| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.07.2026 | Disability Pride Month Reflections: “We Will Not Go Back!” | Written by: Sascha Bittner (with her mom, Emily Medders Bittner, who was along for the ride)
This Disability Pride Month, as I reflect on how far we’ve come in making America more inclusive for disabled people, I also watch in despair as th... |
| 17.08.2025 | Page: Time for Democrats to get serious about their political future | Pritzker also declined to turn away from the possibility of a mid-decade congressional remap in his own state. He told Colbert: “It’s possible. I’ve said everything is on the table. We’ve gotta fight fire with fire.”
Are we starting to see ... |
| 28.05.2025 | Editorial: It’s past time to prohibit personal enrichment by office holders | Trump officials assure the public that the president and his family are complying with all laws in these dealings, but how can Americans know for sure? The secret nature of the transactions is especially worrisome at a time when foreign gov... |
| 04.01.2025 | Trump-backed Republican Mike Johnson re-elected speaker of US House | WASHINGTON: Republican Mike Johnson was returned as speaker of the US House of Representatives on Friday (Jan 3) with the crucial backing of incoming president Donald Trump, ending a bitter standoff that threatened to see the 2025 session o... |
| 05.12.2024 | Taiwan president, in Guam, says: We won't bow to totalitarianism | TAIPEI: Taiwan will not bow down to totalitarianism, President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday (Dec 5) in the US territory of Guam, calling Taiwan and the United States "brothers".
Lai arrived in Guam, a major US military base, late... |
| 04.12.2024 | Taiwan's Lai arrives in Tuvalu to shore up Pacific allies | UNITED STATES: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu on Wednesday (Dec 4), as part of a trip aimed at shoring up international support for Taiwan as China seeks to poach its few remaining allies.
Taiw... |
| 02.12.2024 | Taiwan's Lai talks 'China threats' with ex-US House speaker Pelosi | HONOLULU: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te discussed "China's military threats" towards the island in a call with former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday (Dec 1), his spokeswoman said in Hawaii, Lai's first stop on a Pacific t... |
| 12.11.2024 | The Political Landscape Shifts: Harris Concedes, Trump Triumphs | The political arena is a battlefield. The recent 2024 presidential election has left scars and marked a significant shift in the American political landscape. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a concession speech that echoed through th... |
| 07.11.2024 | Kamala Harris concedes election to Donald Trump but vows to fight on | WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to keep fighting for the ideals that powered her presidential campaign on Wednesday (Nov 6) in a concession speech that acknowledged President-elect Donald Trump's win while warning of poten... |
| 06.11.2024 | National Politics | Harris says nation must accept election results while urging supporters to keep fighting | Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, right, walks with Vice President Kamala Harris as she departs after delivering a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (... |
| 05.11.2024 | National Politics | Harris and Trump set sights on Pennsylvania in final push before Election Day | Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Republican presidential nominee former Preside... |
| 26.10.2024 | Poop-emoji statue near US Capitol evokes stain of January 6 riot | WASHINGTON: There is a new temporary statue attracting attention near the US Capitol: a brass-coloured desk with poop on top of it.
The faeces atop, slightly larger than a soccer ball, looks like the popular iPhone poop emoji without the ey... |
| 11.09.2024 | AI safety showdown: Yann LeCun slams California’s SB 1047 as Geoffrey Hinton backs new regulations | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, publicly rebuked supporters of California’s contentious AI safety bill, S... |
| 22.08.2024 | National Politics | DNC in Chicago: What happened Wednesday — and what’s coming Thursday | Thursday’s theme is “For Our Future” and will also feature Republican former Congressman Adam Kinzinger, who previously lived in Channahon south of Chicago. DNC officials have repeatedly invited Republicans to publicly repudiate former Pres... |
| 14.08.2024 | Meta's Instagram failed to curtail hate speech against women politicians, report says | Previous
A man walks past a logo of mobile application Instagram, during a conference in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends a campai... |
| 26.07.2024 | Kamala Harris: The New Face of the Democratic Challenge**
** | ** The political landscape has shifted dramatically. With President Joe Biden's unexpected exit from the 2024 presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris has stepped into the spotlight. Her ascent marks a pivotal moment for the Democrat... |
| 26.07.2024 | The Road Ahead: Kamala Harris Takes Center Stage After Biden's Exit**
** | ** In a political landscape that shifts like sand, the recent withdrawal of President Joe Biden from the 2024 presidential race has set the stage for a new chapter in American politics. Biden's decision, announced on July 21, 2024, was not ... |
| 26.07.2024 | Harris pushes ahead with campaign blitz, gaining ground on Trump |
HOUSTON: Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest US teachers' union on Thursday (Jul 25) promising a "fight for the future" as new opinion polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republica... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Shifting Sands of American Politics: A New Era Begins**
** | ** The political landscape in the United States is shifting. The recent decisions by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signal a pivotal moment in the 2024 presidential race. With Biden stepping aside, the stage is set for... |
| 23.07.2024 | Kamala Harris wins key Pelosi support for White House race | WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday (Jul 22) won the crucial backing of Democratic heavyweight Nancy Pelosi to lead the party against Donald Trump in November after Joe Biden's stunning exit from the 2024 race.
