WASHINGTON — The acting chief of the United States Agency for Global Media has fired the leaders of multiple federally funded news outlets, as part of the Biden administration’s sweeping effort to clear the agency of allies of President Donald
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Insurers add food to coverage menu as way to improve health
When COVID-19 first swarmed the United States, one health insurer called some customers with a question: Do you have enough to eat? Oscar Health wanted to know if people had adequate food for the next couple weeks and how they
Four years later, immigration reform fight picks back up where it was before Donald Trump
Erendira Rendon, an organizer with The Resurrection Project, is one of the Dreamers who immigrated to the United States as a young child but is still denied the right to live here permanently and the opportunity to become a citizen.
As COVID Worsens, Here’s What to Do to Protect Yourself Before You Get the Vax
The ten months (ten months!) since COVID-19 began spreading uncontrollably throughout the United States have felt so, so, so much longer than that. This partly stems from the way this pandemic has broken down into psychosocial phases—stages of anger, paranoia,
The Paris Climate Agreement: What You Need to Know
President Biden has recommitted the United States to the Paris climate agreement, the international accord designed to avert catastrophic global warming. The move by Mr. Biden fulfills a campaign promise to return to the pact on day one of his
United Airlines stock tumbles after massive COVID-fueled losses
United Airlines’ stock price plunged Thursday after the coronavirus pandemic drove the carrier to its fourth consecutive quarterly loss. United shares dropped as much as 6.1 percent to $42.41 following the company’s brutal Wednesday earnings report, which showed adjusted net
Without soaring rhetoric, Biden offered enough of what we need, but will enough of us rise to his challenge?
Joe Biden delivers a speech after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. | Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Joe Biden will never be known as a great orator, which only proves that oratory
For a splintered nation, a delicate moment of continuity
When it gazes into the mirror, the United States does not generally see a land of process and procedure. It sees what it has wanted to see since the beginning — a place of action and results and volume. The
Activists want Biden to issue deportation moratorium
Francisca Lino stands in front of a picture of her family outside Adalberto United Methodist Church at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Lino sought sanctuary at the Humboldt Park church more than three years ago, and has lived there ever
Biden, in a Burst of Climate Orders, Rejoins the Paris Agreement
WASHINGTON — President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday recommitted the United States to the Paris climate agreement, the international accord designed to avert catastrophic global warming, and ordered federal agencies to start reviewing and reinstating more than 100 environmental
Watch President Joe Biden’s full inauguration speech
President Joe Biden gives a speech after being sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. #CNN #News
Amanda Gorman recites stunning poem at Biden inauguration
Amanda Gorman, the United States’ first-ever youth poet laureate, recited a powerful poem at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. #BidenInauguration #CNN #AmandaGorman
Biden takes the helm as president: ‘Democracy has prevailed’
Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed.” He swore the oath of office to take the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater
Biden Inaugurated as 46th President
WASHINGTON — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, taking office at a moment of profound economic, health and political crises with a promise to seek unity after a tumultuous
WATCH LIVE: Joe Biden inauguration day ceremony
Joe Biden swears the oath of office at noon Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States, taking the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his
‘California Is Eager to Support Your Bold Agenda’
Good morning. Today’s the day. Joseph R. Biden Jr. will become president of the United States, and California’s own Kamala Harris will become a barrier-shattering vice president. Women have vowed to wear pearls in solidarity. The transition will end one
Watch Live: President Trump Departs Washington
Watch live coverage of the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the next president of the United States, and President Trump’s departure from Washington.
European Golf’s Debt to Tony Jacklin
Tony Jacklin of England won the 1969 British Open and a year later the United States Open. He was only 25, but he never won another major championship. The closest he came was in the 1972 British Open when he
Coronavirus Death Toll in the US Passes 400,000
More than 400,000 people in the United States who had the coronavirus have died, according to data compiled by The New York Times on Tuesday, as the anniversary of the country’s first known death in the pandemic approaches. The pace
U.S. to Impose Sanctions on Ship Involved in Russian Gas Pipeline
BERLIN — The United States has informed Germany that it will impose sanctions on a Russian-owned ship involved in the construction of an undersea pipeline that is to carry natural gas directly to Germany from Russia, German officials said Monday.
Fiji Will Lead U.N. Rights Body, Over Russian and Chinese Opposition
GENEVA — The Pacific island nation of Fiji won election on Friday as president of the United Nations’ top human rights body, ending a shadowy proxy battle waged by China, Russia and Saudi Arabia seeking to strengthen their influence by
Survey Finds Majority of Voters Support Initiatives to Fight Climate Change
A majority of registered voters of both parties in the United States support initiatives to fight climate change, including many that are outlined in the climate plans announced by President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr, according to a new survey. The
Thank you for your expression of contempt
With the United States Capitol fenced off and guarded by thousands of troops in anticipation of Joe Biden’s inauguration as president next week, it is not too early to begin wondering how our divided nation can reconcile with itself. |
U.S. Blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis May Cause ‘Large-Scale Famine,’ U.N. Warns
Warning that Yemen could be consumed by a large-scale famine, top relief officials at the United Nations implored the United States on Thursday to scrap its blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthi insurgent group, arguing that the move could effectively sever food
For Huawei Executive Held in Canada, an Opulent Detention
The Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, wanted by the United States on fraud charges, has already been leading a cushy life in her gated, seven-bedroom mansion in Vancouver, out on $8 million in bail and awaiting the outcome of her extradition
When is Inauguration Day 2021? What You Need to Know
Joseph R. Biden Jr. will become president of the United States at noon on Jan. 20 in a scaled-back inauguration ceremony. While key elements will remain traditional, many events will be downsized and “reimagined” to better adapt the celebration to
Olympian Klete Keller charged with taking part in US Capitol riot
In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 file photo, United States’ relay swimmer Klete Keller reacts after a men’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay heat during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Five-time Olympic
Trump Impeached Again, With Some G.O.P. Support
“Give me a break. The president of the United States instigated an attempted coup in this country, people died. Everybody should be outraged, whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican. If this is not an impeachable offense, I don’t know
Which Presidents Have Been Impeached?
In the first two centuries of the United States government, the House of Representatives conducted only two presidential impeachment proceedings. By the time the sun set on Wednesday, it had conducted three in just 25 years — with two of
Carrie Dann, Defender of Her Ancestral Land, Dies
Carrie Dann, who spent decades fighting the United States government to reclaim the ancestral land of the Western Shoshone Nation, died on Jan. 1 at her home in Crescent Valley, Nev. Julie Cavanaugh-Bill, a longtime friend and fellow activist, confirmed