Muslims warned against pro-Trump White supremacist violence around inauguration
January 18th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The pro-Trump violence in the U.S. Capitol earlier this month has pushed the nation’s law enforcement authorities to high alert for White supremacists groups seeking more chaos around Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. Connected to this is a fear by minority groups, like Muslim Americans, that the anger...
Dearborn native Robert Saleh hired by Jets, becomes NFL’s first Muslim head coach
January 15th, 20211 DEARBORN — The New York Jets hired San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh to be their new head coach, making him the first Muslim to run an NFL sideline, the team announced Thursday night. "We've reached an agreement in principle with Robert Saleh to become our head coach," the Jets said in a statement. Saleh has...
Impeached twice: Trump to face Senate trial after he leaves office
January 15th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate will meet next week, just as Joe Biden is inaugurated as president, to begin its impeachment trial of outgoing President Trump. Trump is now the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) brought the impeachment to a vote just a week after Trump’s...
Biden unveils $1.9 trillion pandemic plan, with $1,400 stimulus payments
January 14th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday, designed to boost an ailing pandemic economy, with further direct aid for Americans. “It’s not hard to see that we’re in the middle of a once-in-several-generations economic crisis with a once-in-several-generations public...
National year in review: Trump impeachment, race relations, elections and pandemic deepen American divide
January 14th, 20210 The following is a year in review for the top national news that we covered in 2020. Trump impeachment, race relations, elections and pandemic deepen American divide. President Trump impeached in the House acquitted in the Senate Arguments in the impeachment trial of President Trump kicked off with Democrats trying to show the...
As House deliberates, Senate Republicans mull starting Trump impeachment trial Friday
January 13th, 20210 WASHINGTON D.C. — As the U.S. House of Representatives moved on Wednesday toward a vote on impeaching President Trump, Republican leaders in the Senate weighed whether to launch a trial on Friday on whether to remove him from office, a source familiar with the deliberations said, though no final decision was reached. With only a...
FBI considering No-Fly List for D.C. rioters
January 12th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a mob of supporters of outgoing President Trump broke into the U.S. Capitol Building last Wednesday, the FBI has launched a nationwide investigation into the incident. FBI officials have said they are considering a litany of charges, including conspiracy and sedition, and are relying on a partnership with...
House Dems will pursue second impeachment of Trump, Reuters source
January 8th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Democrats are planning to introduce articles of impeachment against outgoing President Trump on Monday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency. The move comes after a violent crowd of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. One woman was shot by Capitol Police that day as she tried...
Trump acknowledges loss, condemns rioters, after calls for his removal
January 8th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After widespread condemnation of outgoing President Trump’s encouragement of a deadly insurrection of the U.S. government, Trump changed his tune and acknowledged his loss to Joe Biden on Thursday. Just a day before, after a storm of rioters broke into the heavily restricted U.S. Capitol building to interrupt...
50 percent of vaccines held back by Trump administration for unknown reason
January 7th, 20210 LANSING — Governor Whitmer has joined several other state governors to call on the federal government to release millions of COVID-19 vaccines held back by the Trump administration for unknown reasons. Whitmer joined Gavin Newsom (CA), Laura Kelly (KS), J.B. Pritzker (IL), Tim Walz (MN), Andrew Cuomo (NY), Tony Evers (WI) and Jay...
U.S. Congress confirms Biden, Harris victory
January 7th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a day of chaos in Washington, D.C., and with outgoing Vice President Mike Pence presiding, the U.S. Congress has now confirmed the results of the November 2020 presidential election, affirming the victory of Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris. An earlier debate over Arizona election results,...
Guns and tear gas in U.S. Capitol as Trump supporters attempt to overturn his loss
January 6th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Police in the U.S. Capitol responded with drawn guns and tear gas on Wednesday as swarms of protesters stormed in and sought to force Congress to undo President Trump’s election loss shortly after some of Trump’s fellow Republicans launched a last-ditch effort to throw out the results. Police evacuated the...
