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Monday, January 18th, 2021
January 18, 2021 19:06 - 25 minutes - 23 MBThe FBI and law enforcement are on high-alert ahead of Biden’s inauguration, more than 25,000 members of the National Guard are in Washington D.C. to protect against domestic extremism; newly-released video from The New Yorker shows Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol building; Los Angeles becomes the first county in the U.S. to reach 1,000,000 cases; and thousands of Honduran migrants scuffled with Guatemalan authorities blocking their path towards the US border.
Friday, January 15th, 2021
January 15, 2021 19:55 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBPresident-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 Trillion covid emergency relief package, calling the vaccine rollout a “dismal failure”; FBI officials remain concerned about potential violence at protests and rallies in Washington and capitols around the country; the death toll from the pandemic could surpass 400,000 before Biden is sworn in on January 20th according to the CDC.
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
January 14, 2021 19:24 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBDonald Trump becomes the first sitting president to be impeached twice, 10 House Republicans voted with Democrats; in a taped message the president urged his supporters to stay peaceful without acknowledging his role in the violence; new dire warnings from health officials as the CDC projects 90,000 people could died from covid-19 in the next three weeks.
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
January 14, 2021 19:24 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBDonald Trump becomes the first sitting president to be impeached twice, 10 House Republicans voted with Democrats; in a taped message the president urged his supporters to stay peaceful without acknowledging his role in the violence; new dire warnings from health officials as the CDC projects 90,000 people could died from covid-19 in the next three weeks.
Wednesday, January 13th, 2021
January 13, 2021 19:25 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBThe House is poised to impeach President Trump for the second time in 13 months, this time a handful of Republicans have expressed their support; the nation’s military leadership denounced the storming of the Capitol as a plot to overthrow the government as federal prosecutors are examining more than 160 cases; and more than 4,000 people died of covid-19 on Tuesday, a single-day record, while the federal government reverses course and releases previously reserved second doses of the Moderna ...
Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
January 12, 2021 19:56 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBEfforts to remove President Trump continue, the House voting on a resolution tonight meant to pressure VP Pence to invoke the 25th amendment, paving the way for an impeachment vote on Wednesday; FBI warning of armed protests planned at all 50 state Capitols and the US Capitol; of the 25 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine distributed only a third have been administered; and Governor DeSantis discourages outsiders from traveling to Florida to get vaccine.
Monday. January 11th, 2021
January 11, 2021 19:28 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBDemocrats formally introduce an article of impeachment against President Trump following the Capitol Hill riots; the FBI and other law enforcement agencies arrest dozens of Capitol Hill rioters among them the man seen in pictures holding tactical gear and zip ties; and with more than 220,000 new covid cases the race to get people vaccinated is running into major hurdles.
Friday, January 8th, 2021
January 08, 2021 19:35 - 21 minutes - 20 MBA day after calling them great patriots, President Trump condemned his supporters who invaded the Capitol; calls to remove President Trump are growing with less than two weeks left in his presidency; a Capitol Police officer has died after Wednesday’s violent siege, marking the fifth connected to the riots; a grim new record overnight in the coronavirus crisis as the U.S. tallied more than 4,000 deaths in one day.
Thursday, January 7th, 2021
January 07, 2021 19:21 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBCongress confirmed Joe Biden as the election winner after a violent mob loyal to President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a stunning attempt to overturn America's presidential election; Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are declared winners of Georgia’s special election, tipping the senate majority in Democrats’ favor; the number of people hospitalized in the U.S. due to Covid-19 hit a record as newly reported coronavirus cases rose to over 250,000.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
January 06, 2021 20:10 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBDemocrat Raphael Warnock wins one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach; thousands of pro-Trump protestors are in Washington D.C., as the House and the Senate are holding a joint session to count the electoral votes cast in November's election; Dr. Fauci acknowledges the slow vaccine rollout and says the US could soon give out 1 million doses a day, as Nebraska’s governor says undocume...
