-
As he prepares to make an announcement, Trump is on defense
US President Donald Trump’s ex-adviser Michael Caputo has said that Trump will mount “massive effort” to win the Virginia delegates going to Milwaukee in the 2020 Democratic presidential elections. “This is how Trump does primaries,” Caputo added. The comment comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that he will announce his 2020 presidential campaign at…
-
Fox News has been found to be dishonest and terrified of its own audience
Rupert Murdoch emailed Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, telling her that Newsmax needed to be “watched” during the 2020 US presidential election, according to court filings. This comes after Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News claiming it had aired “false claims of election fraud”. The filing said Fox executives fretted about alienating Trump when he…
-
Two democrats are in a primary for an open US House seat
US senator Tim Kaine, a close ally of Joe Morrissey, has endorsed his daughter’s campaign to run for US Congress in Virginia. Joe is a convicted sex offender who has been serving time in jail since 2016 for possessing child pornography. Earlier this week, he confirmed that he and his wife got married over the…
-
Europe has a big question about Russia: what will they do next?
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his country has been able to prevent Russian tanks from entering the eastern region of Donbas. He further said that Russia “has not been able to make any gains in the last few days”. However, Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine is “looking for help from other countries and…
-
The final committee hearing had 5 quotes from it
A former aide of ex-US President Donald Trump has told CNN that he may be indicted by the special grand jury investigating alleged voter fraud in 2020. “It’s possible that we’ll get several indictments,” he stated, adding that the panel is considering several indictments and a big name may be on the list.
-
I think that she is a poor GOP candidate
US President Donald Trump’s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said she didn’t think South Carolina would be able to secession from the rest of the US. Haley’s comments came during an interview with The Palmetto Patriots, a group which included a one-timeboard member of a White nationalist organisation. Dylann Roof massacred nine people at a historically…
-
GeorgeSantos admits to lying about his resume but says he is not a criminal
US Congressman George Santos, who was accused of lying about his college and real estate background, said that he didn’t receive a degree from any institution of higher learning. “I was there for six months of ninth grade,” he said. Santos was accused of lying about his background after the New York Times published its…
-
Most votes have been counted, and Netanyahu seems poised to return as Israel’s leader
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition government won a two-thirds majority in parliament for the first time in its history on Sunday, making him the first Israeli PM in history to win re-election. Netanyahu came to power last November after serving a decade as Prime Minister. The ruling Likud party and its coalition partner Yisrael…
-
The chief scientific adviser for the UK is a guilt expert
UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt has said that the economic crisis won’t affect ambitious plans for research spending. However, he added that he would protect the entire UK research budget because a cut would be a “profound mistake”. The government had created a department dedicated to science and technology two weeks ago.
-
Ron DeSantis supported the privatization of Social Security and Medicare, making him an opening for his rivals
US Vice President Joe Biden said that Social Security and Medicare need to be restructured in a way that is financially sustainable for people in his generation. “If a law is worth keeping…Congress can pass it again,” Biden added. He said that Social Security and Medicare need to be restructured in a way that is…
-
Russia’s cyberwar has been overshadowed by deaths of civilians
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that the country is prepared to face a “long confrontation with” Russia after his visit to Washington. Zelenskyy, who visited the US for the first time since the start of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, also said that the country would not tolerate the Russian annexation of…
-
Zelensky was the leader of the nation that he leads
US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that it was up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “decide how he wants to end the war with Russia”. The comments came after Zelenskyy’s meeting with Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. Notably, Zelenskyy had said that the US…
-
The American people have a choice in 14 days
US President Joe Biden has said Social Security andMedicare will be included in all federal legislation. “What I think we need to do for people in my generation particularly, is start to restructure the programme, in a way that’s gonna be financially sustainable, both Social Security and Medicare,” he added. Democrats have used Social Security…
-
Sources say that McCarthy gave Tucker Carlson access to Capitol security footage
C-SPAN cameras in the US House of Representatives have revealed that Republican House Speaker Paul Gosar and a Democratic Senator were on the floor together on January 6. The cameras also showed Gosar posing with Ocasio-Cortez at a rally. The US Congress had voted to censure Gosar in November 2021, after he photoshopped an anime…
-
Don Lemon will return to CNN after having formal training
US’ CNN anchor Don Lemon, who said that women are “in their prime in their 20s, 30s and 40s” during a discussion on ‘CNN This Morning’, has apologised. “The people I am closest to in this organisation are women,” he said. Lemon’s remarks came when he called former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s candidacy for…
-
Biden turned to the lessons of the Cuban missile crisis in dealing with Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he has a peace plan for Ukraine but Russia will keep fighting. “I told (US President) Joe Biden, I have a plan but Russia will keep fighting,” Zelenskyy added during a visit to the US. The US has accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine where it has…
-
Civil Rights Pioneer in Rural Georgia, Charles Sherrod died at the age of 85
Author Mark Whitaker has written a book titled ‘Saying It Loud: 1966 – The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement’. He said that during the year 1966, “the civil rights movement had been shouting ‘Freedom now!'” and on June 16, 1966, protests started in the US over the death of African- American teenager…
-
Fox News has been seen as a dishonest organization scared of its own audience
After former US President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol in January 2021, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott texted Lachlan Murdoch, the Fox Corp Co-Chairman, that the network will “highlight our stars and put flags on the buildings so the viewers know we hear them and respect them.” The message came after a pro- Trump…
-
South Dakota governor signs bill prohibiting treatment for trans people
South Dakota has banned the use of gender-affirming treatments for trans children in the state. South Dakota’s Republican governor signed a bill on Monday banning the use of gender-affirming treatments for transgender children in the state. Florida is one of several states that prohibit gender-affirming care for tranny youths. “It doesn’t feel like Florida’s done…
-
There was a bigger message from the Biden-Xi meeting
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the US on Monday for his first trip outside his country since the Russian invasion in February. The two leaders will discuss “the war between Ukraine and Russia, the sanctions imposed by the US and Europe,” an official said. Zelenskyy will be accompanied by Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.
-
Russia’s top brass have failed and are now being blamed
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he would declare that the region of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern and southern Ukraine will be part of Russia on Friday. Russia had annexed the two regions after it fought a war with Ukrainian forces in the region for over seven months. At least 3,610 people have been…
-
Voters told Joe Biden they don’t like him
The exit polls of the 2018 US Senate elections have shown that Democratic senatorial candidates in states where voters disapprove of President Joe Biden’s performance are winning. However, the exit polls have also shown that most voters disapprove of their state’s Republican Senate nominee. In 2018, ex-President Donald Trump had won over 8% of voters…
-
Is the world able to save a million species from extinction?
African countries, which are home to some of the world’s most biodiverse areas, thought that China presidency was strong-armed and would allow a deal to go through, Nature reported. The negotiating process was not equitable towards developing countries and the deal will not enable significant progress towards stemming biodiversity loss, the report said quoting a…
-
The GOP needs Trump’s first challenger
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, has announced that she will not run for the US Presidential Elections in 2024. Haley was born in 1972 in Indian-American community of Seneca, South Carolina. The 41-year-old was the first woman and the only Indian-American to serve as the…
-
Zelensky goes from here
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said that his country won’t start a new war against Ukraine as there’s “no need to do so”. Putin’s comments come after Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy held his first meeting with Putin since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine’s Donbas region last week. The conflict began on February 21 when Russia…