Tight elections unfolding in Georgia with Biden’s agenda, Senate control at stake
January 5th, 20210 ATLANTA — Early vote totals suggested close contests were unfolding in two U.S. Senate races in Georgia that will decide which party controls the chamber and the possible fate of Democratic President-elect Biden’s legislative agenda. Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler faced Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff, a...
IRS payment tracker down, as $600 payments arrive
December 30th, 20206 WASHINGTON D.C. - The online tool to track COVID-19 stimulus payments is temporarily down, as the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department began delivering a second round of payments Tuesday night. The IRS says the initial direct deposit payments begun arriving Tuesday night for some and will continue into next week. Paper checks will begin to...
U.S. to allow small drones to fly over people and at night
December 30th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small drones will be allowed to fly over people and at night in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday, a significant step toward their use for widespread commercial deliveries. The FAA said its long-awaited rules for the drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, will......
Defying Trump, McConnell delays vote on $2,000 checks, urges Senate to override defense veto
December 29th, 20200 WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday put off a vote on President Donald Trump’s call to boost COVID-19 relief checks and urged the Senate to override his veto of a defense bill, in a rare challenge to his fellow Republican three weeks before he vacates the White House. McConnell acted...
Trump signs COVID-19 stimulus bill, House attempts to increase payments
December 28th, 20200 FLORIDA — President Trump, who has been at his golf course while a stalemate ensued over a $2.3 trillion combined stimulus and spending package, has now signed the bill into law. The law will release $900 billion in stimulus funds as soon as possible, including those $600 stimulus checks Trump earlier wanted increased. Republicans......
Police: Nashville blast suspect died in explosion, motives still unknown
December 28th, 20200 NASHVILLE – The 63-year-old suspect in the bombing that rocked Nashville Christmas morning was killed in the blast that destroyed his motor home and damaged more than 40 businesses, authorities said on Sunday. FBI forensic experts matched DNA samples recovered from the scene to that of Anthony Q. Warner, whose home in...
Now what happens to the $892 billion COVID aid bill? Here are three options
December 25th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s surprise opposition to emergency coronavirus aid and annual government funding passed by Congress has left Americans and global financial markets wondering whether Washington will iron out its differences or descend into chaos in the coming days. Trump has not yet said whether he will veto the...
Republicans block $2000 stimulus check efforts by Democrats
December 24th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On, Thursday, Democrats in the House of Representatives attempted to increase direct payments to Americans included in the stimulus bill from $600 to $2,000 per person. This was a request made by President Trump. Trump’s fellow Republicans blocked that effort. Republicans opposed the higher amount and...
Defying Congress, Trump vetoes defense bill and threatens government shutdown
December 23rd, 20200 WASHINGTON D.C. — President Trump vetoed a bipartisan defense policy bill on Wednesday and raised the prospect that the United States could face a government shutdown during a pandemic, stirring new turmoil in Washington as he headed to Florida for Christmas. Angry at his fellow Republicans in Congress, Trump sought to refashion......
Sanders called $600 COVID payments “totally inadequate”
December 21st, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Congress prepares to vote on a COVID-19 relief package late Monday, which includes direct payments to Americans struggling with the dire economic consequences of a pandemic that has killed more than 315,000 and infected more than 17.5 million. After months of stalemates on negotiations on an urgently...
As pandemic rages across the U.S., Congress scrambles to reach relief deal
December 18th, 20200 WASHINGTON D.C. — As the coronavirus pandemic roared to new record highs across the U.S., it lit a fire in the U.S. Congress, where Republicans and Democrats were scrambling to pass a new round of aid after months of partisan finger-pointing and inaction. Even as they contemplated passing a third stopgap measure to give them a few......
FDA advisory panel overwhelmingly endorses Moderna’s vaccine
December 17th, 20200 Another COVID-19 vaccine appears ready in the pipeline, as an outside panel of advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) overwhelmingly endorsed Moderna’s vaccine on Thursday. The committee of outside experts makes recommendations to the FDA, which it did for Pfizer’s vaccine just last week. The FDA generally goes...
Grand jury indicts six men for Michigan governor kidnap plot
December 17th, 20200 LANSING – Six men facing charges of plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer were indicted by a grand jury this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said. The men — Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta — were arrested and charged in October with conspiring......
