Category: Finance News

Dec 2

Biden told this immigrant rights activist ‘vote for Trump’ in a blunt exchange. He voted for Biden but is ready to push him hard on immigration reform.

In November 2019, on the campaign trail in South Carolina, then-candidate Joe Biden was asked a question by immigrant rights activist Carlos Rojas Rodriguez and an immigrant community member. A tense back-and-forth ensued, with Rodriguez and Silvia criticizing the Obama administration’s record on deportations and calling for a moratorium on deportations if Biden was elected. […]
Dec 2

McConnell shrugs as Georgia Republicans excoriate Trump and Washington over bogus election claims

As Republicans in Georgia pleaded Tuesday with President Trump to stop making baseless claims about the election being stolen from him, GOP leaders in Washington remained silent about the avalanche of lies, conspiracy theories and open threats of violence made by the president’s allies. “The future will take care of itself,” said Senate Majority Leader […]
Dec 1

Scott Atlas, the perfect Trump official, steps down

WASHINGTON — Dr. Scott Atlas, the controversial White House coronavirus adviser, left federal employ much the same way he entered it: with an appearance on Fox News. It was the Stanford neuroradiologist’s interviews on President Trump’s former favorite source of information that led to his August appointment to a position for which he seemed to […]
Nov 30

‘I don’t see any way around it’: Former Navy SEAL McRaven says retaliation for assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist all but certain

Iranian military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during his funeral in Tehran, November 30, 2020. Iranian Defense Ministry via AP Days after the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian nuclear scientist, retired US Navy Adm. William McRaven said that retaliation is all but inevitable. “The Iranians are going to be […]
Nov 30

China sanctions leaders of US groups over Hong Kong actions

BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday said it is sanctioning leaders of U.S. government-affiliated bodies that promote democracy around the world in response to what it calls practices that “blatantly meddle in Hong Kong affairs.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the measures would cover the senior director for Asia at the National Endowment Democracy, […]