Month: February 2021
Capt. Sir Tom Moore, Who Raised Millions To Fight COVID-19, Dies At 100
Captain Sir Tom Moore, a World War II veteran who raised more than $40 million to help Britain’s health service fight the coronavirus, has died from COVID-19 at 100 years old.
Read MoreFareed Zakaria On How The Coup In Myanmar Will Test President Biden
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Post columnist and CNN host of GPS Fareed Zakaria about how the coup in Myanmar presents a test for President Biden.
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Senate votes to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s homeland security nominee
The Senate is expected to vote Feb. 2 on the confirmation of Alejandra Mayorkas for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Biden signs immigration executive orders
President Joe Biden planned to sign orders on family separation, border security and legal immigration, bringing to nine the number of executive actions on immigration during his first two weeks in office.
Read MoreJeff Bezos will no longer be CEO of Amazon as of later this year
Amazon founder and current CEO Jeff Bezos will be transitioning to executive chair of the company sometime in Q3 of this year, with current AWS CEO Andy Jassy taking over the top executive role at the commerce company. Amazon announced
Read MoreJeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3 – CNBC
Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3 CNBC Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO CNN Stocks Rally Ahead of Tech Reports; Bezos Set to Step Down as Amazon CEO TheStreet Jeff Bezos to
Read MoreBiden bids to undo ‘national shame’ of Trump child separations
In May 2018 a six-year-old Honduran boy named Andres was wrested kicking and screaming from his father by US border guards implementing Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy toward undocumented immigrants. It took another 10 months for the pair to be
Read MoreWhat Myanmar’s coup could mean for the Rohingya and other persecuted minorities
Rohingya refugees are relocated to the flood-prone island Bhashan Char in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on January 30, 2021. | Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images The takeover is terrible for Myanmar. It may be worse for the country’s most vulnerable. The Myanmar
Read MorePentagon chief purges defense boards of Trump appointees
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to resign this month as part of a broad review of the panels, essentially purging several dozen last-minute appointments under the Trump administration.
Read MoreSenate Makes Alejandro Mayorkas First Latino Head Of Homeland Security
Senate confirmation of the first immigrant to lead DHS comes on the same day President Biden is expected to sign a series of executive actions on immigration. (Image credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images)
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