As the endo... |
| 22.07.2024 | Biden has withdrawn from the US presidential race. What happens next? | After mounting pressure to abandon his re-election bid, US President Joe Biden did just that on Sunday (Jul 21) and endorsed his vice president Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee.
It is not a done deal for Harris, however, ... |
| 22.07.2024 | National Politics | Takeaways from a day that fundamentally changed the presidential race | Two big names — former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former President Barack Obama — notably withheld endorsements. But with less than two months before early voting begins in the presidential election, Democrats may be deciding they don’t... |
| 18.07.2024 | The Democratic Dilemma: Biden's Battle for Survival | In the high-stakes world of politics, US President Joe Biden finds himself at a crossroads. After a disastrous debate against Donald Trump, calls for him to step aside are growing louder within his own Democratic Party. Representative Adam ... |
| 14.07.2024 | Trump's Miraculous Escape: A Political Rally Turned Tragic | The political landscape in Butler, Pennsylvania, was rocked by a harrowing incident as former President Donald Trump narrowly evaded an assassination attempt at a rally that quickly descended into chaos and tragedy. The scene unfolded with ... |
| 14.07.2024 | Trump safe after rally shooting, says bullet struck his ear; gunman and audience member dead | Former President Donald Trump was rushed offstage after shots were fired at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday evening. Trump said in a social media post that he was injured when a bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear.
Th... |
| 13.07.2024 | Biden's Blunders: A Campaign in Crisis | The recent series of blunders and missteps by United States President Joe Biden have cast a shadow of uncertainty over his re-election campaign, sparking a wave of doubt among donors, supporters, and fellow Democrats regarding his capacity ... |
| 12.07.2024 | Biden mistakenly introduces Zelenskyy as Putin at NATO summit | WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden mistakenly introduced Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as his Russian foe Vladimir Putin at a NATO summit on Thursday (Jul 11) in a blunder just hours before a press conference that could... |
| 12.07.2024 | Biden holds high-stakes news conference as he fights for survival | WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will on Thursday (Jul 11) give his first press conference since his debate disaster against Donald Trump, in a make-or-break moment for the fate of his teetering reelection bid.
The eyes of the world will ... |
| 11.07.2024 | George Clooney and Democrats pile pressure on Biden to drop out | WASHINGTON: A Democratic senator on Wednesday (Jul 11) called on United States President Joe Biden to ditch his reelection bid, capping a brutal day that saw mounting pressure from high-profile actor and donor George Clooney and party heavy... |
| 16.05.2024 | US delegation to attend Taiwan inauguration as China tensions flare | WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will dispatch former US officials to Taiwan as its new president takes office, a show of support for the island calibrated to avoid enraging Beijing.
Biden is sending a bipartisan delegation to Monday's (May ... |
| 17.04.2024 | US, China defence chiefs hold first talks in nearly 18 months | WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun via video teleconference on Tuesday (Apr 16), in the first substantive talks between the superpowers' defence chiefs in nearly 18 months.
The United S... |
| 05.04.2024 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests Jan. 6 prosecutions politically motivated, says he wants to "hear every side" | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's running for president as an independent candidate, suggested in a statement that the prosecutions of rioters who violently attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, might be politically motivated, a view that e... |
| 29.06.2023 | San Francisco supervisor proposes overdose reversal medication retail mandate | A San Francisco official wants to require all retail pharmacies in the city to sell overdose reversal medication.
