6 Persons Arrested as pro-Trump Protesters Clash With Police in Washington

NewsPoliticsUnited States6 Persons Arrested as pro-Trump Protesters Clash With Police in Washington

PilotnewsJanuary 6, 2021

A mass demonstration in support of outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. escalated into clashes with the police, resulting in the arrest of six people, U.S. media reported on Wednesday. U.S. Congress is due to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election later in the day. Trump supporters have been flocking to Washington from all across the country since the weekend to attend the rally and demand that pro-Biden electoral votes in...

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Top Georgia Election Official Says White House Pushed him to Take Trump Call

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesTop Georgia Election Official Says White House Pushed him to Take Trump Call

PilotnewsJanuary 4, 2021

Georgia’s Republican top election official said on Monday the White House had pushed him against his better judgment to take a call from President Donald Trump in which he pressured the state to overturn his November presidential election defeat there. In the call on Saturday, Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn his election loss in the southern state, according to a recording published by U.S. media. “I...

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What Should Activism Really be?

OpinionPeoplePoliticsUnited StatesWhat Should Activism Really be?

PilotnewsJanuary 4, 20211

By Adedeji Adewumi, Guest Columnist ____ Activism is both a science and an art. While social activists in Nigeria do understand and have become successful in the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of the art of activism, we are yet to master the science of activism. The art of activism is the front-end, public-view life of activism – the protests, calling out and public shaming of leaders, filing of lawsuits and strikes to name a few. The...

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11 Republican Senators to Challenge Biden’s Presidential Election Win

NewsPoliticsUnited States11 Republican Senators to Challenge Biden’s Presidential Election Win

PilotnewsJanuary 3, 2021

A group of 11 Republican senators and senators-elect on Saturday said that they intend to appeal the upcoming certification of the results of the presidential election. The group, led by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, in a joint statement, said that they will vote against the certification of electors from states where U.S. President Donald Trump has disputed Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the November election. The 11 Republicans justified their plans by claiming that the...

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US Set to Approve AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine

CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesUS Set to Approve AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 2, 2021

There is a report that the United States is expected to approve the low-cost AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID vaccine in April this year, a senior official said, more than three months after Britain’s green light on Wednesday. The chief advisor to Operation Warp Speed, Moncef Slaoui, the military-led US effort for vaccines, told reporters that US trials and assessments would be completed for approval “sometime in early April.” He said, “Several tens of millions of doses will...

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Trump Extends Suspension of Work Visas, Green Cards

Foreign PolicyNewsUnited StatesTrump Extends Suspension of Work Visas, Green Cards

PilotnewsJanuary 1, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a proclamation extending the suspension of issuance of work visas and green cards. Trump imposed the measures in April and June to protect job opportunities for American workers amid a rise in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proclamation came hours before the president’s executive order on the immigration restrictions was set to expire. The order will now expire at the end of March, extending into the...

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U.S. President-elect, Wife to Appear at New Year Eve Event

EntertainmentFilm & TVPoliticsUnited StatesU.S. President-elect, Wife to Appear at New Year Eve Event

PilotnewsDecember 30, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and wife Jill are set to make an appearance at the famous ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve’ show on Dec. 31. The duo will be interviewed by Ryan Seacrest who is returning as the host for the 16th year of the annual live New Year’s eve event, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The couple is expected to share a message of hope and unity during the interview with Seacrest. “In...

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How COVID-19 Catches 9 to 10 People Every Minute in Los Angeles County

CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesHow COVID-19 Catches 9 to 10 People Every Minute in Los Angeles County

PilotnewsDecember 29, 2020

An average of nine to 10 people in Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States (U.S.), currently test positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) every minute, local health officials said. The county’s Department of Public Health reported 13,661 new COVID-19 infections and 73 more deaths in a daily release, pushing its cumulative cases up to 733,325 with 9,555 related deaths. Officials estimated there were delayed reports of 432 additional deaths due to...

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U.S. VP-elect Mulls Citizenship Bill for 11m People

NewsUnited StatesU.S. VP-elect Mulls Citizenship Bill for 11m People

PilotnewsDecember 29, 2020

U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she would, on assuming office, bring a bill to Congress with a roadmap to citizenship for 11 million undocumented people. Harris said on Twitter that her first priority after assuming office would be to save American lives from the coronavirus pandemic. Together with Biden. she also vowed to join the Paris climate agreement from which the Trump administration had withdrawn earlier. “Day one @JoeBiden and I will...

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Reps Back Trump, Increases COVID-19 Stimulus Cheque to $2,000

CoronavirusNewsPoliticsUnited StatesReps Back Trump, Increases COVID-19 Stimulus Cheque to $2,000

PilotnewsDecember 29, 2020

In a 275-134 vote on Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives backed President Donald Trump’s demand for 2,000 dollars (N776,000) coronavirus stimulus cheque for American workers. The vote came barely 24 hours after Trump reluctantly signed the 900 billion dollars  (N349.2 trillion) COVID-19 relief bill, which includes a $600 (N232,800) stimulus package. The president initially rejected the bill on the ground that the 600 dollars provided was too small, besides containing “unnecessary and wasteful items”,...

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