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The First Minister of Scotland resigned due to the recent political setbacks
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has announced that she will resign from her post after the next general elections in 2021. The Scottish National Party (SNP) leader had recently pledged to make the next British general election a de-facto second referendum on Scottish independence. Sturgeon had earlier lost the support of her party for introducing…
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Sununu says they are moving on from Trump
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has said that his vision for the future of the Republican Party does not include ex-President Donald Trump. According to a CNN poll, 75% ofRepublican and Republican-leaning independent voters have a favourable view of Ron DeSantis, compared to only 32% who have a unfavourable view of Trump. A majority of…
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The Bradley vehicles will be part of the new aid package
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that his country is not worried that the US will cut aid to Ukraine due to the ongoing standoff between Russia and Ukraine. He was speaking during a visit to Warsaw, where he met with the leaders of Poland and the Baltic states. Zelenskyy’s comments came a day…
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The development in Trump documents show that a campaign could be clouded by legal tangles
US lawyers who searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and other properties have handed over their classified materials to the Justice Department, one of Trump’s lawyers said on Sunday. “It’s political noise, but it doesn’t have any effect, as of right now, on our defence,” attorney Rick Parlatore added. The FBI had raided Trump’s…
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An Amish farmer claims George Santos wrote him a bad check in exchange for puppies
US Republican Representative-elect George Santos admitted to stealing a man’s checkbook that was in his mother’s possession to purchase clothing and shoes in 2008, according to documents obtained by CNN. Bruno Simes, a former shop clerk for Santos, said that he paid for a merchandise with stolen checks and forged signatures and Santos promised to…
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Nikki Haley Threw it all away
Indian-American US Ambassador to the UN Tammy Haley, in a 2014 debate, said that South Carolina “really kind of fixed all that when you elected the first Indian-American female Governor”. “But we really kind of fixed all that when you elected the first Indian-American female Governor,” she added. Haley was South Carolina’s Governor from 2011…
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What to expect from the meeting of the Fed
Five US Senators have written a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, saying they are worried that the Fed would fail to slow rising prices and slow the economy by raising interest rates. The senators said they were worried that the Fed would fail to slow rising prices and slow the economy by hiking…
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GOP needs one challenger, the first one is Trump
Former US President Donald Trump’s ex-adviser Nikki Haley is expected to announce that she’s running for the White House on February 15, according to a CNN report. Dave Wilson, President of the Palmetto Family Council, said since she left the governor’s office for the UN there was a sense in South Carolina that she was…
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The confrontation between Trump and DeSantis might have a greater impact on Latino evangelicals
The US President Donald Trump has said that he would not drop out of the 2024 Presidential election if the Democratic Party wins the General Elections. Trump’s comments came after Florida’s Ron DeSantis, who defeated Trump in the state’s governor’s race, said that he would decide on his political future after he finishes his term.
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Over the weekend, there were unexplained objects in North America
The White House on Saturday said that President Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau had authorised the shoot-down of a “potentially similar object” over US airspace. It added that these objects don’t pose a kinetic military threat but their path in proximity to sensitive defence sites and the altitude that they were flying could…
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The DOJ may have to consider a potential special counsel if the president runs for re-election
Liz Cheney, the vice-chair of the US House committee investigating President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to rig the 2020 presidential election, said that the panel wants to avoid Trump turning his potential testimony into a “circus”. The committee has been investigating Trump’s role in pushing alternate slates of electors to overturn the election results. Trump…
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Haley is expected to announce a presidential run on February 15
US’ former Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said she had called ex-President Donald Trump recently to inform him that she is considering launching a presidential campaign in 2024. “I told him, ‘I’m thinking of it…I want to do this for the country, and I think I can do it’,” Haley added. Haley had…
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What is the end of Yeezy supposed to mean for the Sneakerverse?
Adidas has said it will no longer sell merchandise associated with rapper Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ brand. This follows his support for the Black Lives Matter movement and his recent remarks on white people. “We’ve decided to discontinue our relationship with Kanye,” Adidas CEO Herbert Hainer said, adding that the company will focus on its core…
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Biden makes calls to Democrats who are projected to win
During a recent debate, Republican US House candidate Zach Nunn raised his hand during the GOP primary debate when candidates were asked if they supported a policy banning all abortions with no exceptions. Nunn then said that his opponent “votes for the most extreme abortion laws in the world”. “Most Iowans support common sense limits…
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Sinema left the Democratic Party to register as an independent
US Senator Sherrod Brown has said he’ll run for a second term in the 2020 election. This comes after another Democratic Senator, Catherine Cortez Masto, announced that she will not run for a second six-year term in 2020. Brown is the only Democratic senator so far to say he’s in the 2020 election.
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There are three little letters with Florida’s DeSantis on them
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the state’s universities won’t spend money on any Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes until they are proven to be “financially viable”. The University of Florida had recently established a ‘Chief Diversity Officer’, a ‘Center for Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement’ and an ‘Office for Accessibility and Gender Equity’.
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A lawyer for the Trump organization says searches of classified material have been completed
US Supreme Court has rejected a request by ex-President Donald Trump to intervene in a dispute over classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort in August. The former President had filed an emergency application with the apex court seeking to block the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s search of his property. This comes after the FBI…
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Congress must protect Medicare and Social Security, says Mike Rounds
US Vice President Joe Biden has said the government’s Social Security and Medicare programs would be included in all federal legislation. “If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again,” Biden added. This comes as the White House and some Republicans are engaged in negotiations on raising the debt limit, which will take…
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Romney told Santos that he didn’t belong in the House
US Senator Luis Santos said a Republican senator called him a “hang-in-there buddy” after the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year. “I was walking by…the senator from Arizona, she said something to the effect of ‘hang in there buddy’ or like that,” he added. This comes after US President Joe Biden was heckled during his…
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The Iranian regime may be at a point of no return following the recent protests
Thousands of people took part in anti-government protests across Iran after a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman died in the custody of the country’s morality police on Sunday. Mahsa Amini died after she was detained for failing to wear a head scarf. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called Mahsa’s death an act of “terrorism” and…
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What is at stake in these elections?
The US House of Representatives has formed a committee to probe claims of election fraud during the 2020 presidential election. The committee has subpoenaed several witnesses, including former Attorney General Bill Barr, who resigned from his post last year. Earlier, Vice President Mike Pence said that the committee would be tasked with looking at allegations…
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Is there a chance that Biden and Trump will Gang up on DeSantis?
Ron DeSantis, the right-wing Republican Governor of Florida, has been re-elected to a second term in the state’s Governor’s office after defeating Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum. DeSantis’ victory comes amid an anti-immigrant surge in the US, with many voters choosing to vote for him instead of Democrats. DeSantis said that his tenure in office will…
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We can’t just give up and whine about it
US Vice President Joe Biden said some Republicans “seemed shocked” when he highlighted theircolleagues’ efforts to cut social safety net programs, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Biden added that some Republicans, including Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, “seemed shocked”. Notably, US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has stated that cuts to Social Security and Medicare are…
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The FBI’s most controversial tool is under threat
The Republican Party in the US has alleged political corruption and misuses of the FBI’s law enforcement powers by senior leadership at the agency. This comes after the party released a report that claimed “allegations of political bias by the FBI’s senior leadership”. In response, the FBI said that they have to testify to Congress…
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Why you want to get to meet Kim’s daughter
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a military banquet with his wife and a girl believed to be his second child, Ju Ae. North Korean state media published pictures of Kim and the girl later that month. “By ostentatiously including his wife and…daughter, Kim wants observers at home and abroad to see his family…