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According to a report from Politico, a senior White House official slated to take a high profile position overseeing domestic policy had his appointment derailed by a furious response on Twitter from extremist conservatives questioning his bonafides. The report notes that Derek Lyons was on the verge of being announced as President Donald Trump’s next […]

Amid all the intensity and serious of pandemic, this little fable with no international significance has been percolating over in a quiet corner of our world. Once upon a time, a couple of months ago, Donald Trump moved his formal residence – and voting address – from the gilded Trump Tower in New York City […]

TOLEDO, Ohio — For the first time in months, Nawal Hamade enjoyed a salon pedicure Friday, although she had to leave Michigan to get it.“It feels amazing,” said Hamade of the pampering she received at Espres Nails and Spa salon in Toledo. “It feels like getting back to normal.”Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday restarted […]

MIAMI — About three weeks ago, Henry Camacho, an inmate at Sumter Correctional Institution, was removed from his dorm.He had chills, shortness of breath and had lost his sense of taste. Four days later, he was tested for COVID-19.Like 102 other men at the facility, he tested positive. His health was quickly declining and he […]

Phyllis George, a groundbreaking sportscasterand former Miss America who was also the first lady of Kentucky, has died.She was 70.George died Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky of complications from a blood disorder, her ex-husband, former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr., told the Louisville Courier Journal.She had managed symptoms of the blood cancer polycythemia vera since […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is suddenly under the microscope after Donald Trump announced his intention to fire Steve Linick who has been serving as the inspector general of the department, reports Politico. Also facing scrutiny is Pompeo’s wife, Susan. At issue are reports from Democrats that Linick had just opened an investigation into Pompeo, […]

Berlin (AFP) – A long simmering row between the leaders of Germany’s far-right AfD party and its radical fringe has boiled over, sapping their strength as Chancellor Angela Merkel climbs in the polls.As voters look for steady leadership amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Alternative for Germany party, which had capitalised on fears linked to the […]

Herzliya (Israel) (AFP) – China’s ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead at his residence on the outskirts of Tel Aviv on Sunday, police said.The 57-year-old envoy, who had arrived in Israel in mid-February, was found dead in his home in Herzliya, north of the city, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP, adding that police […]

Detroit (AFP) – Detroit’s auto giants are keen to resume production this week, but there will be unease on assembly lines where social distancing is difficult and worries about the deadly coronavirus persist.Motor City carmakers insist they are taking precautions to protect employees for the ramp-up that marks a key moment in the attempted relaunching […]

Washington (AFP) – Congressional Democrats on Saturday launched a probe into President Donald Trump’s “politically-motivated” dismissal of a government watchdog believed to have been investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.The announcement came after Trump told House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi late Friday that he planned to dismiss State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.It was […]

Pinole (United States) (AFP) – She delivers for Amazon, but Adrienne Williams says the e-commerce and tech giant did not deliver for her.The 42-year-old California single mother is among the legion of drivers for Amazon’s third-party delivery firms which have been struggling amid surging demand for goods and supplies to locked-down consumers during the pandemic.”We […]

Washington (AFP) – Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald Trump.His remarks came as he spoke at two virtual commencements for high school and university students locked down instead of celebrating their […]

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump’s reelection battle against Joe Biden was always going to be wild — and then came the coronavirus, killing nearly 90,000 Americans, scuttling the economy and throwing the race into surreal confusion.Less than six months before election day, neither candidate can campaign normally, voters wonder whether they’ll be safe, and […]

London (AFP) – Britain’s wealthiest people have lost tens of billions of pounds in the coronavirus pandemic as their combined annual wealth fell for the first time in a decade, the Sunday Times reported in its Rich List 2020.The newspaper, which has produced the respected annual ranking of the country’s 1,000 wealthiest people since 1989, […]

Detroit (AFP) – Auto giant General Motors (GM), the main shareholder in autonomous car company Cruise, confirmed Friday that the business will cut 160 jobs, or eight percent, of its workforce.”It was a very prudent action,” GM chief Mary Barra told an online conference organized by Bank of America, noting that the layoffs will not […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Angered by a slew of lockdown measures, purported vaccine plans or alleged state surveillance, thousands took to the streets on Saturday in Germany in a growing wave of demonstrations that has alarmed even Chancellor Angela Merkel.Initially starting as a handful of protesters decrying tough restrictions on public life to halt transmission […]

Paris (AFP) – People living in the most deprived areas of Britain are more than four times likelier to test positive for COVID-19 than those living in the richest neighbourhoods, new research showed Saturday. A University of Oxford study looked at more than 3,600 COVID-19 test results from national programmes and found that deprivation, age and […]

Tehran (AFP) – Iran sentenced a French-Iranian academic to five years in prison on national security charges on Saturday, her lawyer told AFP.Fariba Adelkhah was “sentenced to five years for gathering and conspiring against national security, and one year for propaganda against the Islamic republic,” Said Dehghan said.He said his client would only be expected […]

President Donald Trump’s son Eric suggested that coronavirus lockdowns were a conspiracy to keep his father from holding 2020 campaign rallies during a Saturday appearance on Fox News with Jeanine Pirro. With America leading the world in reported coronavirus fatalities, the president’s son was focused on the 2020 campaign against former Vice President Joe Biden. […]

The racial disparities of the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of a Saturday evening segment on MSNBC. “Tribal nations across the United States are facing their most severe crisis in decades — and that’s saying something — as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation caused by the shut down of nearly […]

Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday. In a document on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces as part of the response to the virus, the WHO says spraying can be ineffective. “Spraying or […]

Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview airing Sunday that the public should not expect a vacancy on the Supreme Court to remain open this election year, despite what happened last time. Graham, a South Carolina Republican, told journalist Greta Van Susteren that 2020 presents a different situation than […]

Former President Barack Obama offered an upbeat message while addressing the “Graduate Together” special airing on multiple networks on Saturday night. Obama offered empathy for the high school seniors who were unable to attend graduation ceremonies. “It’s also pulled the curtain back on another hard truth, something we all have to eventually accept once our […]

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) offered six ideas for improving Fox News. The first five steps involve firing anchors, including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Jeanine Pirro and Jesse Watters. The next step would be for the network to “apologize to all Fox News viewers for lying to them night after night.” Walsh, who […]

On Saturday, a congressman released a Tik Tok video showing his boredom while the U.S. Senate refuses to take up the Heroes Act. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) posted video where he lip-syncs that he’s “bored in the House.” The video shows the former presidential candidate in his office. “When you pass the HEROES Act to […]