Month: May 2022
WATCH LIVE: Pentagon press secretary John Kirby holds news briefing
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby is expected to hold a news briefing on Wednesday.
Read MoreZelensky: Withdrawal of Russian troops a prerequisite for peace deal
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, connected via videoconference, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky observe the Ukrainian national anthem at the Verkhovna Rada before Johnson addressed the Ukrainian parliament. -/Verkhovna Rada via PA Media/dpa Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his refusal
Read MoreBlack-majority town in Tennessee halts state takeover in settlement deal
The small town of Mason has announced it has reached a deal halting the threat of a takeover of its finances by the state of Tennessee.
Read MoreRemarks by President Biden at Team USA Olympic and Paralympic Athletes Visit – The White House
Remarks by President Biden at Team USA Olympic and Paralympic Athletes Visit The White House Biden praises Team USA in first White House visit since pandemic for ‘your endurance and your state of mind’ CNN US Olympians’ White House visit is the
Read MoreNew Mexico wildfire threatens Rocky Mountain town
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said 15,500 homes have been evacuated while the blaze burns near towns dotting mountainsides, towering ponderosa pine forests and meadows.
Read More‘Things Are Gonna Get a Lot Worse.’ Female Sports Reporters Are Worried About Elon Musk and Twitter
Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter, announced last week, has raised alarms for many marginalized groups often subject to online harassment. Musk has called himself a “free speech absolutionist” who wants people on Twitter to “have both the reality
Read MoreRussia’s War on Ukraine Is a Threat to Press Freedom, Report Says
Journalism is coming under increasingly intense pressure in Ukraine, exacerbated by the war, as press freedom remains restricted in well over two thirds of the world, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index released on
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds news briefing
White House press secretary Jen Psaki is expected to hold a news briefing on Wednesday as the Biden administration responds to the revealed Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling.
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gives update as Fed signals interest rate hike
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gives an update after the Fed intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point Wednesday — its most aggressive move since 2000
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: DHS Secretary Mayorkas testifies in Senate as end of Title 42 immigration rule nears
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies in the Senate on Wednesday as end of Title 42 immigration rule nears.
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