Democrats in both chambers of Congress on Tuesday reintroduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time since 2009, setting a $15 an hour target by 2025. That level would be more than double the current rate of $7.25 an hour, which was approved in 2007 and set in place two […]
President Biden is expected to ban most non-U.S. citizens traveling from South Africa from entering the U.S. due to the COVID-19 variant recently discovered there. A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official told Reuters in an interview that Biden will restrict entry for travelers who are not U.S. citizens and have visited […]
Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci announced Thursday that President Biden will roll back a Trump-era policy that banned taxpayers’ dollars from going to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information. Fauci, the newly appointed chief medical adviser to Biden, said the move was in line with the new administration’s undertaking to […]
President Biden was sworn into office Wednesday, and one of his first priorities will be to sign an executive order urging Americans to wear masks for 100 days and requiring them on federal property. His first executive order, the “100-day masking challenge,” will require masks and social distancing in all federal buildings, on all federal […]
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 […]
President Trump on Friday said he would not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a break with more than a century of tradition as he stews over his defeat. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted. There had been no indication Trump planned […]
Correspondence between Hunter Biden and CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming from 2017 shows President-elect Joe Biden’s son extending “best wishes from the entire Biden family,” and urging the chairman to “quickly” send a $10 million wire to “properly fund and operate” the Biden joint venture with the now-bankrupt Chinese energy company. The $10 million transfer to […]
As New Mexico electors cast their votes this week, President Trump’s campaign team filed a lawsuit over the state’s use of ballot drop boxes. The Land of Enchantment voted heavily in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden. According to Fox News’ Decision Desk, the Democrat bested the Republican incumbent by almost 11 percentage points: […]
Hunter Biden did not report “approximately $400,000” in income he collected from his position on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings when he joined in 2014, according to an attorney for his firm who noted that his tax returns needed to be amended, a new email obtained by Fox News shows. The […]
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Protests raged for another weekend in Olympia, Wash., with reports of a gun being fired. Trump supporters and members of the Proud Boys gathered Saturday afternoon at Washington’s state Capitol, along with leftist counterprotesters. Police in Olympia declared a riot early and arrested at least one person, with at least one street brawl between the […]