US military chiefs have condemned the attack on the Capitol, reminding its officers of their obligation to defend the Constitution and reject extremism. America’s most senior general Mark Milley and the entire military Chiefs of Staff, which is comprised of the heads of each military branch, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday. “We … Read more
Two members of the US Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus, with one accusing Republicans of refusing to wear masks and mocking those who did during a riot at the legislature last week. In a tweet on Tuesday, Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said she had taken a test after being trapped in a secure … Read more
United States President-elect, Joe Biden welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he won’t attend the January 20 inauguration, calling it “a good thing.” “I was told on the way over here that he indicated he wasn’t going to show up at the inauguration,” the president-elect told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware. “One of the few … Read more
A rioter who was fatally shot on Wednesday by U.S. Capitol Police when a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol has been identified as a San Diego woman. Thirty-five-year-old Ocean Beach resident, Ashli Babbitt, was in Washington D.C., protesting Trump’s election defeat, according to her brother-in-law, Justin Jackson. Jackson said … Read more
United States President, Donald Trump has been suspended from Twitter and Facebook after tweeting in support of mob who attacked the US Capitol. In a social media message to protesters he said “I love you” before telling them to go home. He also repeated his claims about election fraud. Twitter said it required the removal … Read more
Democrat Raphael Warnock ousted an incumbent Republican on Wednesday in the first of two critical runoff elections in Georgia that will decide control of the US Senate at the outset of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to US media. Warnock, a Black pastor with deep roots in Georgia, narrowly ousted his rival Senator Kelly Loeffler, CBS, … Read more
A British judge on Monday rejected WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States to face espionage charges, finding he was at serious risk of suicide. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said the 49-year-old Australian publisher’s actions in leaking secret documents went “well beyond” that of a journalist, and he would have been “well aware” … Read more
Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking woman in the history of US politics, was narrowly re-elected Sunday as House speaker in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final weeks of Donald Trump’s Presidency, AFP reports. Eighty-year-old Pelosi faced a scare when a handful of fellow Democrats defected and voted “present” during the floor vote. … Read more
The United States, on Saturday, saw its highest number yet of COVID-19 cases recorded in one day, with more than 277,000 infections. The hardest-hit country in the world by the pandemic, the United States has marked 20.4 million cases overall and almost 350,000 deaths. AFP reports that infections have been surging in recent months, with … Read more
At least 140 Republican members of the US House of Representatives are expected to vote against counting the electoral votes on January 6 when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. According to the CNN, President Donald Trump’s Republican allies have virtually zero chance of changing the result, only to delay by a … Read more
The US Senate’s Republican leader has rejected calls from an unlikely alliance of President Donald Trump, congressional Democrats and some Republicans to boost coronavirus aid. Mitch McConnell said hiking aid cheques from $600 (£440) to $2,000 would be “another fire hose of borrowed money”. BBC reports that the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives had voted … Read more
A Colorado man has the variant of the coronavirus from the United Kingdom that health officials say is more transmissible than other strains of the virus, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. It is the first known case of the UK coronavirus variant in United States. Read also: New Variant Of Coronavirus Found In France CNN … Read more
United States President-elect, Joe Biden has alleged that his transition team has “encountered roadblocks” from political leadership at the Defense Department and the Office of Management and Budget as his advisers work with the Trump administration. “We just aren’t getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas,” … Read more
Top US government scientist, Anthony Fauci, on Sunday, warned that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic may be yet to come, driving the country to a “critical point” as holiday travel spreads the coronavirus. “I share the concern of President-elect Biden that as we get into the next few weeks, it might actually get worse,” … Read more
About 14 million Americans have temporarily lost their unemployment benefits after incumbent President, Donald Trump failed to sign the Covid relief bill into law. President-elect, Joe Biden had warned of “devastating consequences” if Trump continued to delay signing but the Saturday deadline has now passed. According to the BBC, unemployment benefits and a ban on … Read more
The killing of an unarmed African-American man by police in the US city of Columbus, Ohio sparked a fresh wave of outrage this week against racial injustice and police brutality in the country. Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a house on Monday night when he was shot several times by a … Read more
United States Congress, on Monday evening, voted to approve a far-reaching $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that promises to accelerate vaccine distribution. The stimulus package is also expected to deliver the much-needed aid to small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans who have lost their jobs during the economic upheaval and health care … Read more
US President-elect Joe Biden received a Covid-19 vaccine live on television Monday in a campaign to boost Americans’ confidence in the jabs. AFP reports that the 78-year-old incoming president got the Pfizer vaccine at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. His wife Jill received the shot earlier, the presidential transition team said. Biden told Americans … Read more
United States President-Elect, Joe Biden has restated his administration’s commitment to re-entering the US into the Paris Climate Agreement, which incumbent President Donald Trump formally withdrew the country from on November 4. Biden, via a tweet late Saturday, said his administration will rejoin the Paris agreement “on day one”. On day one, my administration will … Read more
The optimism and elation, especially among Nigerians, that greeted the announcement of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the prime candidate for the position of Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) might likely give way to pessimism and misgivings. The United States (US) says it will seek the reopening of the processes to find a new director-general … Read more