Biden demands Republicans move on gun background check bill

Biden also insists Congress pass bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines President Biden Friday demanded the Republicans in the Senate move on passing gun background check legislation, calling the string of mass shootings and gun violence a “national embarrassment.” Biden pushed the Senate … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 16 April 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, The pope is once again proving that he embraces communism as “perfect Christianity.”  He says the disciples shared all things in common, and there you go.  That is his justification for communist leanings.  He should have sung … Read More

White House says Biden will increase refugee cap this year, after Dem fury over original target

The White House says a new cap will likely be coming by May 15. The White House on Friday said that President Biden is expected to increase the refugee cap for this fiscal year, just hours after he signed an order that kept it … Read More

Third Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose ‘likely’ needed within year, CEO says

Regimen could also require annual vaccinations, CEO Albert Bourla said. Those who completed the two-dose regimen for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will likely need a third shot within 12 months, CEO Albert Bourla said. There is also a chance people will need to receive … Read More

Factbox: Bavarian Soeder ready to run for German chancellor, if CDU supports him

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BERLIN (Reuters) – The leader of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, said on Sunday that he is willing to run as the conservative bloc’s candidate for German chancellor in a September election, according to senior conservative lawmakers. Germany’s … Read More

Biden to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by 9/11

President Biden has decided to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News. President Biden is expected to announce Wednesday … Read More

MEPs raise concerns on vaccine ‘travel certificates’

The EU’s ‘Digital Green Certificate’ aims to ease travel within the bloc this summer (Photo: rudlavibizon) EU commissioner for justice Didier Reynders on Tuesday (13 April) announced that a pilot project for EU-wide vaccine certificates could be launched “in the … Read More

MEPs stall EU-UK trade deal ratification — again

posted in: European Union, News

European Parliament leaders had been expected to announce that the deal would finally be ratified in late April. Leading MEPs on Tuesday once again refused to set a date to ratify the EU-U.K. post-Brexit trade deal, saying they would wait until … Read More

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