by Jim Heath | Aug 10, 2021 | Headlines, Joe Biden
The U.S. Senate today handed President Biden a remarkable $1 trillion victory, passing the largest infrastructure bill in decades, promising years of investment in roads, bridges and internet access. It passed on a vote of 69 to 30 as 19 Republicans joined Democratic...
by Jim Heath | Aug 10, 2021 | Headlines, Olympics
The U.S. Olympic team finished atop the gold-medal standings at the Tokyo Olympics with 39 as the Americans edged past China on the final day of action. Team USA’s 39 golds surpasses the totals it managed at five of the previous eight Summer Games and marks the...
by Jim Heath | Aug 10, 2021 | Headlines
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York said today he would resign from office, succumbing to a ballooning sexual harassment scandal that fueled an astonishing reversal of fortune for one of the nation’s best-known leaders. Cuomo said his resignation would be effective...
by Jim Heath | Aug 10, 2021 | 2020, Headlines
One of the largest voting-machine companies in the U.S. today sued two conservative media networks and a businessman it said had defamed it by spreading accusations that it rigged the 2020 election for President Biden. Dominion Voting Systems filed suits against...
by Jim Heath | Aug 9, 2021 | Headlines, Joe Biden
Joe Biden has finally made it! Walt Disney World’s Hall of Presidents has reopened to the public after months of refurbishment, offering park-goers a firsthand look at the animatronic version of President Biden. Disney Imagineers spent the past several months...
by Jim Heath | Aug 9, 2021 | Headlines
A TV and radio host who branded Covid a ‘scam-demic’ and urged his listeners not to get vaccinated has died from the disease. Dick Farrel, who was an outspoken critic of Dr Anthony Fauci, is said to have told friends ‘I wish I had gotten [the...
