Month: January 2022
Child Tax Credit’s Extra Help Ends, Just as Covid Surges Anew
A pandemic benefit that many progressives hoped to make permanent has lapsed in a congressional standoff. Researchers say it spared many from poverty.
Read MorePuerto Rico Faces Staggering Covid Case Explosion
The island had a 4,600 percent increase in cases in recent weeks after mounting one of the nation’s most successful vaccination campaigns.
Read MoreA history of presidential attempts to return to office and what it means for 2024
Thursday will mark the one-year anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol and insurrection. A vigil is planned this year, and President Biden says he will address the nation. Former President Trump, whose supporters attacked the Capitol, is also
Read MoreLapid rebukes deputy FM for dancing maskless at New Year’s Eve party
While Idan Roll insists he didn’t violate COVID restrictions and that all attendees were tested beforehand, foreign minister says public officials are expected to set example
Read More5 missing teenage girls found, 30 sex offenders arrested in monthslong US Marshals operation – USA TODAY
5 missing teenage girls found, 30 sex offenders arrested in monthslong US Marshals operation USA TODAY Five missing teenage girls found, 30 sex offenders arrested in New Orleans New York Post US Marshals’ ‘Operation Boo Dat’ rescues five missing and endangered New
Read MoreSudan’s prime minister announces his resignation amid political deadlock
Abdalla Hamdok said Sunday that he will step down amid widespread protests condemn a military coup that derailed Sudan’s shift to democratic rule. Over 50 protesters have died since the October coup. (Image credit: Marwan Ali/AP)
Read MoreCDC could add a negative test to its new isolation guidelines, Fauci says
The CDC recently cut the number of days it recommends COVID-positive people remain in isolation from 10 days to five, but it didn’t require a negative test to leave isolation. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Read More‘I tried my best’: Sudan’s PM announces resignation amid political deadlock
Abdalla Hamdok says fragmentation of political forces and conflicts between military and civilian components of transition were unbridgeable, despite his best efforts
Read MoreLikud’s Amsalem files NIS 500K defamation lawsuit against media outlets, figures
Lawmaker seeks damages over reports in November that he said all leftists should be put in jail, says previous mea culpa from some was not enough
Read MoreMarjorie Taylor Greene’s Personal Twitter Account Permanently Suspended
The personal twitter account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been permanently suspended for violating the social media site’s COVID-19 misinformation policy, the company said Sunday. WIN MCNAMEE VIA GETTY IMAGES Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal Twitter account has been
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