Portland mayor supports rolling back the city's restrictions on homeless camping

In a policy reversal on homeless camps in Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler proposed new regulations Thursday to end the city's ban on "homeless daytime camping," per local reports. Wheeler's proposal would reduce "criminal sanctions" for camping, according to KOIN 6. "The City Attorney’s Office believes these new proposed regulations …...Read More

Democratic strategist boasts party fought to undermine 'dangerous' third-party threat to Biden

The bipartisan centrist political group No Labels announced on Thursday it would decline to field a presidential candidate in the 2024 election, saying it had failed to find a "hero" candidate who could take on both President Biden and former President Trump. Republican and Democratic strategists celebrated the group's failure …...Read More

Voted for CAA in Parliament because Meghalaya was exempted: Agatha Sangma

April 05, 2024 04:45 pm | Updated 04:45 pm IST - Shillong Agatha K. Sangma, the incumbent Lok Sabha MP and National People's Party candidate for Tura, on April 05 said she supported the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Parliament because Meghalaya was exempted from its provisions. Despite facing criticism …...Read More

Texas Gov. Abbott travels to sanctuary city to say he won’t stop bussing in illegal immigrants

Texas will continue to bus illegal immigrants pouring across its border to sanctuary cities "until we get a new president," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told a Manhattan crowd on Thursday – just hours after New York City Mayor Eric Adams criticized the Republican's handling of the crisis and offered him …...Read More

Doctors in England accept government pay offer, ending historic strike

Senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the government, ending a yearlong dispute marked by strikes. 83 percent of senior doctors approved the offer, which includes a pay increase for consultants with four to seven years of experience. Junior doctors have remained in dispute, leading to service …...Read More

Mamata Banerjee slams PM Modi over comments on atrocities on Sandeshkhali women

April 05, 2024 04:30 pm | Updated 05:06 pm IST Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 5 hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks about atrocities against women and corruption, asserting that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and her government had taken stern …...Read More

Biden to visit Baltimore bridge collapse site, urge Congress to approve recovery funds

President Biden is scheduled to travel to Baltimore on Friday afternoon, where he will tour the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers officials on site will give the president an operational update on response efforts as workers continue to clear the Patapsco …...Read More

Andhra Pradesh Congress seals seat-sharing deal with CPI, consensus eludes talks with CPI(M)

April 05, 2024 04:23 pm | Updated 04:23 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA As part of its alliance with the Left parties in the elections, the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh has sealed a seat-sharing deal with the Communist Party of India (CPI), leaving one Lok Sabha and eight Assembly constituencies …...Read More

BRS chief KCR visits farmers in Karimnagar, vows to stand by them

April 05, 2024 04:15 pm | Updated 04:16 pm IST - KARIMNAGAR Aggrieved farmers of Maqdumpur village in Karimnagar Mandal poured out their woes before the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao who visited their village on Friday afternoon to listen to their grievances …...Read More

BJP chief Nadda attacks Rahul Gandhi for using religion during polls

April 05, 2024 04:11 pm | Updated 04:23 pm IST - Haridwar BJP president J. P. Nadda on April 5 lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for using religion at the time of elections. "There are people who visit temples and wear 'janeu' (the sacred thread) at the time …...Read More