Tuesday, January 5th, 2021
January 05, 2021 19:36 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBGeorgia voters will be deciding the balance of power in Congress in two high-stakes Senate runoff elections today; Washington DC braces for pro Trump protests ahead of Wednesday’s certification of the Electoral College vote; the FDA warns suggestions of changing vaccine dosing schedule is premature and not rooted in evidence; and undocumented immigrants are uncertain if they’ll be eligible for a vaccine.
Monday, January 4th, 2021
January 04, 2021 18:56 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBPresident Trump caught on tape pressuring Georgia’s secretary of state to overturn the state’s elections results; a growing number of Republicans plan to object to certifying the electoral college results on Wednesday; growing frustration on the vaccine rollout as 350,000 Americans have already succumbed to the virus; and Puerto Rico swears in a new governor.
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
December 23, 2020 19:06 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBPresident Trump is threatening with vetoing Congress’ massive Covid-19 relief package in the midst of a raging pandemic while also issuing a wave of controversial pardons; health experts are warning of possible “catastrophic impacts” of a potential post-holiday covid surge; Pfizer announces it will supply the US with 100 Million additional doses of their covid-19 vaccine; and Biden formally announces Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary, the third Latino tapped to lead key agencies in the n...
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
December 22, 2020 19:11 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBModerna vaccine begins distribution today as the nation sees its worst month of the pandemic yet, averaging more than 2,600 deaths a day; health experts like Dr. Fauci warn that a UK mutation of the virus, which could be 70% more contagious, is likely already in the U.S.; Congress passed a $900B stimulus deal now waiting President Trump’s signature, in this bill immigrants in mixed status families are eligible for stimulus checks; and hunger in America skyrocketing, since the start of the pa...
Monday, December 21st. 2020
December 21, 2020 19:03 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBCongressional leaders reached an agreement on a $900 Billion coronavirus relief bill, part of a spending measure that funds the government through September 2021; distribution of the second coronavirus vaccine began to more than 3,700 locations in all 50 states; European nations are banning travel from the UK after a new variant of covid-19 was detected in the country, but health experts warn mutations are expected and nothing suggests this is more deadly; Trump and his aides are floating th...
Friday, December 18th, 2020
December 18, 2020 19:01 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBA second covid-19 vaccine may soon get FDA authorization as the nation experiences the 11th day of record hospitalizations, cases and deaths; VP Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams got vaccinated on live tv to promote vaccine efforts; Congressional leaders struggle to pass a covid relief package amidst a looming government shutdown; the Supreme Court shuts down efforts by the Trump Administration to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census.
Thursday, December 17th, 2020
December 17, 2020 20:06 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBCovid-19 vaccinations continue across the US and now the country is on track to add a second vaccine to its arsenal with independent federal advisers reviewing data on the Moderna vaccine; hospitalizations set a record for the 10th day in a row, straining health-care systems across America; Congressional negotiators are closing in on a $900 Billion covid-19 relief package; and El Salvador signs agreement to accept asylum seekers sent from the US border, incoming President Joe Biden now has t...
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
December 16, 2020 19:02 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBHundreds of hospitals around the country began dispensing covid-19 shots to their workers, while Moderna’s vaccine is on the cusp of government authorization; the US reported more than 3,000 deaths in a single day, one of the highest since the start of the pandemic; Congressional negotiators are reportedly nearing a deal on a long-awaited covid relief bill; a new report by the International Criminal Court found there is “reasonable basis” to believe Venezuela has committed crimes against hum...
Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
December 15, 2020 19:36 - 21 minutes - 20 MBRepublican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden’s win six weeks after Election Day; Electoral College ratifies Biden’s win, the presidential electors giving Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232; 50 million doses are expected to be administered by the end of January as the largest vaccination effort gets underway.
Monday, December 14th, 2020
December 14, 2020 19:11 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBPeople across the country are receiving the first doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine today , in the largest vaccination effort in US history; presidential electors are meeting across the country to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, the process getting more attention than usual this year because of President Trump refusal to concede; and authorities in Guatemala are setting up roadblocks to block a migrant caravan fleeing Honduras.
