“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election,” attorney general Bill Barr
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US coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas quits
Scott Atlas quits as special adviser to Trump on Covid
Public health experts, including Anthony Fauci, the leading US infectious disease expert, have sharply criticized Atlas, a neuroradiologist, for providing Trump with misleading or
US capital may end weekend subway service in 2021
The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021, including ending weekend services, closing 19 stations
BioNTech, Pfizer ask Europe to OK vaccine for emergency use
The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer say they have submitted an application for conditional approval of their coronavirus vaccine with
Americans brace for Covid ‘surge upon a surge’
America should prepare for a “surge upon a surge” in coronavirus cases as millions of travelers return home after the Thanksgiving holiday, top US
Will request US, Europe vaccine authorization Monday: Moderna
Moderna Inc will apply for US and European emergency authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine on Monday after full results from a late-stage study showed
Iran nuclear scientist’s body taken to Muslim shrine
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has accused arch-foe Israel of acting as a US “mercenary” and killing Mohsen Fakhrizadeh when assailants opened fire at him
US reports several explosions heard in Eritrea’s capital
The latest explosions came just hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared victory in his government’s fighting against forces of the Tigray People’s
Mysterious monolith in US desert reportedly disappears
The Bureau of Land Management in Utah said Saturday it had received “credible reports” that the object had been removed “by an unknown party”
Sputnik’s ‘efficacy at 95%’, to be cheaper than US vaccines
John Kerry, who signed Paris accord for US, is Biden’s climate envoy
Former secretary of state John Kerry helped broker the landmark Paris Agreement and signed it on behalf of the United States, a decision subsequently
Biden chooses Antony Blinken as US secretary of state
Blinken, 58, a former deputy secretary of state under President Barack Obama and a guitar aficionado, began his career at the State Department during
US surpasses 12 million Covid cases: Johns Hopkins
Chief Afghan peace envoy says US troops pulling out too soon
H-1B lawsuit relating to market analysts can now move forward as class action suit
A US federal judge has granted class certification to a lawsuit challenging US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) pattern and practice of arbitrarily denying
US Covid toll passes 250,000, New York closes schools
America has now registered 250,029 fatalities, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University, by far the highest national death toll. US states
US names 1st ambassador in decade to Venezuela amid tensions
James Story’s nomination as ambassador to Venezuela was confirmed Wednesday by a US Senate voice vote. The South Carolina native takes the job that
Trump fires US poll official who rejected fraud claims
China has no theological basis to pick the next Dalai Lama: US
China has no theological basis to pick the next Dalai Lama, according to a top US diplomat, asserting that the Tibetan Buddhists have successfully
Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade
There were 7,314 hate crimes last year, up from 7,120 the year before – and approaching the 7,783 of 2008. The FBI’s annual report
Iran says US move against it would face ‘crushing’ response
Any US attack on Iran would face a “crushing” response, an Iranian government spokesman said on Tuesday, following reports US President Donald Trump asked
US cases cross 11 m, with 1 m cases in last week alone
The United States is now home to more than 11 million coronavirus cases, with the latest one million cases coming at breakneck speed in
Thousands march claiming Trump won US polls
Iran mocks al-Qaeda No. 2 killed in Tehran report
Iran on Saturday dismissed a US newspaper report that Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command was killed in Tehran by Israeli agents as “made-up information” and denied the
‘Has it finished?’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro questions US election
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Joe
China finally congratulates Biden, Harris
China on Friday shed its initial hesitation and congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris for their victory in the 2020
US records new high of over 200,000 Covid cases in 24 hours
The US on Tuesday far exceeded its previous daily record of new Covid-19 cases, adding 201,961 cases in 24 hours, according to the tally
Texas becomes 1st US state to surpass 1m virus cases
The nation’s second-most populous state has recorded 1,010,364 coronavirus cases with 19,337 deaths since the pandemic began in early March, according to the count