Top U.S. health officials say COVID vaccines will likely become annual like flu shots They said vulnerable groups of people still may have to get more frequent coronavirus shots. Axios · Sep 6, 2022
Hackers infiltrate second-largest US school district in growing trend Los Angeles Unified, with over 600,000 students, suffers ‘significant infrastructure disruption’ but classes set to take place as usual The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2022
Biden to commemorate anniversary of 9/11 attacks at Pentagon The White House says President Joe Biden will mark the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sunday by delivering remarks and laying a wreath at the Pentagon The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
White House won’t declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism Only Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria are currently designated as state sponsors of terrorism by the United States The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
White House: Canada stabbing spree was 'senseless' and 'devastating' White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday a a stabbing spree in Canada , where mass violence is rare, is "senseless" and "devastating." Reuters · Sep 6, 2022
Biden will not declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism - White House U.S. President Joe Biden has made a final decision against designating Russia as a state sponsor of terror, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday. Reuters · Sep 6, 2022
Joe Biden vows ‘deepening of special relationship’ in message to Liz Truss The US president congratulated the new Prime Minister on her appointment and will speak to her on Tuesday evening. The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
Why did Donald Trump block the Obamas’ portraits and why was the decision so controversial? Republican’s hostility meant no painting of America’s first Black president and first lady have hung at the White House until now The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022
Stopgap funding bill set to dominate September agenda - Roll Call Lawmakers will wrestle with a White House request for $47.1 billion in emergency funds and the need to avert a partial government shutdown. Roll Call · Sep 6, 2022
Democrats face big legislative to-do list in sprint to midterms Senate Democrats, fresh off a string of legislative victories, return to Washington this week with a packed agenda before November’s midterm elections, including passing billions more in Ukraine and pandemic aid. Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022
Doyle McManus: The GOP hopes to take control of Congress, but Trump is in the way Two months ago, as Americans began their summer vacations, the political landscape looked bleak for Joe Biden and his Democrats. Los Angeles Times · Sep 6, 2022
Pressure on Trump loyalist Jeffrey Clark as ex-DoJ colleague works with prosecutors Cooperation from Ken Klukowski could spur charges against Clark, who schemed with Trump to overturn election results in Georgia The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2022
Enabling a demagogue: a new film traces Republicans’ capitulation to Donald Trump Michael Kirk’s documentary Lies, Politics and Democracy is a chilling study in how Trump subdued the Republican party The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2022
Trump considered hiring heavyweight Jones Day law firm during Russia inquiry, book says Ex-president said to have wanted ‘someone a bit more bombastic’, writes New York Times reporter David Enrich The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2022
Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022 Trump wins bid for ‘special master’ for Mar-a-Lago records A federal judge granted Donald Trump’s request for a neutral third party to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and temporarily barred the government from using the trove to develop its criminal investigation into the former president.
Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022 Trump wins bid for ‘special master’ for Mar-a-Lago records A federal judge granted Donald Trump’s request for a neutral third party to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and temporarily barred the government from using the trove to develop its criminal investigation into the former president.
Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022 Biden loves labor unions but blue-collar workers don’t love him back President Joe Biden vowed his administration would be the most pro-union in U.S. history. But in a labor stronghold that has become a symbol for blue-collar defections from the Democratic Party, workers say they don’t feel the wind at their backs from the White House.
The Guardian - US · Sep 5, 2022 Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer with a horse, new book says New York Times reporter David Enrich also says White House counsel Donald McGahn once called senior Trump aides ‘morons’
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022 Biden visiting 2 swing states as midterm crunch time begins President Joe Biden is beginning his Labor Day celebrations with a trip to one battleground state, Wisconsin, before making his third trip in less than a week to another, Pennsylvania
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022 Jan 6 committee member Jamie Raskin says he wants Ginni Thomas to testify Emails reveal that Clarence Thomas’s wife was involved in attempts to overturn results in two states
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022 Donald Trump picked a fight with the National Archives. It may be the end of him The National Archives is responsible for collecting, cataloguing and storing all federal government records. It takes its job very seriously, reports Richard Hall
The Guardian - US · Sep 4, 2022 January 6 committee assumes Mike Pence will testify, Jamie Raskin says Congressman says of former vice-president, ‘I would assume he is going to come forward and testify voluntarily’
The Guardian - US · Sep 4, 2022 Trump calls FBI, DoJ ‘vicious monsters’ in first rally since Mar-a-Lago search Former president also calls Joe Biden’s Philadelphia address the ‘most vicious, hateful, divisive speech’
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2022 America's secrets: Trump's unprecedented disregard of norms Donald Trump isn’t the first to face criticism for flouting rules and traditions around the safeguarding of sensitive government records
WEKU · Sep 4, 2022 Historians advise the president. The problem? The scholars were all white. In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy.