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TikTok has denied a report of a plan to track US citizens using its app.
After the US proposed legislation that would ban TikTok and ByteDance based in China, a TikTok spokeswoman said, “The Chinese Communist Party has neither direct nor indirect control of Byte Dance or TikTok.” She added, “Under the proposal, we have devised with our country’s top National Security agencies through CFIUS…that kind of data sharing—or any…
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Kevin McCarthy and McConnell are in the same direction.
House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy will meet US President Joe Biden on Wednesday for the first time since becoming the House Speaker in April. The two leaders will discuss ways to avoid a default on the US debt, among other things. McCarthy had voted to raise or suspend the debt ceiling when a Republican was…
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The Trump case is going to be presented to a grand jury.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is planning to open an investigation into a criminal campaign in connection with the Donald Trump Organisation, The Wall Street Journal reported. The probe relates to payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels by the Trump Organisation in 2016 ahead of the US presidential elections. Daniels claimed she had an…
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The House voted to End Covid Precautions when G.O.P. uses Pandemic in Attacks.
The US House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2023 (NDAA) on Wednesday. The bill authorizes spending in line with the Pentagon’s priorities, though the funding isn’t appropriate. The final version of the Defence Authorization Act is set to be voted on in the US Senate before it is sent to President…
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A large Saudi Arabian dairy farm is in Arizona.
California’s Imperial Irrigation District, the state’s largest water supply district, has opposed US’ six-state proposal to save Colorado River’s water by voluntary cuts. Imperial Irrigation uses the same amount of water as Arizona and Nevada. California was proposing following ‘law of the river’, which gives farmers in major agricultural districts first dibs on water because…
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Bob Woodward was sued by Trump for releasing audio of their interviews without permission.
Former US President Donald Trump said that he didn’t want people to know how bad and deadly coronavirus could be because he didn’t want to “panic the people”, according to journalist Bob Woodward’s memoir ‘The Trump Tapes’. Trump added that he didn’t want people to know how bad and deadly coronavirus could be because he…
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The speaker is in the House.
US House Minority Leader Jim Jordan has withdrawn his motion to vacate from the chamber of the House. Jordan said the move was “politically motivated”, adding, “We cannot wait two years for accountability.” Meanwhile, the House Republican Conference is in a battle to retain the rule that would allow a member to oust a speaker…
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Manhattan prosecutors will present the Trump case to a grand jury.
US President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen has met with prosecutors for the first time in over a year, according to reports. Cohen appeared at the District Attorney’s office in Lower Manhattan to meet with prosecutors for the first time in more than a year. Cohen was involved in a discussion with Trump about…
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The incoming N.Y. Rep.-elect is under investigation for lying about his past.
Democratic Representative Robert Santos, who is due to be sworn in as a US lawmaker on January 1, has declared that he’s not fit to serve. This comes after the New York Times alleged that Santos claimed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. Several Republican members of the US House of Representatives have also…
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Biden is trying to inject new energy into the U.S. relationship with Africa.
US President Joe Biden has said his administration has been working hard to restore ties to Africa over the nearly two years since former President Donald Trump left office. Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the current administration has been working hard to restore ties to Africa. “Because when Africa succeeds, the United States…
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Criminal gangs in Russia are coming to the fore.
Researchers at the UK’s RUSI think tank said non-Russian ransomware gangs haven’t had a statistically significant increase in attacks in the lead-up to elections. They also found that organisations in the six top victim countries were at a 40% greater chance of having a ransomware attack from a Russia-based gang on a given day, compared…
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The leaders went away from raising the debt ceiling.
US Democratic leader Steny Hoyer has said that if Republicans win control of either the House or the Senate in November, Democrats should use the last moments of the Congress to raise the debt limit by a factor of three or four. This would put the issue off for years. Hoyer added that Democrats should…
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The Democratic presidential primary in Georgia has a lot to do with Republicans.
