
The United States Senate on Friday confirmed a former Army general, Austin Lloyd to become the Defence Secretary, making him the first African American to hold the job....

The next phase of the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump is set to be launched next week when the Senate receives the charges against him from the House of Representatives accusing him of instigating the January 6 storming of the Capitol by his supporters, Democratic Party's Senate Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday....

Canada's Governor General Julie Payette has announced her resignation after the conclusion of a harassment investigation at the her office....

Mitch McConnell, the US Senate Republican leader, has proposed that former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial should be delayed until mid-February so as to give him enough time to prepare a defense....

US President Joe Biden has planned to keep Christopher Wray, appointed by his predecessor in 2017 as the FBI Director, in the same position, allowing him to continue serving out his 10-year term....

NASA has loaned a Moon rock for display in the Oval Office of the White House at the request of the Joe Biden administration....

The US has registered a record high of over 4,300 daily Covid-19 deaths as the new administration took office....
In a bid to combat the spread of misinformation in the wake of January 6 Capitol Hill riots, several Democratic lawmakers have sent letters to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, directing them to make sweeping changes to stop the radicalisation of their platforms....

Dr. Anthony Fauci is back. After months of being sidelined and attacked by Donald Trump, America's top infectious diseases expert returned to the White House briefing room and declared that the US could return to "a degree of normality" by the Fall if the Covid-19 vaccination campaign goes well this summer....
Initial unemployment claims in the US slightly dropped to 900,000 last week, after soaring to five-month high in the previous week, the Labour Department. In the week ending January 16, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits declined by 26,000 from the previous week's downwardly revised level of...