The Conversation Trump’s ‘smoking gun’ tape is worse than Nixon’s, but congressional Republicans have less incentive to do anything about it At least Donald Trump’s “smoking gun” tape is simpler than Richard Nixon’s. Schoolchildren can easily grasp Trump’s high crime, in contrast to the complex, Machiavellian plot immortalized on the tape that led to Nixon’s […]
The Conversation Trump’s ‘smoking gun’ tape is worse than Nixon’s, but congressional Republicans have less incentive to do anything about it At least Donald Trump’s “smoking gun” tape is simpler than Richard Nixon’s. Schoolchildren can easily grasp Trump’s high crime, in contrast to the complex, Machiavellian plot immortalized on the tape that led to Nixon’s […]
Julian Assange – PA Julian Assange could be a free man as early as Wednesday after a British judge ruled that he cannot be extradited to the US because there is a risk he will kill himself in prison. Wikileaks founder Assange is wanted by the US Government for publishing thousands of classified documents in […]
The Guardian ‘Traitors and patriots’: Republican push to keep Trump in power seems doomed * Senators decline to defend electoral college ploy on TV * Democrats and GOP leaders to block gambit aimed at party base * Trump pressed Georgia Republican to overturn Biden victoryAll 12 Republican senators who have pledged not to ratify the […]
The Guardian ‘Traitors and patriots’: Republican push to keep Trump in power seems doomed * Senators decline to defend electoral college ploy on TV * Democrats and GOP leaders to block gambit aimed at party base * Trump pressed Georgia Republican to overturn Biden victoryAll 12 Republican senators who have pledged not to ratify the […]
WASHINGTON — The podium in the White House Press Briefing Room is the public face of the presidency, and when Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20 it will look quite different. A few weeks after his election in November, Biden named the first all-female White House communications staff, which includes multiple women of color. […]
Ted Cruz will lead 11 GOP senators to demand ‘emergency audit’ of election result in joint session of Congress (GRAEME JENNINGS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Ted Cruz is to spearhead up to a dozen GOP senators to demand an ‘emergency audit’ of the election result in a joint session of Congress. The group of Republicans say […]
The Telegraph Ted Cruz among a dozen Republican senators who will object to US Election results A dozen Republican senators announced they would formally object to the results of the US presidential election, escalating Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat, and deepening a split in their own party. The group, which included Texas senator […]
Police identified the suspected “Soho Karen” who allegedly attacked a Black teen she mistakenly thought had stolen her cell phone. (NYPD) The “Soho Karen”, who police said assaulted a Black teen she falsely accused of taking her cell phone in a New York City hotel on Sunday, has been identified. NYPD sources told the New […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The consequences of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs are well known: They’ll determine which party controls the Senate in the new Congress. Right? Long term, yes, that’s the case. But the circumstances of Georgia’s seats make the near term a bit messy. One of two Georgia races is a regular election for a […]