The Trump administration had made a major effort to normalize relations with the former Soviet republic, in part as an attempt to prevent Belarus from falling completely under Moscow’s control. However, when the US joined European allies in the dispute over the outcome of the Belarusian presidential election and ongoing …
Read More »House Oversight Chair introduces new bill to change organizational changes at USPS
The Delivering for America Act, introduced by House Oversight and Reform President Carolyn Maloney of New York, is the latest action on cuts and sluggish postal service by the agency ahead of the 2020 2020 election, which is already being lifted by the coronavirus pandemic. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a …
Read More »Military helicopter fired over Virginia, injuring a crew member
The UH-1N flew 10 miles northwest of Manassas on a routine training mission at an altitude of 1,000 feet when the incident occurred. It landed safely at Manassas Regional Airport west of Washington, DC, and the pilot was taken to the hospital where they were treated and released, the official …
Read More »Joe Biden and Kamala Harris speeches: live updates from Election 2020
Mark Makela / Getty Images First Chamber member Kamala Harris on Tuesday became the first Black and South Asian American woman to be elected to national office by a major political party, when former Vice President Joe Biden appointed the moderate former prosecutor this fall. Harris, 55, has spent her …
Read More »Apple, Facebook and 50 other big companies are announcing Trump visa restrictions
In late June, the White House introduced a series of new visa restrictions that would allow immigrants to work temporarily in the United States, arguing that the rollback was due to high unemployment from the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon, Netflix and Twitter also appeared in court shortly. The visas included are …
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