The Senate voted 52-48 on Monday to confirm Amy Coney Barrett in the United States Supreme Court, giving the court a conservative 6-3 majority that could determine the future of the Affordable Care Act and abortion rights. All Democrats in the House voted against Barrett’s confirmation, as did Republican Susan …
Read More »Amy Coney Barrett to seal SC confirmation
The Republican-controlled United States Senate is set to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett as the next Supreme Court justice on Monday, a move that will tip the nation’s highest court toward right for years to come. No candidate for the Supreme Court has been confirmed by the …
Read More »‘Libel campaign’: Joe Biden dismisses Republican questions about his son Hunter
Joe Biden dismissed Republican questions about his son Hunter Biden’s business entanglements as a “smear campaign” and suggested the possibility that the disclosure of documents allegedly belonging to young Biden was part of a Russian disinformation campaign. (Click here for full coverage of the 2020 U.S. elections) “When you put …
Read More »House already won? Nancy Pelosi thinks so and looks for more
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, once predicted that she would have a majority of the House won in November 2019. Now, days before the November 3 elections, it appears to have done so. With control of the House barely contested, Pelosi is expanding her reach to …
Read More »2020 US elections: Facebook prepares ’emergency’ measures to quell possible violence
US tech giant Facebook may introduce emergency measures to regulate viral content in the event of election-related conflicts and unrest in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing informed sources. According to the media, citing sources, Facebook intends to calm possible violence with tools that were developed especially …
Read More »Donald Trump again in the shadow of the coronavirus when he enters his final swing
President Donald Trump enters the final week before Election Day with a surge in coronavirus cases in the U.S. and another outbreak from the White House threatening efforts to reverse his political fortunes with a series of devastating demonstrations. . Trump started the weekend on a strong note, with campaign …
Read More »Ideas Explained: China Is The Top Reason The US Presidential Elections Matter For India
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: October 26, 2020 9:22:47 am President Donald Trump and former Vice President of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee (Jim Bourg / Pool via AP) Much of …
Read More »2020 U.S. Elections: Nearly 59 Million Americans Have Already Voted, But Waiting For Poll Result Could Be Long, Report Says
More than 58.7 million Americans have voted in the 2020 presidential election thus far, topping all anticipated ballots in the 2016 polls, but an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots has led to the possibility that the result is delayed in counting votes. it may extend beyond November 3, according to …
Read More »ExplainSpeaking: The Economic Cost of Being a ‘Dirty India’
Written by Udit Misra, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 26, 2020 8:32:42 am A subway train runs in foggy weather in New Delhi (PTI) Last week, the president of the USA. Donald Trump referred to her as “dirty India”. during the final presidential debate and …
Read More »Covid-19: Trump’s aide says ‘we are not going to control the pandemic’
Donald Trump’s chief of staff said Sunday that “we are not going to control the pandemic,” prompting a reprimand from the Biden campaign that they are “admitting defeat.” Chief of Staff Mark Meadows spoke amid a sharp resurgence of the coronavirus in the US, with case numbers setting daily records …
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