Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden completes 100 days in office on Friday, April 30. Judging a president’s performance after 100 days in office is an American political tradition that historians say began with Franklin Roosevelt’s first term in 1933, when he embarked on a rapid-fire rollout of measures to counter

Published by Reuters By Rich McKay (Reuters) – A New York City man was arrested and charged on Tuesday with attempted murder in what police have classified as a hate crime against a Chinese immigrant, authorities said. The victim, identified by police as 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma, was attacked in the East Harlem neighborhood of

Published by Reuters By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) -A Republican-led effort to recall California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has garnered enough valid signatures to make the ballot, state election officials said on Monday. Newsom will likely face a recall next fall in a race that is already shaping up to be chaotic, as three

Published by Reuters By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states that will gain congressional seats based on new population data from the U.S. census, a shift that could boost Republican chances of recapturing the U.S. House of Representatives from Democrats in next year’s midterm elections. The overall U.S. population

Published by Reuters By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge by Republican-governed Texas to a law enacted by Democratic-led California that bars state-funded travel to states deemed to be hostile to the rights of LGBT people. The 2016 measure was enacted in the most populous U.S.

Published by Al-Araby A Minnesota mosque was subject to a hate crime this weekend, after anti-Muslim, racist messages were sprayed on its walls. The phrases “death of Islam”, “f*** Islam”, with a Nazi swastika were painted on and around the Moorhead-Fargo Islamic Community Centre in Moorhead, US. A mosque window was also broken and police

Published by USA Features Media (USA Features) The Justice Department’s Office of Civil Rights is launching an investigation of the Louisville, Ky., police department over the death of Breonna Taylor about a year after she was shot to death during a drug raid. Following her death, Taylor became one of several young blacks who served

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The United States will send up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine abroad, officials announced Monday, as President Joe Biden pledged to “be there” for India in its hour of need. Critics have accused Washington of “hoarding” the British-developed vaccine, which is not authorized in the