NEW YORK — Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday. Athos Chemicals and Raxuter Chemicals, both based in Gujarat, were each charged in Brooklyn with distributing the ingredients and conspiring to distribute…
The joint session of Congress’s certification of the 2024 presidential election Monday was significantly less eventful than the 2021 session to certify the 2020 election, a fact former Vice President Mike Pence commended. The 2020 election certification by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, was interrupted by a violent mob, while Monday’s session marked the first…
Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings Monday that unfolded without challenge, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash. 7) told KIRO Newsradio’s Aaron Granillo that it was a “difficult day,” but that a peaceful transfer of power is the correct way…
Vice President Kamala Harris presided over a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, overseeing the Electoral College vote count that confirmed her 2024 loss to Donald Trump — a stark contrast to the chaos that upended the process four years ago. This time there were no protests and no objections from members of Congress…
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — With his appointment as new archbishop of Washington Jan. 6, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy’s term in the nation’s capital will begin shortly after President-elect Donald Trump begins his second stint in the White House, possibly creating flashpoints between the pair during their time in the nation’s capital over immigration and a host…
WASHINGTON — The Louisiana Department of Health said Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu had died, the country’s first death from an outbreak of the virus that has sickened dozens of people and millions of poultry and cattle. Nearly 70 people in the U.S. have contracted bird flu since April, according…
With his days numbered as president of the United States, Joe Biden has announced that offshore drilling for gas and oil will be blocked across hundreds of acres of ocean, including off New Jersey’s coast. Incoming President Donald Trump said he plans to reverse Biden’s move, but implementing a ban is much simpler than scrapping…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Monday eased some restrictions on Syria’s transitional government to allow the entry of humanitarian aid after Islamist insurgents ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad last month. The U.S. Treasury Department issued a general license lasting six months that authorizes certain transactions with the Syrian government, including some energy sales and incidental…
WASHINGTON — Despite a massive snowstorm that shut down most of the nation’s capital, Congress still has a constitutionally mandated job to do on Monday. Lawmakers convened to certify the November election results which will send President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House for a second term. Trump, Pence, Harris share thoughts on certification…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. cyber watchdog agency CISA said Monday there was “no indication” the recently reported breach at the U.S. Treasury Department had affected any other federal agency. Late last month the U.S. Treasury reported that an unspecified number of computers had been compromised by Chinese hackers following a breach at contractor BeyondTrust, which…