Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Friday slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for what he called “dangerous” comments after the California Democrat dubbed federal law enforcement protecting federal property in Portland “stormtroopers.”“One, it’s disgusting, two it's an assault on every federal or civilian or state and local law enforcement officer who has taken an oath to protect their…
The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general pushed back against remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday, after he alleged that the agency’s chief had been “bought” by China.Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the allegations made by Pompeo that appeared in U.K. reporting “untrue and unacceptable.” Tedros said the WHO was committed to…
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Tuesday pushed back against criticism over the agency’s response to rioting in Portland, promising that federal law enforcement “will not retreat” from the city and telling rioters to “find another line of work.”“If you are a violent rioter looking to inflict damage on federal property or law enforcement…
Six months after the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States, most states are failing to report critical information needed to track and control the resurgence of covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to an analysis released Tuesday by a former top Obama administration health official.The analysis is the first comprehensive review…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…