Pelosi (D-California) changed her tune on Covid-19 relief during a press conference on Friday, where she appeared more willing to cut a deal with Republicans than in previous months. Pelosi previously led House Democrats for months in a battle with the White House, unwilling to agree to anything less than …
Read More »Moscow moves to expel Soros-linked US activist as ex-president Medvedev warns foreign NGOs trying to sow discord in Russia
Vanessa Kogan, the director of the Stichting Justice Initiative project, told Britain’s Guardian newspaper that Russian authorities had notified her of the revocation of her residency permit. She will now have two weeks to leave the country, where she has lived for more than ten years. She also has two …
Read More »Iranian president points finger at Israel after assassination of top military scientist near Tehran
“Once again, the evil hands of global arrogance were stained with the blood … of the mercenary usurper Zionist regime,” the Iranian president said in a statement extending his condolences for the death of Fakhrizadeh. The term is used in Iran to describe the Israeli government, which Tehran does not …
Read More »Biden approved to receive President’s Daily Brief, gaining access to high-level intelligence – reports
While he has yet to receive his first briefing, Biden was approved for the PDB on Tuesday, Reuters and CNN reported, citing anonymous White House officials. The move gives the new president-elect access to sensitive intelligence and classified national security information, which typically occurs soon after a candidate wins an …
Read More »Maryland’s Republican governor attacks Trump after president tweets report about faulty Covid-19 tests he ordered from South Korea
“If you had done your job, America’s governors wouldn’t have been forced to fend for themselves to find tests in the middle of a pandemic, as we successfully did in Maryland,” Hogan said Sunday on Twitter. “Stop golfing and concede.” But ironically, Hogan’s tweet taking credit for finding tests came …
Read More »Chinese President Xi proposes GLOBAL health QR code system to revive coronavirus-battered trade & travel
“While containing the virus, we need to restore the secure and smooth operation of global industrial and supply chains,” China’s leader told the virtual G20 summit late on Saturday, while advocating the need to “reduce tariffs and barriers” and “liberalize” the trade of crucial medical supplies. He also called for …
Read More »US president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus
“He’s been completely asymptomatic so far and is following all medically recommended COVID-19 guidelines,” the spokesman said, as cited by Reuters. Trump Jr, who as an Executive Vice President at The Trump Organization, has been holing up in his cabin after the diagnosis, he added. A businessman and father of …
Read More »Trump’s anti-ISIS envoy admits he MISLED president about US troop numbers in Syria to keep them there
“We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,” Jeffrey, envoy to the global coalition against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) told Defense One on Thursday. Jeffrey added that the actual number of troops in northeastern Syria is “a lot …
Read More »Joe Biden declares election victory, promises to be a president for all Americans
In a post on Twitter on Saturday, Biden said he was honored that Americans have chosen him to be their president and said it was now time to heal divisions and unite as a country. “I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me …
Read More »‘Happy day’: Pelosi hails ‘President-Elect Joe Biden’ with ‘tremendous mandate,’ votes still being counted in several states
The California Democrat framed the supposed upcoming victory as a “tremendous mandate,” even though the former vice president had yet to officially win the decisive 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. “I am so officially pleased with the outcome that is imminent, and also personally delighted because of …
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