House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she plans to appoint additional Republicans, including a staunch Trump critic, to the committee probing the January 6 US Capitol insurrection, amid a fierce partisan showdown over who will serve on the body. Asked whether she would appoint a new set of Republicans …
Read More »Trump Says Arizona Republican Who Slammed Election Audit ‘Has Been Nothing But Trouble’
The audit is focused on Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest, where then-Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden won by more than 2 percentage points in the November 2020 election, slammed by former President Donald Trump as “the most corrupt” vote in US history. Ex-US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Arizona …
Read More »Former Trump Inaugural Chairman Thomas Barrack has been arrested for conspiring to act as agents of the UAE
Former Trump Inaugural Chairman Thomas Barrack has been arrested on federal charges in Los Angeles.
Read More »Russia rejects Guardian article about support for Trump in 2016
Russia has dismissed as “false” and “great pulp fiction” a recent article by The Guardian about Moscow’s alleged secret efforts to ensure Donald Trump’s victory in the United States’ 2016 presidential election. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov made the comments during a press conference on Friday, after the British newspaper reported a day earlier, citing …
Read More »US judge rules DACA program illegal, suspends new applications
A US federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked new applications to a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation, but said the hundreds of thousands of people already enrolled would not be affected until further court rulings. US District Judge Andrew …
Read More »Biden lambastes Trump’s ‘big lie’ in defense of voting rights
US President Joe Biden has condemned a wave of Republican-backed legislation fuelled by his predecessor Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. In a speech in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Biden lambasted efforts by Trump and others to sow doubt about the election months after it concluded, which have prompted GOP-led …
Read More »Trump announces suits against Facebook, Twitter and Google
Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the country’s biggest tech companies: Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs. Trump said he was serving as lead plaintiff in the class-action suits, claiming he has been wrongfully censored by the companies. “We’re demanding …
Read More »WSJ: Biden Slowly Unwinds Trump’s Sanction Policy
The Biden administration is revamping the way the U.S. uses punitive sanctions, aiming to stem sweeping pressure campaigns, avoid collateral economic damage and act jointly with allies rather than unilaterally, according to people involved in the planning process, Ian Talley wrote for the Wall Street Journal. The administration has nearly …
Read More »Trump calls Biden ‘most unpatriotic president in American history’
Former US President Donald Trump has once again attacked his successor Joe Biden, calling him “the most unpatriotic president in American history.” Trump made the remarks Saturday in Sarasota, Florida, during a rally billed as a Fourth of July celebration with fireworks, the latest in a series of appearances as …
Read More »Biden to nominate academic Gutmann as US ambassador to Germany -sources
President Joe Biden will nominate academic Amy Gutmann as US ambassador to Germany, two sources familiar with the issue said on Wednesday, as the two countries move closer after relations deteriorated under former President Donald Trump. Gutmann, 71, who would be the first woman to serve in the role, is …
Read More »Donald Trump returns to campaign trail with rally targeting Ohio Republican
Donald Trump held his first big campaign-style rally since leaving the White House, giving a vintage, rambling speech Saturday to an adoring audience as he launched a series of appearances ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Read More »Giuliani’s law licence suspended over Trump election falsehoods
The New York court’s decision prevents Rudy Giuliani from representing clients as a lawyer.
Read More »Oath Keeper pleads guilty in major Capitol riot conspiracy case
It’s the first guilty plea in the DOJ’s conspiracy case against the group.
Read More »Trump wanted to send COVID-infected Americans to Guantanamo: Book
A new book by Washington Post reporters claims Trump asked if a detainment camp could be used to house the infected.
Read More »After NATO, Biden turns to EU for renewal of transatlantic ties
U.S. President Joe Biden will intensify his push to renew relations with Europe on Tuesday after a summit at NATO, meeting with European Union leaders to seek a truce in trade wars and a 17-year-long aircraft subsidy dispute. Seen as another opportunity to re-set ties after four tense years with …
Read More »465 arrested in Capitol riot case, including at least 50 who have served in the military
America watched as hordes of rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6 — crushing through windows, pressing up stairways, and sending lawmakers and law enforcement running for their lives. The flood of protesters who streamed into the Capitol that day left federal authorities with an equally immense task: …
Read More »Biden drops Trump attempt to ban TikTok, WeChat; orders new review
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat and TikTok and ordered a Commerce Department review of security concerns posed by those apps and others. The administration of former President Donald Trump had attempted to block new …
Read More »Capitol Police warned Trump backers would breach Capitol, target Democrats | Report
The report found the Capitol Police command system broke down during the riot. One officer said a lieutenant asked via radio, “does anybody have a plan?” U.S. Capitol Police leaders learned that Trump supporters were discussing ways to infiltrate tunnels around the complex and target Democratic members of Congress on …
Read More »In rare public outing, Trump denounces Fauci, China; dangles 2024 prospects
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply attacked U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, demanded reparations from China, and denounced an investigation into his finances in a speech in North Carolina. Speaking in Greenville, North Carolina, at the state’s Republican Party convention, Trump …
Read More »Facebook suspends former US President Trump’s account until 2023
Facebook Inc on Friday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform until at least January 2023 and announced changes to how it will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future. Facebook’s independent oversight board in May upheld the social media giant’s block on Trump, which was enforced in …
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