A Toronto-based conspiracy to ship goods to Iran in violation of sanctions involved the movement of money through banks in the Middle East and Africa, an indictment unsealed in the United States alleges.As part of the alleged conspiracy, financial transactions were allegedly routed through the United Arab Emirates, Uganda, China, Turkey and Canada in what…
12:50 AM ETHONOLULU — Joaquin Niemann had no regrets about the 18th hole at the Sony Open.Four days after a pair of pars on the final hole at Kapalua led to a playoff loss, Niemann holed a 50-foot chip for eagle on the 18th hole Thursday for an 8-under 62 and a share of the…
For weeks US President Donald Trump has been maintaining that Democrats rigged the election in November and stole the vote. After he whipped his supporters into such a frenzy that some of them stormed the Capitol, Twitter temporarily suspended the account of its most infamous user for an initial period of 12 hours. Shortly afterward,…
Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesPresident-elect Joe Biden’s pandemic relief package would extend income support for millions of unemployed workers through September 2021 and increase jobless benefits by $400 a week, according to a speech outlining his plan on Thursday night.Biden would also phase out higher unemployment benefits automatically over time, tying…
| USA TODAYShow CaptionHide CaptionTrump denounces violence at Capitol riots after being impeached twiceThe White House released a recorded statement from President Trump in which he denounced the violence at the U.S. Capitol the previous week.staff video, USA TODAYThe violence America witnessed at the Capitol was more than unleashed rage. Terrorism experts say it was…
A new, possibly “more transmissible” variant of COVID-19 that is specific to the United States, believed to be behind half of the country’s coronavirus cases, has been reported by Illinois researchers.In a study currently awaiting peer review, a team led by Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher Keith Gagnon reported a new variant “specific to and…
A portrait of the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC), General Qasem Soleimani is seen on a street-side in downtown Tehran, December 30, 2020. /GettyA portrait of the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC), General Qasem Soleimani is seen on a street-side in downtown Tehran,…
12:42 AM ETTwo-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka was among the earliest arrivals into Melbourne on one of the 15 charter flights bringing players and officials into the city for the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year.And she wanted everyone to know she was pleased to be in Australia despite all the COVID-19…
Joe Biden (r.), the 46th President of the United States of America, has said he wants to unite the country, as opposed to his predecessor Donald TrumpWhen Donald Trump speaks, the world listens. Over the course of his presidency, the Republican president has continuously used words as weapons, from spreading the term “fake news” to discredit factual…
In their new book Trump’s Democrats, Stephanie Muravchik and Jon A. Shields do a deep dive into the Democratic strongholds that voted for Donald J. Trump in 2016. While Mr. Trump has lost the 2020 election, the authors contend that the factors that led to these Democrats voting for a Republican president will shape U.S.…
