Tom Howell Jr.

U.K. starts the process of joining TPP to open up Asian market in post-Brexit era

The U.K. started the process of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership Wednesday as it looks to tap into a fast-growing Asian market and strike new trade deals in the post-Brexit era.

June 2, 2021

Joe Biden visits Tulsa to honor Black victims of 1921 massacre

President Biden on Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of one of the worst acts of racist violence in U.S. history by touring the part of Tulsa once known as "Black Wall Street," condemning White supremacy and outlining steps to promote minority-owned businesses, saying too many hurdles remain a century after the tragedy.

June 1, 2021

White House offers help to JBS after a ransomware attack

The White House said Tuesday the Department of Agriculture is offering assistance to JBS after the major meat producer reported a cyberattack and ransom demand Sunday from a criminal organization likely based in Russia.

June 1, 2021

Tokyo converts Olympics public-viewing site to a mass-vaccination center

Tokyo officials said a public-viewing event for the Olympics will be converted into a mass-vaccination site as Japan tries to forge ahead with the Summer Games amid cries for cancellation due to coronavirus surges.

June 1, 2021

Moderna seeks full FDA approval of its COVID-19 vaccine

Massachusetts-based drugmaker Moderna said Tuesday it will seek full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine for use in persons 18 and older.

June 1, 2021

Rep. Peter Meijer: Those agitating for civil war can ‘go straight to hell’

Rep. Peter Meijer, Michigan Republican, appeared to take aim at Trump-aligned conservatives in a series of Memorial Day tweets that said people looking to "destroy the Republic in order to save it" can go "straight to hell."

June 1, 2021

Elon Musk: Tesla prices increasing due to supply chain issues

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said late Monday that the price of his vehicles is going up due to supply chain issues that have slammed the automobile sector.

June 1, 2021

Washington takes on Big Pharma: Lower drug prices vs. fewer new cures

A liberal plan to force down the prices of prescription drugs is gaining momentum in Washington, promising huge savings for the elderly but risking fewer new cures from a downsized pharmaceutical industry.

June 1, 2021

Biden unveils effort to eliminate unfair appraisals in Black communities as Tulsa tragedy remembered

The Biden administration said Tuesday it will "root out" discrimination in home appraisals and increase the share of federal contracts going to minority-owned businesses by 50% by 2026, or an additional $100 billion.

June 1, 2021

Biden plans to release intel’s COVID-19 origins report

President Biden on Thursday committed to releasing the intelligence community's forthcoming report on the origins of the coronavirus unless he comes across an outstanding curveball.

May 27, 2021

Biden to intelligence community: ‘Redouble efforts’ on COVID-19 origins

President Biden told the intelligence community Wednesday to "redouble" efforts to determine how the coronavirus originated, saying data collected so far falls short of offering the U.S. and its partners a definitive answer.

May 26, 2021

Defiant Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko sees ‘hybrid war’ from West

A defiant President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday said Belarus' "ill-wishers" are trying to strangle his country through a hybrid form of war after the European Union and the U.S. stepped up their condemnation of the arrest of an opposition journalist who was aboard a commercial plane abruptly diverted from Lithuania to Minsk.

May 26, 2021

Former Sen. John Warner of Virginia dies at age 94

Former Sen. John W. Warner III, a titan of Virginia politics who served five terms in the U.S. Senate, died Tuesday evening in Alexandria. He was 94.

May 26, 2021

South Korean leader: Joe Biden tapping North Korea envoy is de facto outreach

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday said President Biden's decision to appoint a special envoy to North Korea is a de facto form of outreach as denuclearizing the peninsula remains a thorny challenge

May 26, 2021

White House says Biden, Putin to hold first summit June 16 in Geneva

President Biden will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Switzerland, the White House said Tuesday.

May 25, 2021

White House says half of U.S. adults will be fully vaccinated after Tuesday

The U.S. hit a notable benchmark in the COVID-19 fight Tuesday, with half of all adults on course to be fully vaccinated.

May 25, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene compares vaccine passports to gold star under Nazis

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday compared vaccine passports to the gold star that Jewish persons were forced to wear under the Nazi regime, sparking condemnation from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Democratic calls to censure her.

May 25, 2021

Moderna says its COVID-19 shot works in kids as young as 12

Drugmaker Moderna said its COVID-19 vaccine staved off disease in trial participants aged 12 to 18, likely paving the way for an expanded arsenal of shots for adolescents by June.

May 25, 2021

IOC member: Cancellation of Tokyo Summer Games ‘essentially off the table’

A member of the International Olympic Committee said canceling the Tokyo Summer Games is "essentially off the table" even as Japan battles a wave of COVID-19 cases in major cities and the State Department warns Americans not to travel to the host nation.

May 25, 2021

Major airlines avoid Belarus after plane diversion

Major airlines are starting to avoid Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko diverted a commercial airliner from Lithuania to his capital of Minsk so he could detain an opposition journalist on board.

May 25, 2021