The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump’s attempt to block the release of White House records to a House of Representatives panel investigating last year’s deadly attack on the US Capitol. The high court’s 8-1 decision clears the way for the National Archives to share over 700 documents with t...
Two attempts by Democrats failed to pass a bill on voting rights Wednesday evening. Democrats needed 10 Republicans to vote with them to clear the 60-vote threshold to break a filibuster. They failed to achieve that. Then their attempt to temporarily weaken the filibuster rule to allow a majority to pass the bill also failed […]
Far-right group the Oath Keepers were well prepared for a long siege of the US Capitol, ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. Members of the group stockpiled weapons, ammunition, and supplies to last 30 days, according to new court filings from the government. These were stored in a Virginia hotel. The news came to […]
A defiant President Joe Biden acknowledged missteps Wednesday but hailed a year of “enormous progress” on the US economy as he took stock of his first year in office. In a news conference marking his first 12 months, Biden touted a period of unprecedented job creation, infrastructure improvements, and a growing economy. He said th...
President JoeBiden on Wednesday nominated Nusrat Choudhury to serve as a federal judge. She will be the first Muslim woman to do so. She was among the eight judicial nominees announced by the president. Choudhury currently serves as the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. She will be a U.S. judge […]
Dozens of freight cars are broken into every day on Los Angeles’ railways by thieves who take advantage of the trains’ stops to loot packages bought online. They leave thousands of gutted boxes and products that will never reach their destinations. Tags found Friday by an AFP team on a track near the city center, […]
U.S. President Joe Biden’s presidency has been a mixed bag for the American Muslim community. While campaigning, Biden promised to end the Trump administration’s discriminatory Muslim and African travel bans. He later signed a proclamation overturning them. Biden has also appointed several American Muslims to high-level government positions....
U.S. President Joe Biden urged Americans to work to safeguard voting rights while commemorating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday. Biden said it’s not enough to just praise King on the federal holiday honoring him. He added, Americans must commit “to his unfinished work to deliver jobs and justice, to […]
During the 2016 presidential election campaign, some U.S. politicians made Muslims the “bogeyman,” says a former Hillary Clinton staffer. Huma Abedin, Clinton’s chief of staff, said she endured calls for her investigation by a Republican Congressman in 2012, because she and her family were practicing Muslims. The prejudice intensified througho...
The volcano that erupted on the Pacific island nation of Tonga has almost disappeared from view, new images revealed Tuesday. Swathes of the country are smothered in gray ash and dust or damaged by a tsunami. Tonga is still virtually cut off from the rest of the world since Saturday’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano explosion. [...
