The U.S. could tally more than 87,000 new coronavirus deaths over the next three weeks as the nation grapples with the deadliest phase of the pandemic, according to a projection from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC’s national ensemble forecast — an aggregate of dozens of independently developed forecasts — estimates […]
Category: Domestic
Jobless Claims Soar As Economy Faces Sharp Decline
Jobless claims in the first full week of January spiked to a seasonally adjusted 965,000, a 23 percent increase from the previous week, and the highest weekly amount since August. The increase in jobless claims follows a December jobs report that showed the economy shedding jobs, putting the recovery of the labor market in reverse. […]
Feds Warn That Domestic Extremists Pose Major Threat To America In 2021
Violent extremist activity will likely surge in the United States and pose “the greatest domestic terrorism threat in 2021,” a trio of federal law enforcement agencies warned in a recently released bulletin. The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center announced in a Joint Intelligence Bulletin released Wednesday that this threat […]
Ex-Firefighter Charged With Assault On Capitol Cops During Insurrection
A retired firefighter from Pennsylvania was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly throwing a fire extinguisher that hit three police officers at the pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol as captured on video, U.S. officials said. Robert Sanford of Chester, Pa., faces three federal felony charges including assaulting a police officer after he was allegedly identified […]
Hand Picked Trump Prosecutor Drops All Georgia Election Fraud Cases
Bobby Christine, who took over as acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia last Tuesday, told staff members he shuttered the office’s two highest-profile voter fraud cases on his first day on the job because he decided “there’s just nothing to them,” according to a recorded conference call obtained by the Journal-Constitution. Christine […]
54% Of Americans Think Trump Should Be Removed From Office
A majority of voters say President Trump should be impeached and removed from office over his role in inciting a crowd that overran the U.S. Capitol, according to a new poll. The Morning Consult-Politico survey found that 53 percent support the House impeachment of Trump and 54 percent say the Senate should convict him and […]
Transgender Woman Sues To Compete Against Women In Powerlifting
Transgender powerlifter JayCee Cooper is suing USA Powerlifting, the sport’s biggest U.S.-based organization, after it barred her from competition on the basis of her gender identity. “It came as a surprise to me that when I applied to compete at my first competition, I was told that I couldn’t compete specifically because I’m a trans […]
Prosecutors Charging Capitol Rioters With Sedition And Conspiracy
The Department of Justice is working to build sedition and conspiracy charges against some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol last week, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., said Tuesday. Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. attorney for D.C., said in a press conference that he has assembled a team of national security attorneys […]
Manhunt Still Underway After 6 Inmates Escape From California Jail
A manhunt is underway for six inmates who escaped from the Merced County Downtown Jail in Northern California, according to a press release from the Merced County Sheriff’s Office issued Sunday. The inmates, ages 19 to 22, were able to make it to the roof of the jail and used a “homemade rope to scale […]
Democrats Introduce Impeachment Resolution Against Trump For Inciting Insurrection
House Democrats introduced an impeachment resolution against President Trump on Monday for incitement of an “insurrection,” just days after the Capitol riot, saying he warrants impeachment, trial and “removal from office.” Democratic Reps. Ted Lieu, David Cicilline, Jamie Raskin and Jerrold Nadler introduced the article of impeachment, charging the president with violating his oath of […]
Poll: Majority Of Voters Say Trump Should Resign
A majority of voters say President Trump should resign from office for stirring up the mob of supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers gathered to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, according to a new poll. The latest Quinnipiac University survey finds that 56 percent of voters polled hold Trump directly responsible […]
Biden Receives 2nd Dose Of Covid Vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden publicly received his second dose of the vaccine for the novel coronavirus on Monday in a continued bid to bolster public confidence in the inoculation. “My number one priority is getting vaccine into people’s arms, like I just did today, as rapidly as we can,” Biden, wearing a black face mask, told […]