Anger and frustration among Peruvian citizens has reached a boiling point in the remote rural Andean community of Andahuaylas. Protests continued in the community on Monday, despite the deaths of seven people over the weekend, including 17-year-old Beckham Romario Quispe Garfias.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed a bill that extends marriage rights to same-sex couples across the United States, making it the law of the land. The law is a repeal of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China's popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner ByteDance Ltd amid U.S. fears the app could be used to spy on Americans and censure content.
The State Department has now designated 12 “Countries of Particular Concern” and placed four more on a “Special Watch List” under the International Religious Freedom Act “for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) cautioned his fellow Democrats on softening federal immigration policy after visiting the southern border on Monday.
U.S. government scientists have recently managed to make significant progress toward successfully utilizing fusion energy, according to The Financial Times.
The House Democrat-led January 6th committee is planning to release its final “report” on the unrest that took place at the U.S. Capitol following the 2020 election. Sources spoke to Politico about the “chapter list” that will be in the report, which will be released before Republicans take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in early January.