Why it matters: San Francisco is in the throes of a fentanyl crisis, with accidental overdose deaths on pace to surpass figure... |
| 17.06.2023 | Governor Newsom Welcomes New Resources from the U.S. Department of Justice to Combat Fentanyl Trafficking in San Francisco | SAN FRANCISCO — Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a statement following the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement that it has approved an Operation Overdrive designation for San Francisco — unlocking new federal resources to combat the... |
| 16.06.2023 | Governor Newsom Welcomes New Resources from the U.S. Department of Justice to Combat Fentanyl Trafficking in San Francisco | SAN FRANCISCO — Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a statement following the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement that it has approved an Operation Overdrive designation for San Francisco — unlocking new federal resources to combat the... |
| 29.04.2023 | Pelosi Urges Justice Department to Help Combat Fentanyl Cartels, Bring Operation Overdrive to San Francisco | San Francisco – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland to officially request that the Department of Justice designate San Francisco for its Operation Overdrive initiative. This designation... |
| 28.02.2023 | Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta and CPPA File Letter Opposing Federal Privacy Preemption | Federal privacy law should be the “floor, not a ceiling”
SACRAMENTO — Today, Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) sent a joint letter to Congress opposing preemption language... |
| 01.04.2021 | Transcript of Pelosi Virtual Weekly Press Conference Today | Contact: Speaker's Press Office,
202-226-7616
San Francisco - Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today via video conference call. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you. Hello, everyone. Good morning, ... |
| 04.03.2021 | Pelosi Statement on Biden Administration Sanctions on Russia | Contact: Speaker's Press Office,
202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on new sanctions issued by the Biden Administration on Russia in response to the attempted murder of opposition leader Alexei Navaln... |
| 19.12.2020 | Facebook told lawmakers it rejected 3.3 million ads during the 2020 presidential election campaign | Facebook rejected about 3.3 million ads submitted during the 2020 presidential election, according to a report from Bloomberg News.
The rejected ad count was disclosed in a 22-page document reportedly sent to officials close to President Do... |
| 02.08.2020 | With The $600 Unemployment Benefit Gone, Here’s What Aid May Be Coming Next | More than 30 million out-of-work Americans will be seeing a significant drop in their unemployment benefits. That’s because the $600 weekly supplemental federal unemployment benefit passed by Congress in March as part of the CARES Act to ad... |
| 15.07.2020 | A Second Round of Stimulus Checks Could Go Out As Early As August | Updated July 18, 2020 |
| 01.07.2020 | The $600 Federal Unemployment Benefit Is Not Likely To Be Extended—Here’s Why | The $600 federal unemployment benefit for those who lost work as a result of the coronavirus pandemic is set to expire at the end of this month. And despite a wave of businesses closing again amid a resurgence of coronavirus cases across th... |
| 09.07.2019 | How Congress Should Think About Mueller’s Testimony | On July 17, Robert Mueller will testify publicly before Congress for the first time since June 2013, when he appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee in his role as FBI director. Democratic members of Congress have framed Mueller’s... |
| 27.10.2017 | Representatives Pelosi and DelBene: ‘No tolerance’ for culture of harassment | Washington Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently visited the University of Washington’s Computer Science school to discuss the workplace of the 21st century and women’s place in it. Their talk, delivered to a... |
| 20.09.2013 | House Republicans pass a spending bill to defund Obamacare, nation reels toward government shutdown | Republican leaders met behind closed doors to talk about a bill that would strongarm Democrats into raising the debt-ceiling, delaying Obamacare for another year, plus tack on a tax-code overhaul and a Keystone pipeline mandate, the New Yor... |
| - | Lauren Boebert's impeachment gambit is nothing new — one House Democrat forced his colleagues to vote on impeaching Trump 3 times before they actually did it | Lauren Boebert's impeachment gambit is nothing new — one House Democrat forced his colleagues to vote on impeaching Trump 3 times before they actually did it
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| - | Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gets hip replacement following injury in Luxembourg | Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was hospitalized after sustaining an injury while traveling with a congressional delegation in Luxembourg.
The 84-year-old Democratic representative from California “is currently receiving excellent treatme... |
| - | House Republicans pass a spending bill to defund Obamacare, nation reels toward government shutdown | Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a bill this morning to defund Obamacare in a 230-to-189 vote, the New York Times reports. If no resolution happens, the government could shutdown Oct. 1–with potential for America’s first d... |
