House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is allowing the 9/11-style commission that will investigate the January 6 insurrection to use subpoenas in two different ways, a source familiar told CNN on Thursday morning. The first way the commission can issue a subpoena is by a joint decision from the chair and vice chair, or the top Democrat
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi felt “liberated” when she ripped up a copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last year, but the move was largely unplanned simply because she couldn’t find a pen, according to a new book. “She felt ‘liberated’ … He was shredding the truth, she said, so she would
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(CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunciará este jueves un ambicioso recorte en las emisiones de carbono mientras busca volver a poner al país en el centro del esfuerzo global para abordar la crisis climática y frenar las emisiones de carbono. Biden preside una cumbre climática a la que asistirán otros 40
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Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton is expected to eulogize Daunte Wright — the Black motorist fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer during an arrest attempt this month — at Wright’s funeral Thursday in Minneapolis. Wright’s funeral sets up another emotional day for a Minneapolis area scarred by several high-profile killings involving police,
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The red ink continued to flow at US airlines in the first quarter. But after a year of massive losses, airlines are showing signs that better times lie ahead. “While the pandemic is not over, we believe the worst is behind us, in terms of the severity of the negative impact on travel demand,” said
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The Perseverance rover may be parked at an overlook to capture any flights by the Ingenuity helicopter over the next two weeks, but it’s not wasting any of its time on Mars. The rover on Tuesday successfully converted some of the plentiful carbon dioxide on Mars into oxygen as a first test of its MOXIE
Continue Reading Llegó el Día de la Tierra y no es un día de festejo. Desde que se comenzó a conmemorar esta fecha en 1970, la situación del planeta se ha agravado drásticamente. La crisis por el cambio climático está en el centro del debate. A continuación te dejamos 10 historias clave para comprender a qué nos
Continue Reading Bolstered by strong data, investors are expressing plenty of faith in the power of the global economic recovery. But what if this spring is as good as it gets? What’s happening: Goldman Sachs analysts predict that US economic growth will slow after the April-to-June period this year. Meanwhile, Covid-19 infections are rising dramatically in crucial
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The UK’s flagship music awards ceremony, the Brits, will go ahead with a 4,000-strong crowd, no social distancing and no masks next month, as part of a government trial that offers a peek at how large events can operate in a post-pandemic world. The ceremony at London’s O2 Arena will take place on May 11,
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For fully vaccinated people, the risk of still getting Covid-19 — described as “breakthrough infections” — remains extremely low, a new study out of New York suggests. Among 417 employees at Rockefeller University who were fully vaccinated with either the Pfizer or Moderna shots, two of them or about .5%, had breakthrough infections later, according
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Real hope for police reform — even in the rancorously divided US Senate — shows the seismic impact of the guilty verdict in the trial for George Floyd’s murder. A day after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts, both sides in Washington sought common ground. The Senate’s lead Republican negotiator,
Continue ReadingThe role that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison played in the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd has given Democrats a potent argument for redoubling the party’s investment in state attorney general races for years to come. Democrats have long been seen as under-investing in down ballot races, ceding ground
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday will kick off a climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse gas emissions as he looks to put the US back at the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis and curb carbon emissions. At the White House summit,
Continue Reading Are you relatively skinny but growing a “beer belly?” Has your waistline recently disappeared into a straight line with your hips? Then don’t be surprised at your next checkup if the nurse whips out a tape measure and wraps it around your waistline — no matter how thin you might be overall — instead of
Continue ReadingAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Wednesday urged those looking to boycott Georgia-based companies over the state’s new elections law to instead vote and back federal voting legislation. “My concern with a boycott, not just at Home Depot but any of the … Fortune 500 companies that are headquartered in Atlanta, is that you will
Continue ReadingNevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske‘s office told the state Republican Party on Wednesday that an investigation had found no “evidentiary support” for its allegations of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. “And while the NVGOP raises policy concerns about the integrity of mail-in voting, automatic voter registration, and same-day voter registration, these concerns
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World leaders meet virtually on Thursday to discuss climate issues in a summit convened by US President Joe Biden. Most highly anticipated perhaps is what the leaders of some of the world’s most environmentally consequential countries — including Brazil, China, India — have to say. But critics ranging from Brazilian environmentalists to American celebrities are
Continue Reading (CNN) — Todos los años, desde enero hasta mediados de abril, experimentamos una «sequía de meteoros», sin una sola lluvia durante meses. Todo esto termina el 22 de abril de este año con el primer espectáculo de la temporada: la lluvia de meteoros de las Líridas. ¿Cuándo puedes ver la lluvia de meteoros Líridas? 0:49 «Estos
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Despite a ferocious backlash and widespread condemnation, Real Madrid President Florentino Perez says the so-called Super League isn’t canceled, only on “standby.” Speaking to Spanish radio station El Larguero on Wednesday night, the 74-year-old insisted the other clubs “haven’t left” the project and they would continue working to make the breakaway competition viable. The Super
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It’s Earth Day, and while conversations about the climate crisis and global emissions may feel overwhelming, there are also plenty of people and organizations doing incredible work to restore Earth’s biodiversity. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
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