Thursday, December 10th, 2020
December 10, 2020 19:38 - 22 minutes - 21 MBThe FDA is considering an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s vaccine as the U.S. breaks records with over 3,000 deaths in a single day; governors and mayors tighten restrictions as cases and hospitalizations rise across the board; President Trump joins 17 Republican governors in their latest efforts to overturn the election results; and an autopsy into the murder of Fort Bragg soldier Enrique Roman-Martinez found that he was decapitated, but seven months after his disappearance, a moti...
Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
December 09, 2020 19:13 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBCovid hospitalizations, cases and deaths are rising sharply just as the FDA gets ready to approve emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine; President-elect Joe Biden promises to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccine in the first three months of his administration; the Supreme Court rejected Republican efforts to overturn election results in Pennsylvania, a blow to Trump’s unprecedented campaign to stay in office; and the long-awaited National Museum of the American Latino might soon be a reali...
Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
December 08, 2020 19:23 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBGovernors and mayors are rushing to enact new restrictions to contain the spread of the virus as states experience record-setting number of new cases and hospitalizations; UK health authorities start covid vaccine distribution; the Trump Administration declined to order additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine back in the summer; and a mother seeks justice for her soldier son who was murdered after leaving Fort Bragg base in North Carolina.
Monday, December 7th, 2020
December 07, 2020 19:23 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBNew stay at home orders are in effect in California for 33 Million Americans due to a sharp increase in cases and hospitalizations, this as an additional 1.3 million have tested positive in the last week alone; President Trump pushed Georgia’s governor to call a special session to overturn the state’s election results but Kemp refused saying it would be a violation of state law; Biden names California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, as head of Health and Human Services, the first Latino ...
Friday, December 4th, 2020
December 04, 2020 19:23 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBRecord-breaking U.S. deaths as experts warn the domestic death toll could reach half a million by spring; President-elect Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks during his first 100 days in office; and the latest U.S. jobs report paints a dire picture of the nation’s economy.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
December 03, 2020 19:35 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBU.S. faces a massive surge in coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours as hospitalizations rise; stimulus talks resume as Democrats make a proposal to spur congressional Republicans into action; and President Trump keeps applying pressure and advancing unproven fraud claims ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoff.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
December 02, 2020 19:19 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBPfizer vaccine against covid-19 gains approval for use in the United Kingdom adding pressure to US authorization; President Trump is reportedly considering pardons for his three oldest children and his attorney Rudy Giuliani; Attorney General Barr says DOJ found no evidence of widespread voter fraud; and Customs and Border Protections settles lawsuit with Latinas apprehended simply for speaking Spanish.
Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
December 01, 2020 19:45 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBCDC experts meet today to recommend who should get initial limited supplies of a covid vaccine as health experts warn that increased travel over the Thanksgiving holiday will result in a surge of new cases; President-elect Biden formally introduces his economic team as millions of Americans continue struggling with unemployment; and Houston’s remote learners failing classes at unprecedented rates, could have a major impact on future high school graduation rates.
Monday, November 30th, 2020
November 30, 2020 19:06 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBPresident-elect Joe Biden nominates former Fed Chair Janet Yellen to Treasury Secretary, and announces an all-female senior communications team; President Trump repeats baseless voter fraud theories as states continue certifying election results and ratifying Biden’s victory; health experts are warning of a post-Thanksgiving surge in covid cases with hospitalizations nationwide topping 93,000 cases; and the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether the Trump Administration can exclude un...
Friday, November 20th, 2020
November 20, 2020 19:09 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBStates implement tougher restrictions as the U.S. keeps setting new records for cases; President Trump uses the power of his office to persuade Michigan Republicans to overturn the vote; and President-Elect Biden and his transition team grow increasingly frustrated with Trump’s attack on election results.
