Browsing: US politics

The Independent says Former president Donald Trump lashed out after the House January 6 select committee’s first prime-time hearing wrapped up.

The Guardian says An 11-year-old survivor of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas testified before the House oversight committee on Wednesday.

TRT World says the US House has voted for a bill that raises the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic assault rifle in the country from 18 to 21, in an attempt to tackle the mass shooting sprees that has plagued the United States.

The Independent says a Fox News host called Matthew McConaughey “someone from Hollywood” in response to the star’s powerful and emotive gun control speech from the White House.

The Guardian says The US climate envoy John Kerry has committed to pursuing the facts behind the disappearance of a veteran Guardian contributor and a celebrated Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon.

Daily Express says PRESIDENT BIDEN has suffered a blow ahead of his Summit of the Americas as one of the largest migrant caravans heads towards the US-Mexico border.

New York Times says the Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that prohibits nearly all abortions starting at fertilization, which would make it the nation’s strictest abortion law.

VOA says millions of U.S. voters are casting ballots in state primary races to determine which candidates face off in November’s midterm elections.

The Metro says Florida lawmakers on Thursday voted to strip the Walt Disney Company of its special self-governing status, adding fuel to an ongoing political feud between the company and the governor.

The Metro says Madeleine Albright, the first woman to be secretary of state, died on Wednesday of cancer. She was 84-years-old.