US President Donald Trump’s home state, Georgia, will have to wait until 2024 to vote in presidential elections. Georgia Secretary of State’s Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling said “if the election day is sooner, we’ll do nothing that will hurt or violate the rules of either of the parties.” The state’s Democratic Party is working…
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The Justice Dept. is believed to think Trump has more documents.
Former President Donald Trump has sued the House committee investigating the January 6 US Capitol riots, seeking to quash a subpoena for his testimony. The committee had issued a subpoena to Trump in January for documents and testimony. In his lawsuit, Trump accused the committee of violating his constitutional rights by issuing the subpoena after…
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Boris Johnson said that Putin said it would take a minute to hit him.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is taking longer than expected but added that it has successfully seized new territory. Zelenskyy was speaking to journalists after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Putin said the West failed to respond to his demands for security…
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The fall of Liz Cheney was the subject of an opinion.
US Representative Liz Cheney, who was expelled by her party for refusing to support ex-President Donald Trump, has said, “The midterm results are a clear victory for Team Normal.” She added, “The 2020 election denialism…and the party refusal to reject Trump as their standard bearer ultimately did the Republicans in and will cost them again…
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Prosecutors are going to present the case to a grand jury.
US President Donald Trump’s former business manager Robert Bragg and his friend Allen Weisselberg have been questioned by prosecutors in their tax fraud case against him, The New York Post reported. The district attorney’s office referred to the inquiry into the former President as the “zombie theory” in recent years, as an idea that wouldn’t…
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There is a big mystery after the January 6 revelations.
After the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, FBI agents received alerts of online threats that Vice President Mike Pence would be “a dead man walking if he doesn’t do the right thing,” a report by the House Select Committee on Capitol Riots said. The report added that Trump’s supporters had threatened to “storm”…
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The Herschel Walker issue was seen as coming a mile away by Republicans.
The US House committee that oversees the Supreme Court is set to meet on Thursday to hold a hearing on whether it should accept a plea deal offered by President Donald Trump and his lawyers. The panel’s chairman, Democrat Bennie Thompson, has said that the hearing will be held in a private room in the…
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Uganda has imposed a lockdown as cases of the bicyle increase.
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni has declared a three-week lockdown in two of the country’s high-risk districts as the country battles a rise in Ebola infections. Museveni said that the lockdown will be in effect “until further notice”. The lockdown would be in place in Murchison Falls district and Makerere district. The country has reported over…
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The New York Times said Britain’s Rishi Sunak was off to a bad start.
UK Prime Minister Boris Sunak has been criticised for missing in action amid a major wave of public sector strikes in the country. He has also unveiled an assault on the right to strike, introducing new laws that would require “minimum service levels” in key services and leave unions liable for legal action if they…
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There is Trumpism beyond Trump.
Former US President Donald Trump took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a quote from Megyn Kelly and wrote, “I know that you won’t believe this.” Trump added, “If my opponent in the Republican presidential primary is a woman…Republicans are going to be with me.” Kelly had said, “People don’t go into a primary with…
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The Times/ Siena Poll finds that Republicans Gained Edge as voters were concerned about the economy.
Democratic President Joe Biden’s approval rating stands at 46% among likely Hispanic voters, according to a recent poll by Edison Research. Notably, among likely Hispanic voters, a narrow 46% plurality disapproved of Biden while 60% said they’d vote for congressional Democrats this fall. The poll also found that 58% of Hispanics plan to vote in…
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The Biden administration’s stance keeps changing.
US President Joe Biden has said, “It’s going to be very difficult and very hard for us to deal with the surge in the number of migrants coming through the southern border.” Biden’s comments came after the Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily allowed the administration to end the Title 42 policy that allows migrants who…
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Bolsonaro’s supporters storm the Brazil Congress.
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost to President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva by 49.1% of the votes in the presidential election last month, said that he was “very surprised” by the result. He added, “I don’t think that anyone thought I could win this election.” Bolsonaro also said that he would seek a recount…