump has vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act, a $741 billion national security package, paving the way for what could be the only veto override of... |
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Ohio officer kills unarmed Black man while body camera wasnt on Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents work at the scene of the shooting on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. (Photo via The Columbus Dispatch)
A Columbus, Ohio, police officer has shot and killed a Black man with his body camera being off at the time of the shooting.
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Trump issues series of pardons, including for 2 in Russia probe, 4 Blackwater contractors From left: Blackwater Worldwide security guards Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Donald Ball, Nicholas Slatten, and Dustin Heard appear in federal court with their attorneys. (AP photo)
President Donald Trump has issued pardons for 15 people including two sentenced as part of the Russia investigation as well... |
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US Justice Department sues Walmart, alleging it helped fuel the opioid crisis The Justice Department on Tuesday announced it is suing Walmart, accusing the company of helping to fuel the U.S. opioid crisis by unlawfully distributing controlled substances at its pharmacies around the country.
The departments lawsuit alleges that for years, Walmarts pharmacies unlawfully filled... |
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US paper advises Biden on how to get out of Trump mess on Iran In this file photo taken on December 8, 2020 US President Donald Trump arrives for the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
US paper the Los Angeles Times says Iran is going to be among the thorniest... |
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Biden picks retired general Lloyd Austin as first black Pentagon chief Retired US general Lloyd Austin
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Lloyd Austin, who led US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and rose to head the US Central Command, as the first African-American Pentagon chief, US media reported Monday.
A veteran of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the retired four-star... |
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WHO calls US COVID death shocking as Pfizer rules out substantial vaccine The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the coronavirus death toll in the United States as shocking, warning that the US is "facing a critical situation" now.
"The epidemic in the US is punishing. Its widespread. Its, quite frankly, shocking to see one to two persons a minute die in the... |
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Only 26 of 249 Republicans in US Congress acknowledge Trump lost: Poll Donald Trump has still refused to concede the election, baselessly claiming large-scale voter fraud in battleground states. (File photo)
Only 26 of 249 Republicans in Congress are willing to admit Joe Biden won the presidential election, a survey found on Saturday.
The election was called for Biden... |
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