Month: February 2021
WATCH LIVE: Trump’s second impeachment trial begins in Senate
The first day of Trump’s second impeachment trial is scheduled to start Feb. 9. Watch PBS NewsHour’s special coverage here.
Read MoreHealth Ministry weighs calling the cops on anti-vaxxers who fake appointments
Ministry also appeals to Facebook to take down posts by people bragging of forcing HMOs to toss vaccines by not turning up for their shots; health minister: they are ‘like a cult’
Read MorePeloton will pump $100M into delivery logistics to ease supply concerns
This probably falls under “good problems,” in the grand scheme of things. After another record quarter, Peloton has announced that it will invest more than $100 million in air and ocean freight deliveries due to “longer-than-acceptable wait times for the
Read MoreFirefly will light up the moon with $93M lunar lander contract from NASA
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $93.3 million contract to take a lunar lander module loaded with experiments to the surface of the moon. While the company will not be performing the launch itself, it will be providing the spacecraft
Read MoreDebate over one of their own opens new fault lines in Republican ranks
The U.S. House of Representatives spent hours on Thursday in impassioned debate over the future of Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her past statements espousing support for conspiracy theories and violence against lawmakers. The issue has widened an already
Read MoreSen. Bill Cassidy on Rep. Greene: ‘She’s part of the conspiracy cabal’
Sen. Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana, is one of 10 Republicans to meet this week with President Biden about the administration’s COVID relief bill, and one of only a handful of medical doctors serving in Congress. He joins Judy Woodruff to
Read MoreNews Wrap: Smartmatic files suit against Fox News, Trump’s lawyers over election claims
In our news wrap Thursday, the voting technology company Smartmatic USA filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News and two of former President Trump’s attorneys over election fraud claims, the pandemic is still throwing large numbers of Americans out
Read More‘Thank you’: US actors’ union responds after Trump quits
Donald Trump has resigned from an American actors’ union, telling the organisation: “You have done nothing for me.”
Read MoreThe Misogynistic ‘Dating Coach’ Who Was Charged in the Capitol Riot
Samuel Fisher left a long trail of videos and social media posts that reflect the views of a fringe faction of disgruntled men who became fixated on President Donald J. Trump.
Read MoreBiden Administration: Here Are His Cabinet Members And Key Advisers
President Biden’s aides are beginning to put policy into action, while the U.S. Senate is taking up his nominees. (Image credit: Caroline Amenabar/NPR)
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