Новости за 05.02.2020

When President Donald Trump gave his 2020 State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, February 4, the tension between him and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was impossible to miss: Trump refused to shake Pelosi’s hand, and Pelosi tore up a copy of Trump’s speech after he was done. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in […]

During a first-of-its-kind display during the State of the Union, President Trump instructed First Lady Melania Trump to award right-wing radio personality Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom — right there during the speech as Limbaugh sat in the guest of honor section. According to the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, that honor should be […]

After Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday afternoon that he will vote to convict President Donald Trump in the ongoing impeachment trial — becoming the only Republican expected to do so — the White House abruptly canceled a press event in the Oval Office. Before Romney’s announcement, Trump […]

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is already admitting that she got it wrong when she said she “believes” that President Donald Trump has learned that he shouldn’t extort foreign countries to investigate his political opponents. In an interview with reporter Gregg Lagerquist of Maine-based local news station WGME, Collins said that it was premature for her […]

The son of the President is calling on the Republican National Committee to expel a sitting, duly elected U.S. Senator for abiding by his oath to deliver “impartial justice” by voting to convict and remove Donald Trump from office. “Mitt Romney is forever bitter that he will never be POTUS,” Donald Trump, Jr. said on […]

Donald Trump Jr. lashed out at Sen. Mitt Romney on Wednesday after the Utah Republican announced he would vote to convict in the Senate impeachment trial. The president’s son made the remarks after Romney announced his decision on the Senate floor. “Mitt Romney is forever bitter that he will never be POTUS,” the president’s son […]

Supporters of President Donald Trump went off on Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) after he announced he would convict President Donald Trump on abuse of power charges Wednesday. After making a speech in which he said the president’s attempt to shake down Ukraine for dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden was “grievously wrong” and an […]

When it comes to Mormon voters, President Trump is having trouble drumming up enthusiasm. According to a new study from the Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape which included 1,300 people who identified as Mormons within a sample of over 100,000 people. “Overall, 55% of U.S. Mormons surveyed said they approved of the way Trump is […]

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) explained to Fox News host Chris Wallace why he decided to vote for the conviction of President Donald Trump. “I believe the act that he took, an effort to corrupt an election, is as destructive on the oath of office as I can imagine,” Romney told Wallace. “It is a high […]

The White House on Wednesday abruptly canceled its planned pool coverage of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó right after Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced he would vote to convict President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power. The pool coverage was scheduled for 2:15 p.m., which was right around […]

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Wednesday announced that he will vote to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, making him the first Republican senator to cross over and join Democrats in supporting removing the president for abuse of power. In an interview with The Atlantic, Romney cited his religious faith as a factor […]

Biden campaign spokeswoman Symone Sanders got into a heated discussion with Briana Keilar on Wednesday when the CNN host asked if her campaign believed the results of the Iowa caucus were legitimate. During her interview with Sanders, Keilar asked if she was standing by her assertions from earlier in the week that called into question […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) schooled a Fox Business Network host who questioned her claims about the Trump campaign paying black voters. Charles Payne, host of Fox’s Making Money, planned to devote a segment of his show to the New York Democrat’s claims, which he questioned. “Whoa! @AOC making damning claims that the Trump campaign is […]

A massive, decade-long study sequencing the genomes of dozens of cancers has revealed the secrets of how tumours form and may pave the way for better and more targeted treatment. The Pan-Cancer Project brought together over 1,300 researchers globally to tackle the mammoth task of sequencing the genomes of 38 types of cancer in nearly […]

The small state of Thuringia broke a German political taboo Wednesday after a candidate for the regional premiership was heaved into office with help from the far right for the first time, sending shockwaves to Berlin. Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s centre-right CDU party immediately called for fresh regional elections as a way out of the crisis, […]

CNN has gotten a look at some newly unearthed emails from the Department of Defense that show significant anxiety among Pentagon officials about President Donald Trump’s halting of military aid to Ukraine. One email sent on September 9th last year by Greg Kausner, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Regional Security and Security Assistance, […]

Fox News host Sean Hannity boldly defended President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, by accusing Democrats of supporting “abortion after birth.” There is no such thing as “abortion after birth,” as many on social media pointed out. “It’s the party that wants to nationalize everything,” Hannity told his Fox News viewers. […]

“We’ve been listening to the NRA lies from Trump and his NRA allies in Congress for too many years… You represent all of us who want to shout at Trump and his enablers.” Gun control advocates on Wednesday emphasized their support for Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting two […]

Venezuela’s government on Wednesday accused US President Donald Trump of “violent threats” after he said socialist leader Nicolas Maduro’s regime would be “smashed and broken” during his annual address to Congress. “Trump offends and disrespects the Venezuelan people by proffering violent threats against its integrity and against the constitutional, legitimate and democratic government of President […]

According to a new report from Reuters, a New York regulator filed civil charges against the National Rifle Association (NRA), accusing it of “acting as an unlicensed insurance producer and deceiving its members with misleading marketing practices.” According to the New York’s Department of Financial Services, the NRA worked with insurance broker Lockton Companies to offer insurance […]

During a hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee this Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray took questions from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) regarding the Inspector General’s report that found the opening of the Mueller probe into Trump’s 2016 campaign was not politically motivated — a direct contradiction of Trump’s claim that it was a […]

House Democrats still want to hear from former Energy Secretary Rick Perry — who “slipped through the cracks” in the impeachment inquiry. Perry has defied a congressional subpoena and spoken only to friendly media outlets about his role in President Donald Trump’s pressure scheme against Ukraine, but House investigators and government watchdog groups haven’t forgotten […]

A plane carrying 177 people skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport and split into three after landing in rough weather on Wednesday. Officials said no-one had lost their lives in the accident, but dozens of people were injured. Live images broadcast on Turkish television showed several people climbing through a large crack in […]

Fewer people tuned in this year to watch President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address even though the president is embroiled in an impeachment trial. Although the president packed his speech with a number of gimmicks, he didn’t draw the audiences that he has in the past. Deadline reported that early results show that […]

Last night President Trump gave his State of the Union address, the night before his expected acquittal in a sham impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. To paraphrase Dylan, you gotta belong to somebody, and I at least would like it to be someone better than a walking avatar of nihilism. I’m not kidding. Nihilism […]