Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Republican-backed voting curbs set for U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny

Republican-backed voting curbs set for U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny

Fresh off an election in which former President Donald Trump made false claims of fraud, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to ponder the legality of a restriction on early voting in Arizona that his fellow Republicans argued was needed to combat fraud.

Biden trade czar Tai eagerly awaited in Washington and Brussels

Katherine Tai, President Joe Biden's pick to revamp U.S. trade policy to focus on workers and "ordinary Americans" over corporations, will get a chance to explain what that will mean in practice at her confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Factbox: Biden trade czar's to-do list - China tariffs to UK post-Brexit

Katherine Tai, President Joe Biden's nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, will have a full inbox waiting if she is confirmed by the U.S. Senate after a confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Analysis: Urban states come out ahead, rural states get less in Biden's COVID-19 relief bill

The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package now making its way through the U.S. Congress would provide $350 billion to help pandemic-hit state and local governments balance their budgets, more than twice the amount lawmakers approved last year.

Congress to weigh reforms to U.S. Postal Service over finance woes

A panel of the U.S. House of Representatives will hear testimony on Wednesday from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and other officials as lawmakers consider significant reforms to tackle the precarious finances of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

California to enforce net neutrality after judge rejects challenge by internet providers

California should soon implement its landmark net neutrality law under a judge's ruling on Tuesday, nearly three years after the state legislature enacted the measure, the state attorney general's office said.

Former NYPD officer charged in January 6 attack on Capitol police

A former New York City police officer has been charged with using an aluminum pole to attack a U.S. Capitol officer during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol building by supporters of former president Donald Trump.

New York grand jury votes not to indict police officers for Daniel Prude death

A grand jury in New York state voted not to indict police officers for the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died of asphyxiation while in police custody in March 2020 in the upstate city of Rochester, state Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday.

'Closer to normality': New York City arenas open doors to elated fans

Edey Cumello was supposed to go to her first National Basketball Association (NBA) game last year.

Over 3.4 million Texans still facing disrupted water supplies, authorities say

A little over 3.4 million people in Texas in 204 counties still had issues with their water supply as of Tuesday evening, compared to over 7.9 million people a day earlier, a spokesman for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) said.

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