Liz Cheney has claimed some Republicans voted against impeaching Donald Trump because they were ‘afraid for their lives’ as she admitted she regrets voting for him in the 2020 election and warned he poses an ‘ongoing danger’ to America. Cheney told CNN‘s Jake Tapper Friday that several GOP members of Congress told her they feared for … Read more
US may reach herd immunity after all, survey suggests: Nearly 70% of adults say they WILL get vaccinated against Covid or already have as the share who will refuse the shot falls to 17% Among American adults, 69% have either had at least one dose or plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the latest Economist/YouGov … Read more
The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would make Washington, D.C. the country’s 51st state, in a party-line vote of 216-208, sending the legislation to the U.S. Senate. The House’s vote was the second in a year to make Washington, the District of Columbia a state – Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, composed of most of D.C.’s … Read more
Sinn Fein apologies for IRA’s 1979 assassination of Prince Philip’s uncle Louis Mountbatten – 24 hours after Duke’s funeral Louis Mountbatten was killed in 1979 when IRA blew up his yacht in Mullaghmore His 14-year-old grandson and the boatman, 15, were both also killed in the blast Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said she … Read more
Republicans in Congress and statehouses threatened legal action Thursday to try to reverse President Biden’s new executive actions on gun control – while Donald Trump Jr. went after Hunter Biden for his own gun purchase. Biden’s actions, which the president announced Thursday with Attorney General Merrick Garland standing behind him, would crack down on so-called … Read more
Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch is rumored to have turned control of the company to its chief legal officer – who is also the godfather of his son – after abruptly moving back to Australia last month. The New York Times published a profile on the chief legal officer, Viet Dinh, on Sunday, which examined the … Read more
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would be ‘flattered’ if migrants were coming to the United States because of him as he was grilled about his border policy during the first formal press conference of his presidency. He also ridiculed the idea the surge in migrants at the border is because he’s a ‘nice … Read more
Russia is demanding an apology from the US and is threatening further retaliation after Joe Biden referred to Vladimir Putin as a ‘killer’. In a highly unusual move following Biden’s interview, Russia on Wednesday said it was recalling Anatoly Antonov its ambassador to the United States for urgent consultations over the future of US-Russia ties. … Read more
POLITICIANS, BUSINESSPEOPLE AND DIPLOMATS Alex Oronov, 69, died March 6, 2017 Ukranian-born millionaire businessman with ties toDonald Trump and Russian business elite died in unexplained circumstances. The naturalized American citizen ran an agricultural business in Ukraine. Oronov also had family ties to Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer by way of Cohen’s brother, Bryan, who … Read more
President Joe Biden took a victory lap in the White House Rose Garden Friday after signing the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package the day before. ‘For the first time in a long time, this bill puts working people in this nation first,’ Biden told a small crowd of Democratic Congressional leaders, adding the caveat that … Read more