The pristine reserve is home to the Gwich’in people, who call it “Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit,” or, “the sacred place where life begins.” In what critics are calling a parting gift to the fossil fuel industry, the Trump administration on Tuesday will ask oil and gas companies to choose which areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge […]
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a fixture in Washington political circles for nearly a half century, has been projected the winner of the U.S. presidency and stands to be inaugurated January 20, becoming the country’s oldest leader ever. Biden, a Democrat who served 36 years in the U.S. Senate and eight years […]
In a debate that illustrated the stark divide over the nation’s response to the coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris clashed over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision-making in the early days of the pandemic. In a 90-minute debate Wednesday night at the University of Utah in Salt […]
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump has announced he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. President Trump tweeted at 12:54 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Friday (04:54 UTC): “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this […]
YouTube CHICAGO – When he sat down with Voice of America last September for an exclusive interview ahead of his 95th birthday, Jimmy Carter — the first former president to reach that milestone — hinted that his age was catching up to him. “I fell down a few months ago and broke my left […]
Financial records that President Donald Trump has persistently fought to keep hidden from the American public show that the billionaire real estate mogul didn’t pay a dollar in federal income taxes in 10 of the 15 years prior to his White House victory and paid just $750 in both 2016 and 2017, revelations that further expose […]
“The president is openly and explicitly considering a coup to hold onto power. Make no mistake: Autocracy is at our doorstep.” Democratic lawmakers and progressives did not mince words Thursday regarding President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election, warning that Trump—and Republicans who continue to enable and support […]
Increased security measures are not stopping cyber operatives from looking for ways to break into critical U.S. voting systems, according to officials charged with safeguarding the nation’s Nov. 3 presidential election. But exactly who is behind the ongoing efforts remains unclear. “Election systems, like IT systems generally, are being scanned, are being targeted, are […]
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has picked California Senator Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate —making her the first Black woman to be named to a major party’s ticket for a presidential election. As a woman of Indian descent, she is also making history as the first major South Asian-American candidate […]