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Massive storm to slam half of US with snow, ice, bitter cold
by Michael Mathes - January 5, 2025 - 11:19am
A powerful winter storm began hammering the central United States on Saturday, with meteorologists warning that millions in the east of the country would face blizzard conditions, treacherous ice, frigid temperatures...
Tears, tourism on Bourbon Street after US terror nightmare
by Michael Mathes - January 3, 2025 - 10:40am
Thirty-six hours after New Orleans was rocked by a terror attack, bar worker Samantha Petry wiped her tears and placed flowers Thursday on Bourbon Street, which reopened with few hints of the trauma inflicted on...
FBI probes 'terrorist' links in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15
by Michael Mathes - January 2, 2025 - 3:48pm
A US Army veteran with an Islamic State flag and "hellbent" on carnage steered a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials...
The seven states that will decide the US presidency
by Michael Mathes - November 3, 2024 - 4:45pm
US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history.
Unnerved and exposed, Trump struggles to regain campaign mojo
by Michael Mathes - August 17, 2024 - 12:45pm
Donald Trump has never lacked for self-confidence, but his presidential campaign has been sent into a tailspin by the extraordinary events of the past month, and suddenly he appears older, more awkward and grasping...
Tim Walz: teacher, veteran, governor — and now VP pick
by Michael Mathes - August 7, 2024 - 8:06am
From his teen start in the US military to teaching in China and on a Native American reservation before entering politics, Democratic vice presidential pick Tim Walz packs a full resume -- and exudes folksy app...
US says Israel must protect Gaza civilians as calls for aid grow
by Michael Mathes - October 30, 2023 - 9:18am
Israel must protect innocent Gaza residents by distinguishing between Hamas militants and civilians, the White House warned Sunday, as world leaders stepped up calls for desperately needed humanitarian aid to reach...
Trump lawyer: Docs were de-classified or 'mementos'
by Michael Mathes - June 12, 2023 - 8:43am
Donald Trump's indictment on federal charges of mishandling secret documents is a politically motivated prosecution based on de-classified files and personal "mementos," one of the ex-president's lawyers argued Sunday,...
US Democrats celebrate Senate win over distraught Republicans
by Michael Mathes - November 14, 2022 - 7:51am
Democrats celebrated Sunday a stunning victory to hold the US Senate, leaving Republicans in disarray and providing a critical base of political and legislative support for the remainder of Joe Biden's presiden...
Biden urges Americans to 'defend' democracy on election eve
by Michael Mathes - November 8, 2022 - 11:26am
President Joe Biden made a final appeal on the eve of Tuesday's midterms for Democrats to protect democracy by defeating Donald Trump's Republicans in an election that polls show could upend power in Washington...
Secret files 'likely concealed' at Trump home to block FBI probe
by Michael Mathes - September 1, 2022 - 6:22am
Top secret documents found at Donald Trump's Florida home were "likely concealed" to obstruct an FBI probe into the former president's potential mishandling of classified materials, the Department of Justice said...
Supreme Court leak ignites US abortion firestorm
by Michael Mathes - May 4, 2022 - 8:22am
For many women, the potential loss of abortion rights across swaths of the United States raises the prospect of being forced to travel hundreds of miles for the procedure or giving birth in traumatic circumstan...
US intel paints Putin as aggrieved, angry over Ukraine war
by Michael Mathes - March 9, 2022 - 9:31am
The long-standing president in Moscow has been "stewing in a combustible combination of grievance and ambition for many years," CIA Director William Burns told US lawmakers. 
Biden urges COVID booster to counter waning vaccine efficacy
by Michael Mathes - August 19, 2021 - 9:09am
US President Joe Biden said he will make COVID-19 booster shots available to all American adults beginning next month, as his administration warned that vaccines are showing a declining effectiveness against in...
US Senate greenlights huge innovation bill to counter China
by Michael Mathes - June 9, 2021 - 8:26am
With both American political parties increasingly worried about competition from Asia's largest power, the measure cleared the chamber on a 68-32 vote.
Biden agenda under threat — from within his party
by Michael Mathes - June 8, 2021 - 8:20am
Demonized as an obstructionist within the party by some progressives, Democrat Senator Joe Manchin from ultra-conservative West Virginia also doubled down on his refusal to kill the filibuster, a blocking tactic...
Biden victory as huge US pandemic relief plan hurdles Congress
by Michael Mathes - March 11, 2021 - 8:15am
The $1.9 trillion plan, months in the making, is one of the largest US rescue packages ever. It will be signed on Friday.
Trump acquitted, again, by US Senate
by Michael Mathes - February 14, 2021 - 10:12am
The defense team swatted the evidence away, arguing that Trump's appeal to supporters to "fight like hell, at the rally that preceded the attack," was merely rhetorical.
Trump trial begins but Republicans signal likely acquittal
by Michael Mathes - February 10, 2021 - 7:29am
Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began Tuesday with harrowing video footage of his supporters' assault on Congress, but Republican senators made clear how difficult it will be to win a conviction.
'Democracy has prevailed': Biden becomes 46th US president
by Michael Mathes - January 21, 2021 - 7:32am
"Democracy is precious, democracy is fragile and at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed," Biden said before a National Mall that was virtually empty due to the ultra-tight security and a raging COVID-19...
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