Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Putin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters the nomination did not come from the Kremlin, the Russian state news agency Tass reported Thursday. According to Tass, a group of Russian public figures led by writer Sergey Komkov submitted the nomination to Oslo on Sept. …
The Israeli government sharply tightened its lockdown restrictions for the next two weeks to try to rein in a galloping COVID outbreak, over the objections of the economy’s stewards and the country’s coronavirus czar. Just last week, the government imposed its second lockdown since the pandemic began. With daily new infections surging dramatically, the cabinet voted …
President Donald Trump said Americans in the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled will be sent $200 discount cards for prescription drugs within weeks, potentially putting cash in their pockets ahead of his November re-election. “Nobody’s seen this before. These cards are incredible,” Trump said Thursday in a speech outlining what he called an …
The city of San Francisco has filed suit against 28 alleged drug dealers for openly distributing narcotics trade in the Tenderloin neighborhood, The Associated Press reported. The mayor and other city officials have said the area included in the lawsuit is a frequent site of public drug use. “You see people who are pushing strollers, mothers …
The House of Representatives intelligence committee has postponed until next week a deposition scheduled for Friday with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower after the department moved slowly to help the official and his lawyers prepare for his testimony. In a statement released late on Thursday, Democratic intelligence committee chair Adam Schiff said the …
President Donald Trump has put his vows to protect preexisting conditions on paper with an executive order Thursday, announcing his “America First Healthcare Plan” in North Carolina. “The historic action I am taking today includes the first-ever executive order to affirm it is the official policy of the United States government to protect patients with …
Jack, get back — preferably six feet back if you are in St. Charles, Missouri, and planning to party. Three dance clubs in the city have agreed to voluntarily put the kibosh on dancing — for now — in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, Fox2Now reports. “I feel a little bit like …
Taking a position that could once again put him at odds with President Donald Trump, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate panel Thuesday that history has not presented the bureau with any evidence of national voter fraud efforts in a major election, though the issue is on the “radar.” We take all election threats …
President Donald Trump wants to be sure that he appoints a justice that will uphold the Constitution and who won’t legislate from the bench, but there are some Democrats who will refuse to confirm whomever he picks to succeed late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Thursday. “We have …
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plans to resume talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to work on a compromise for a new round of stimulus for the U.S. economy, according to a person familiar with the plans. Word of possible new negotiations came as Mnuchin told a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday that a targeted …