When lawsuits began flooding state and federal courts after Election Day, the legal team for President Trump’s reelection campaign, and his supporters, said that as a candidate he was merely exercising his right to explore every legal remedy at his disposal. More than four weeks and 40 losses later, observers in the legal community are […]
ATLANTA — Former Housing Secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro hit the campaign trail for Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock this week as Democrats look to win two crucial runoff elections in the state next month. “If Mitch McConnell is given the keys to the Senate again, nothing is going to get done for […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a coronavirus briefing at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, May 7, 2020. Mike Segar/Reuters New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday he thinks Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine could receive FDA emergency authorization on Thursday. That’s the day an independent advisory panel will vote on […]
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All the benefits of Digital + Print plus subscriptions to: The Banker Database is a service of the Financial Times, providing comprehensive financial data and insight for 5000 of the world’s leading banks, in more than 160 countries.Visit The Banker Database + A specialist service from the Financial Times, Global Risk Regulator provides insightful reporting […]
The Conversation The Taliban are megarich – here’s where they get the money they use to wage war in Afghanistan The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001. In the fiscal year that ended in March 2020, the Taliban reportedly […]
Republicans on the Joint Congressional Committee on the Inaugural Ceremonies voted on Tuesday against a resolution stating that the committee was preparing for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.; and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., all voted against the […]
As Congress continues to work out another coronavirus relief bill, the possibility of another round of stimulus payments distributed directly to Americans remains open — but is by no means a sure thing. The case for sending checks is straightforward: Millions and millions are struggling as the pandemic reaches its 10th month, with the federal […]
Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: AP, Getty Images The FBI is warning local law-enforcement agencies to beware of cooperating with a Chinese government campaign to coerce U.S. residents to return to China to face criminal charges, according to a counterintelligence bulletin obtained by Yahoo News. The bulletin comes shortly after eight people, including a former […]
VALDOSTA, Ga. — Georgia Republicans are facing a dilemma at a historic turning point in their state’s politics, having to choose between loyalty to their party and loyalty to their party’s national leader — President Trump, who will be out of office next month. At least, that’s what the election results indicate, including in their […]