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
November 19, 2020 18:46 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBThe US reached the grim milestone of 250,000 covid deaths as new confirmed cases have gone from 40,000 a day to 150,000 over the last six weeks; as President Trump ramps up his attacks against the election results, President-elect Biden criticized Trump for delaying the transition, saying it’s preventing his team from tackling the pandemic effectively; December 11th deadline looming to avoid a government shutdown amid the pandemic; and a judge barred the Trump administration from expelling u...
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
November 18, 2020 18:45 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBPfizer announces it will seek FDA authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine saying a final analysis confirmed the vaccine is 95% effective; governors and mayors across the US enact stricter measures to curb the rapid spread of the virus, the nation is now averaging 145,000 daily new infections; President Trump fires DHS official who rebuked false claims of voter fraud; the Trump campaign files for a partial recount in Wisconsin after his campaign suffers a series of legal defeats; and millions ...
Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
November 17, 2020 19:40 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBThe US is averaging 145,000 daily covid cases so governors across the US are ratcheting up Covid-19 restrictions amid the record-shattering spike of the virus; President-elect Joe Biden is warning of dire consequences if President Trump continues refusing to coordinate with his transition team on the covid pandemic; President Trump’s lawsuit in Pennsylvania heads to court today as his campaign is trying to stop the state from certifying election results.
Friday, November 13th, 2020
November 13, 2020 18:44 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBThere’s no evidence that votes were compromised in last week’s election according to a coalition of federal and state officials as President Trump continues refusing to concede the election; a growing number of Republican senators are calling on the Trump administration to start giving Biden intelligence briefings, a sign that support for the president may be waning; the coronavirus pandemic is reaching crisis levels with more than 150,000 new cases reported on Thursday alone, the highest si...
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
November 11, 2020 18:51 - 22 minutes - 21 MBPresident Trump continues raising unsupported claims of ballot counting abuses as key Republicans and the State Secretary continue backing the president; the US hit a record number of Covid hospitalizations on Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new infections in just the first 10 days of November; President Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate Veterans Day, his first public appearance since last Thursday; and Border Patrol agents take a break to savor Mexican food purchased t...
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
November 10, 2020 18:45 - 23 minutes - 22 MBPresident Trump refuses to concede blocking officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team and Attorney General Barr authorizing the DOJ to probe unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud; Pfizer says its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective, as the nation reaches five days in a row of 100,000 cases a day or more; the Supreme Court hears arguments on the legality of the Affordable Care Act, now appears the two conservative justices are unwi...
Friday, November 6th, 2020
November 06, 2020 18:55 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBJoe Biden edges closer to 270 as Pres. Trump fights for his political life; Pres. Trump continues attacking the integrity of the election; and another record-breaking day for new coronavirus cases in the U.S.
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
November 05, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBUnrest around the U.S. as vote tallies in battleground states remain pending in the presidential election; Trump campaign begins legal challenges contesting vote counts in several key states; and the U.S. sets another single-day coronavirus record.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
November 04, 2020 18:49 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBThe 2020 presidential election is now coming down to Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, Joe Biden slightly ahead of Donald Trump, but many more ballots still remain uncounted; President Trump in an early morning address claims voter fraud without evidence, says he’ll ask the Supreme Court to intervene; health experts warn that self-isolating after voting in person might be a good idea as covid cases continue rising across the nation; and a woman catches a last minute flight from New York...
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
November 03, 2020 18:53 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBPresident Trump and former VP Joe Biden charged across several battle ground states in a final push to get out the vote; nearly 100 million early votes have already been cast and election officials are bracing for a drawn out counting process; coronavirus cases rising in 47 states as the White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator urged officials to take more aggressive containment measures; and officials in Mexico are investigating allegations of unwanted hysterectomies conducted on immi...
Monday, Novermber 2nd, 2020
November 02, 2020 18:58 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBPresident Trump and Joe Biden have one last chance to make their case to voters in critical battleground states today the final full day of a campaign; in Texas 127,000 ballots already cast could be tossed in Democratic-leaning Harris County; President Trump suggests he may fire Dr. Anthony Fauci during a campaign rally as the coronavirus crisis in the nation grows worse.
