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There is an opinion on a president accused of betraying his country
US President Donald Trump has been indicted on charges of wire fraud and obstruction of justice in connection with an investigation into his alleged effort to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges in the indictment. Trump was the only one charged in this indictment,…
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There are charges against Trump that are related to the January 6 investigation
President Donald Trump has been charged with four counts of election fraud in connection to the 2020 presidential election. The charges accuse him of ordering officials in several states, including Michigan, to overturn the results of the election. A US grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment against Trump over his efforts to overturn the…
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The trial America needs is an opinion
Former US President Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump and his associates were accused of attempting to interfere with the election proceedings in the US and of pressuring officials to overturn the results in…
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The soldiers declare a general to be the head of state
The military coup in Niger which took over the country has been condemned by the UN and the West African regional group ECOWAS, who are scheduled to hold an emergency summit on Sunday. The UN Security Council called on the military to restore democratic rule in the country. The mutineers claimed that they overthrew President…
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Meta’s Election Research Questions more than it answers
Meta Research on Monday released its first results from the Meta Research Collaboration on Facebook, Twitter and politics of political discourse. Nick Clegg, Meta’s President of Global Affairs said, ” the experimental findings add to a growing body of research showing there’s little evidence that key features of Meta’s platforms alone cause harmful ‘affective’ polarisation…meaningful…
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The leader of the forest, Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday said the rebel leader in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don province, Igor Prigozhin, is in the Russian city of St Petersburg. “He is a free man…But what will happen later?” Lukashenko asked. The Russian mercenary force Wagner has withdrawn from Rostov-on-Don after Lukashenko’s intervention last month in a mutiny led by Prigozhin.
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The New York Times says that Putin’s options aren’t great
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s spokesman said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to take the country into a new phase of war. He added that the US and NATO are not involved in Russia’s attempted mutiny. Earlier, Putin had said that some Russian pilots were killed in the mutiny but he didn’t…
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After Police Killing, France is on fire
French President Emmanuel Macron has cancelled a state visit to Germany in response to the ongoing protests over the death of Nahel M, a 19-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer on Wednesday. The French government has deployed tens of thousands of police across the country to maintain order. France has been…
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France is on fire after police killings
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday cancelled his trip to Germany amid protests in France following the death of a 17-year-old girl who was shot dead by a police officer. France’s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner tweeted that the President had decided to cancel his visit to Germany “to maintain peace and order”. France has witnessed…
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Putin thinks that he is still in control
A blogger in Russia, Semyon Pegov, has called the anti-government rebellion in Ukraine “a stab in the back” of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, Eto Buziashvili wrote. Pegov was involved in a video interview with Prigozhin last year that was “full of compliments”, Buziashvili said. Pegov had urged Prigozhin to take a prominent…
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I teach at an elite college
Several US states have banned the use of race-conscious admissions policies in order to increase diversity at universities. A professor at Southern Methodist University said that the ability to use race-conscious admissions policies has been dramatically curtailed. “Without race-conscious admission, the diversity of future generations of scientists, who are trained in universities, might suffer too,”…
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The research shows that an artificial intelligence generated tweets might be more convincing than actual people
A Stanford-Georgetown University study claimed that generative artificial intelligence could be used to power political campaigns, propaganda and news stories. It found that a large language model could be used to generate fictional stories that swayed US readers nearly as much as realexamples of Russian and Iranian propaganda. Researchers also used the model to summarise…
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The Supreme Court did not accept the independent state legislature theory
US Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s supporters claiming that the 2020 presidential election was flawed. The court said that the election was “fundamentally flawed” and ruled that state legislatures were immune from the “ordinary bounds” of judicial review. “This Court has an obligation to ensure state court interpretations don’t…
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The former prime minister of Italy died at the age of 86
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi passed away on Monday aged 86 at his home in Rome. He had served as Italy’s PM from 1994 to 2011 and was removed from office in 2014 for tax evasion. Berlusconi is credited with reviving Italy’s once-moribund economy and transforming the country into Europe’s fourth-largest economy.
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Boris Johnson decided to resign from Parliament due to a report on his behavior as PM
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as a lawmaker after being told he’d be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. His resignation comes after an ethics investigation found he misled Parliament about the number of “lockdown parties” he held at his home during his time as PM. The probe was launched after police issued 126…
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The Alabama court ruling on political power could affect maps in other states
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Voting Rights Act is not applicable to Alabama’s congressional district lines. However, the court added that it did not “disregard the concern that the case might impermissibly elevate race in allocation of political power within the States”. Alabama lawmakers will have to redraw congressional district lines…
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There are allegations that Trump is charged with crimes in the classified documents inquiry
US President Donald Trump and his supporters are expected to be indicted this summer over their efforts to influence the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, The New York Times (NYT) said on Monday. This comes after a special committee accused Trump of conspiring with others to interfere in the election. Trump has denied wrongdoing and…
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The ad uses fake pictures of Trump embracing Fauci
US’ Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’ campaign has released a video showing “fake” images of President Donald Trump embracing top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci. The ad, titled ‘The DeSantis War Room’, also showed a banner that appeared to be from the White House, Washington, DC. “The ad’s misleading and fake,” an official said.
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The former White House chief of staff testifies before the grand jury
Taylor Budowich, a former Trump aide, on Wednesday testified before a grand jury in Miami in connection with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the handling of classified documents during the 2016 presidential elections. Budowich said he answered every question honestly and fulfilled his “legal obligation” to testify in front the grand jury. Smith’s probe…
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Republicans no longer call this election program a Godsend
The US has been trying to remove people from the voter rolls through the Electronic Registration Information Network (ERIC), a database of states’ voter rolls, for years, a report said. According to the report, ERIC’s first summit withred state legislators was successful in attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It added ERIC was created…
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The Senate brushes off a deadline to raise the debt ceiling
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation to increase the federal debt ceiling by $2.1 billion. The vote came after several Republicans objected to the proposal, claiming it didn’t cut enough spending. “This is a good deal for Americans,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. However, Senate Majority LeaderMitch McConnell said he’ll oppose the…
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The Senate dodges a default deadline as it moves to vote on debt ceiling
The US Senate has passed a bill to raise the national debt ceiling for two years in exchange for spending changes. The Senate passed the legislation on a voice vote. However, the bill won’t be sent to the President for his signature until August 9. President Donald Trump has said that he will veto the…
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The Senate brushes against the default deadline
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to lift the US debt ceiling, a day before the country’s government faces a potential default. The House voted 249-196 in favour of the bipartisan legislation, which would need 60 votes to pass the Democratic-led Senate. President Joe Biden will have to sign it into law…
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The House approved a Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling bill
Majority leader Kevin McCarthy said that the US House of Representatives will vote on Friday on a bipartisan bill to raise the country’s debt ceiling. He added that he’ll put the bill on the floor “without delay” as it is the “only way to ensure that the government doesn’t default on its financial obligations”. Earlier,…
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The Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling bill has been approved by the House
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that the vast majority of the Republican conference in the House is going to vote for the Biden-McCarthy deal to raise the debt ceiling. “Ultraconservative Republicans forced Kevin McCarthy to endure 14 humiliating failed votes,” he added. He further said that he’d probably’ve done the same thing if he…