In a day’s time, more Americans will have died from coronavirus than during one of the country’s deadliest wars – a sign the US is in total crisis. The US is preparing to mark a year of the COVID-19 pandemic as fatalities near 400,000 –...
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US approaches grim virus death toll
The US is preparing to mark a year of the COVID-19 pandemic as fatalities near 400,000 – around the same number of Americans who died in World War II. The grim milestone is set to be reached on Wednesday, when Joe Biden is set to...
Footage shows hundreds of partygoers dancing
A Florida politician wants US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club fined and closed temporarily after footage emerged of a New Year’s Eve party showing hundreds of guests not wearing masks. Democratic state representative Omari Hardy emailed a complaint to Palm Beach County, drawing attention to...
America narrowly avoids costly shutdown
After threatening to cull coronavirus relief and government funding from millions of vulnerable Americans, Donald Trump has reconsidered at the last minute. Donald Trump has signed a mammoth COVID-19 relief and government funding bill, including a modest relief payment for most Americans, averting a costly...
Donald Trump narrowly averts a costly US shutdown
Donald Trump has signed a mammoth COVID-19 relief and government funding bill, including a modest relief payment for most Americans, averting a costly shutdown. The nearly 5,600-page, US$2.3 trillion (AU$3 trillion) bill passed the House and Senate by overwhelming margins on Monday night, just hours...