President Biden is announcing nine new nominees to serve as U.S. Attorneys across the country, officials who will be indispensable to upholding the rule of law as the top federal law enforcement officials for their districts. These individuals were chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their
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Biden’s fellow Democrats scramble to prevent shutdown, default
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats will seek to head off both a government shutdown and a potentially economically crippling US credit default on Tuesday (Sept 28) while also trying to agree on a mammoth tax and spending package for his ambitious social policy agenda. Senate Democrats had
Who plays on ‘Monday Night Football’ tonight? Time, TV channel, schedule for NFL Week 3 game
So far in 2021, “Monday Night Football” has treated viewers to one of the best games of the season (Raiders vs. Ravens) and an 18-point Packers win over the Lions in a divisional clash. In Week 3, the program is hoping to get something closer to the Week 1 game
More than 3.5 million people killed in 10-year war in Syria: UN
At least 350,000 people have been killed in Syria’s 10-year war. The casualties ranged from members of various forces involved in the war to civilians, even women and children. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Friday. News Qatar-based Al-Jazeera. Michelle Bachelet, the UN High
World News Roundup: Haitian migrants on the move weigh jobs in Mexico after clearout; Britain expected to ease visa rules as truck driver shortage bites and more
Following is a summary of current world news briefs. Haitian migrants on the move weigh jobs in Mexico after clearout Many Haitians who are heading for the U.S. border as thousands of their compatriots were cleared out of a frontier camp are giving thought to finding work in Mexico if
Haitian migrants at US border: ‘We’ve been through 11 countries’
Even in late summer, few migrants attempt to cross into the United States from the Mexican border town of Mexicali. The temperatures are brutal, consistently in the mid-40C. And beyond the neighbouring US town of Calexico, lie many miles of inhospitable desert. Attempting the journey in the searing heat would
Victoria records 847 new local COVID-19 cases and one further death
Victoria has recorded 847 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and one further death, amid warnings hospitalisations will continue to rise. The 847 local infections represent the highest daily case count of the pandemic Surf Coast will exit lockdown from Monday, but Geelong and Mitchell Shire will have to wait
Kim Yo-jong says North Korea open to ending war if conditions met
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says they are willing to resume talks with the South if it ends its “hostile policies”. Kim Yo-jong was responding to a renewed call from the South to officially declare an end to the Korean War. The conflict, which split the
COVID-19 summit nets several more vaccine pledges
Alongside a new 500-million COVID-19 vaccine dose pledge yesterday from the United States to help bridge the world’s supply gap for lower-income countries, several other countries announced fresh support, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners said today. The pledges came in response to a mostly virtual global COVID-19
COVID-19: ‘Disparities in vaccine coverage highlight ongoing inequities’
Researchers at Harvard University, Tufts University, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital — all three institutions based in Massachusetts — argue that COVID-19 vaccination priorities in the state are an example of institutional racism. In their research letter, which appears in the JAMA Health ForumTrusted Source, they assert that “disparities in