Friday, October 30th, 2020
October 30, 2020 18:21 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MB90,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours in the US as a key model projects 399,000 deaths by February; President Trump and rival Joe Biden making a final push in key swing states as early voter turnout shatters all-time records; a federal court in Minnesota rules that in order to be counted, ballots must be received by Election Day, reversing an earlier decision allowing a one week extension; and activists in California urge people to vote yes on Proposition 16 to repeal ban on affirma...
Thursday, October, 29th, 2020
October 29, 2020 19:37 - 21 minutes - 20 MBPresident Trump and former VP Joe Biden are campaigning in battleground Florida making their closing arguments ahead of Election Day; Trump and Biden almost tied in Texas and Florida among Latino voters according to a new Univision Noticias poll, while Biden is leading in Pennsylvania and Arizona by 5 points; 79,000 new covid cases recorded yesterday as the president continues dismissing the severity of the crisis; and gun sales skyrocketing as anxiety over the elections and civil unrest gri...
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
October 28, 2020 18:48 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBThe White House lists ending the pandemic as one of its accomplishments as 73,000 covid cases are reported overnight, the fourth worst day of the pandemic; President Trump on the campaign trail holding rallies in hotspot like Wisconsin ignoring the pandemic, while Biden campaigns in Georgia looking to expand electoral map launching a unifying closing argument; and 30,000 unaccompanied minors crossed the border last year, sharp decline from recent years, but thousands linger in squalid migran...
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
October 27, 2020 18:01 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThe covid pandemic is pushing hospitals to the brink as the US is averaging 70,000 daily cases as President Trump continues to say we’re “rounding the corner”; roughly 66 million Americans have already voted early with one more week to go until Election Day; President Trump confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court during a White House socially distanced event; and Chileans overwhelmingly vote to replace dictatorship-era constitution.
Monday, October 26th, 2020
October 26, 2020 19:12 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBA new covid outbreak hits the White House, at least five people in VP Pence’s circle have tested positive; the US records 60,000 new covid cases on Sunday at the president’s chief of staff said the administration is not going to control the outbreak; and the latest on a series of allegations of abuse at an immigrant detention center in Georgia, at least 19 women now on record as new details emerge about their claims.
Friday, October 23rd, 2020
October 23, 2020 19:02 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBPresident Trump and Joe Biden fought over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic during the final debate before the election, highlighting the vastly different approaches to the major challenges facing the nation; overnight more than 71,000 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the US on Thursday, the highest daily tally since mid-July; and the Trump Administration is moving forward with the expedited deportation of undocumented immigrants with no criminal record just days after coming under...
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
October 22, 2020 18:50 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBPresident Trump and Joe Biden face off tonight for the final debate before election night as polls show the president trailing Biden in battleground states; Russia and Iran obtained voter registration information in an attempt to disrupt the US elections according to the FBI; 130,000 deaths could’ve been prevented if there was stronger leadership from the federal government according to a new report by Columbia University; and Maya Cinemas a movie theater chain in California struggles to rem...
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
October 21, 2020 19:14 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBPresident Trump is campaigning in North Carolina today, in the lead-up to Thursday's final presidential debate, his best chance to alter the trajectory of the 2020 campaign; the number of daily coronavirus infections reported in the U.S. continues to grow, with new data showing cases have been rising for more than two weeks; and the Trump Administration reportedly can’t find the parents of close to 600 immigrant children separated at the border.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
October 20, 2020 18:45 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBWith two weeks before Election Day President Trump criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci calling him “a disaster” during a call with campaign staffers; new government numbers show cases of coronavirus climbing in at least 42 states, as officials warn the combination of cooler weather and “pandemic fatigue” may cause the new wave to get bigger; and the Supreme Court rejects a Republican effort to limit how long mail-in ballots can count in Pennsylvania.