Новости за 08.10.2020

In nominating Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump fulfilled his pledge to put another woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. But most of the 218 judges Trump has so far appointed to the federal judiciary – with the steadfast collaboration of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – […]

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) tweeted out attacks on democratic elections from his self-isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus. The Utah Republican says he’ll return from isolation to vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Nov. 3 election, which he appeared to question repeatedly on Twitter while watching the vice […]

On Thursday, The Daily Beast released an interview with three filmmakers, Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger, who have spent the last several months creating a “top-secret” documentary, Totally Under Control, that exposes the dark motivations behind President Donald Trump’s cover-up of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The question early on was, Was it a fumble?” […]

President Donald Trump, during one of his MAGA events in September, predicted that Republicans will retake the U.S. House of Representatives this year. But according to a new analysis by polling expert Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight, that possibility is most unlikely. Released on October 7, “FiveThirtyEight’s 2020 House of Representatives Election Forecast” says that Democrats have a 92-97% […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday went on an extended rant about Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris being a “communist” — and predicted that she would quickly usurp power from Joe Biden should he win the 2020 election. During an interview on Fox Business, the president repeatedly smeared Harris by falsely claiming that she believes […]

Britain’s Prince William on Thursday launched a “prestigious” environmental prize aimed at turning “pessimism into optimism” by rewarding innovative solutions to the planet’s biggest problems. The Earthshot Prize will present five £1 million ($1.3-million, 1.1-million-euro) awards each year for the next 10 years, to “incentivize change and help to repair our planet,” said his office […]

When President Donald Trump tweeted that he tested positive for COVID-19 last week, the internet reacted with a mix of sympathy, shock, and other less savory emotions. The New York Times wished Trump well in the name of American unity. Presidential candidate Joe Biden said he was praying for the “health and safety” of Trump and his […]

A new documentary shining a light on White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner’s handling of the COVID-19 is raising questions about the credibility of his Supply Chain Task Force’s pandemic response over the last several months. In the forthcoming documentary titled, “Totally Under Control,” Max Kennedy, Jr., also the 27-year-old grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, […]

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough took aim at Vice President Mike Pence in an extended rant the morning after his debate with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). The vice president was asked about President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, and the “Morning Joe” host ripped Pence for shrugging the question off with […]

German health experts warned on Thursday that the coronavirus could “spread uncontrollably” in the country, as infections surged across Europe and governments prepared to renew some lockdown measures. In Belgium, Brussels’ crowded bars and cafes were shut for a month, a return to the stricter protocols imposed at the height of the epidemic in March […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that he didn’t really need an unprecedented cocktail of drugs to recover from the novel coronavirus. While calling into Fox Business, the president acknowledged taking a wide variety of drugs to treat the illness, but insisted that none of them were necessary. “I think I would’ve done it fine […]

A Belgian anaesthetist went on trial in the southwestern French city of Pau on Thursday, accused of causing the death of a British woman during a Caesarian section six years ago under the influence of alcohol. Helga Wauters, 51, is charged with manslaughter for the death of Xynthia Hawke, who was some days overdue when […]

Kuwait’s new crown prince, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, took his oath of office before parliament on Thursday, after being nominated by his half-brother, the new emir. Sheikh Meshal, 80, a long-serving top security official, was unanimously approved by the National Assembly. He swore to “defend the liberties, interests and properties of the people” and […]

President Donald Trump has already rejected the Commission on Presidential Debates’ plan to hold a “virtual” town hall debate next week. During a phone-call interview on Fox Business, the COVID-infected president said he wanted to debate Biden in person rather than from two separate remote locations. “Not acceptable to us,” the president complained. “I am […]

As Texans prepare to cast ballots in the presidential election and other races, the state’s voting laws — among the strictest in the country — are again coming under scrutiny. Gov. Greg Abbott extended the early voting period by an additional week because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Texas, unlike some other states, did not […]

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough unloaded on Vice President Mike Pence’s “sad and pathetic” defense of his coronavirus response. Pence heads the White House pandemic task force, and he justified a largely mask-free nomination ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett that appears to have spread the highly contagious virus among administration officials and Republican lawmakers. “It’s just sad […]

For weeks police and private intelligence circles have predicted “coming violence” from right-wing vigilantes at some polling places in presidential battleground states. But President Trump’s debate message to a white power group to “stand back and stand by,” despite his retraction, has turned online chatter among extremists into organizing actions targeting Election Day, according to the […]

A New York Times reporter described the White House as shell-shocked over President Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection that’s spreading among senior administration officials and staffers. Times reporter Peter Baker appeared Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” where he said aides and staffers remained fearful and furious over the COVID-19 outbreak that has upended the presidential campaign […]

The Commission on Presidential Debates on Thursday announced that the second debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will be a “virtual” town hall where both candidates will communicate with voters from remote locations. The debate, which is scheduled to occur next week, was originally supposed to be an in-person affair, although […]

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows earlier this year violated rules against mass gatherings when he threw an indoor wedding for his daughter in Georgia that included dozens of guests. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Meadows hosted a “lavish” wedding for his daughter back in May in Atlanta’s Biltmore Ballrooms. The wedding had around […]

It might seem like an eternity since the last time a woman and a man squared off in a vice-presidential debate, but it was just 12 years ago. Based upon post-game analysis back then, the man won. Not so much this time. In 2008, then-Senator Joe Biden–of all people–took the measure of then-Governor Sarah Palin […]

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski panned Vice President Mike Pence’s performance in his debate against Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). The “Morning Joe” co-hosts said whatever happened on the vice presidential debate stage was overshadowed by an insect that landed on Pence’s head and remained there, stark against his closely cropped white hair, for more […]

Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday night joined President Donald Trump in refusing to commit to ensuring a peaceful transfer of power, dodging a question about how he would handle a Joe Biden victory and parroting Trump’s baseless narrative about widespread mail-in voting fraud. “The plain fact is that Trump, Pence, and the rest of […]

An explosive new report from NBC News claims that President Donald Trump demanded that doctors at Walter Reed Memorial Hospital sign nondisclosure agreements as a precondition of treating him. According to NBC News’ sources, the president made his demands to Walter Reed doctors when he was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed treatment in […]

Kamala Harris’ uncle back in India watched her vice-presidential debate with pride on Thursday, feeling “a little sorry” for Mike Pence, who he said came up against a better-qualified foe. “Expectations were too much of Kamala — ‘she’ll wipe the floor’, etc. But Pence has also been a Congressman knows how to debate. But Pence […]