A report revealed the Trump administration didn’t break the law when it expedited $8bn in arms sales to the Gulf nations but concluded it failed to fully assess the humanitarian impact associated with the transfers. The US State Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that president Donald …
Read More »Trump Says Biden “Roped Himself Into” Picking a Woman VP and Men Feel “Insulted”
During a Fox Sports Radio interview on Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump insinuated that former Vice President Joe Biden’s decision to pick a woman to run alongside him on the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket later this fall may have been unwise, and may have even hurt his chances with men. …
Read More »Shooing outside WH interrupts Trump briefing
US President Donald Trump’s presser has been temporarily interrupted over a shooting outside the White House. US Secret Service escorted the president out of the media room where he was holding a press conference on Monday. “There were no details – we just found out just now,” Trump told reporters …
Read More »Biden Leads Trump in Three Battleground States That the President Won in 2016: Poll
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden currently leads President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, three key battleground states that Trump won during the 2016 election. The poll, which was conducted by the University of Wisconsin/YouGov, surveyed 800 voters in each of the three states from July 27 to August …
Read More »100 arrested after a night of looting in downtown Chicago; 13 cops injured (Videos)
Chicago’s top cop said about 100 people were arrested and 13 police officers were injured after a night of looting in downtown Chicago. Widespread damage was reported throughout Chicago after looting and rioting began around midnight Monday. Witnesses reported hundreds of people smashing their way into stores throughout Michigan Avenue, …
Read More »Portland protesters set fire to police union headquarters as tensions rise again
Robert Dorris leaned against the door frame of his ground-floor apartment in Portland, Ore., on the same block as the police union’s headquarters, and watched silently as a crowd of black-clad protesters set fire to plywood in the street. His neighbors watched from their balconies as the smoke billowed into …
Read More »Pelosi, Mnuchin eye narrower U.S. COVID-19 aid through 2020
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID-19 aid talks, after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans’ financial distress. Discussions over a fifth bill …
Read More »China targeting U.S. election infrastructure with cyberattacks says, O’Brien
Chinese government-linked hackers have been targeting U.S. election infrastructure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, indicating a more active level of alleged Chinese interference. O’Brien’s comments appeared to go beyond a statement released on Friday by the Office of the …
Read More »World’s most trafficked mammal gives Trump new way to hit China
A petition from environmentalists to reprimand Beijing for illegally trading an endangered species could ultimately bar US imports of any wildlife from China amid heightened concerns about the role animals play in pandemics. The Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups want the Department of the Interior to go …
Read More »Opinion: The Deadly Consequences of A Clueless President
In 2016, the libertarian magazine Reason polled a few dozen staff, contributors, and allies on who would get their votes for president. Almost all planned to cast a ballot for Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson. I was alone in stating a firm intention to vote for Hillary Clinton, for three …
Read More »Donald Trump flees press conference, signs executive orders on coronavirus relief
US President Donald Trump has once again cut a media conference short, turning and walking away from the lectern after being called out for a recurring fib. It was a busy day for the commander in chief, who also signed four executive orders on coronavirus relief measures, bypassing Congress. During …
Read More »Trump to sign executive order on coronavirus unemployment benefits, White House official says
US President Donald Trump on Saturday intends to sign an executive order intended to provide economic relief to Americans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic after the White House failed to reach a deal with Congress, a White House source said. “Amid congressional inaction, POTUS will be taking action to help …
Read More »Hong Kong fires back at “shameless” U.S. sanctions
China on Saturday slammed the United States for imposing “barbarous” sanctions in response to Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong, capping a dramatic week of deteriorating relations between the world’s two biggest economies. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong government described the sanctions as “shameless and despicable,” adding that it fully supported “countermeasures.” …
Read More »Democrats offer to cut $1 trillion from coronavirus plan, White House says no
Democrats in Congress said on Friday they had offered to reduce a proposed coronavirus aid package by a trillion dollars if Republicans would add a trillion to their counter-offer, but the idea was flatly rejected by Donald Trump’s White House. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disclosed the offer as she and …
Read More »Over 100 People Have Died in U.S. While Taking Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: Report
Over 100 people in the U.S. died in the first half of 2020 after taking the anti-malarial medicine hydroxychloroquine or related drugs while sick with COVID-19, according to a report. Analysis of new data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) adverse events reporting system by the Milwaukee Journal …
Read More »Trump loses bid to add fourth U.S. campaign debate with Biden in early September
US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Thursday lost its bid for a fourth debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden in early September. In rejecting the request, the Commission on Presidential Debates said it remains committed to the current schedule of three 90-minute debates beginning in late September. It said …
Read More »Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Says Black Lives Matter Led by ‘Killers’ Who ‘Hate White People’
US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani called the Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization a “domestic terrorist group” led by “killers” who “hate white people” during a television appearance Thursday. Giuliani, who also served as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001, spoke during a segment of Fox …
Read More »Ohio governor tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of Trump’s visit
Ohio’s Republican Governor Mike DeWine has tested positive for COVID-19, hours before he was set to greet the president at the airport for his visit to the Buckeye State. DeWine was slated to greet Mr. Trump on the tarmac in Cleveland Thursday afternoon. DeWine’s office confirmed the positive test in …
Read More »New York seeks to break up National Rifle Association, alleging financial mismanagement
New York state’s attorney general sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association on Thursday, alleging senior leaders of the non-profit group diverted millions of dollars for personal use and to buy the silence and loyalty of former employees. The lawsuit announced by Attorney General Letitia James alleges NRA leaders paid …
Read More »Inside the Democrats’ Plan to Win Back the Internet : Analysis
Joyce Greenberg Brown first learned about political organizing from Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957, when he visited her youth group at a Philadelphia YWCA. She worked for George McGovern in Pennsylvania in 1972 and managed field offices in Florida for Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns. She was so …
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