Scheduled to appear at 1pm local time at the White House, Biden ran almost an hour late, eventually addressing the press flanked by masked-up Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He tried to put a brave face on the situation, saying the US has “made significant …
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Stelter has been front and center this week defending CNN from heavy criticism surrounding its coverage of Andrew Cuomo, who has resigned from his position as governor of New York amidst numerous accusations of sexual misconduct. Cuomo was a regular on his brother Chris’ CNN show where he often conducted …
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On Monday, MP David Lammy told Radio Times that he was upset by the absence of certain ethnic sub-categories in the 2021 census that would allow him, his family and other black people the chance to better identify themselves. Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, London, who is of Afro-Caribbean descent, …
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Speaking at a Pentagon press briefing on Wednesday, Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declined when pressed to elaborate on his congressional testimony last month linking the US Capitol riot to “white rage” and defending the military’s teaching of CRT. “I’m not gonna address specifically white rage …
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Russia will seek clarification from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on its latest report, the nation’s envoy to the chemical weapons watchdog Aleksandr Shulgin has said. The document, presented at the 97th session of the organization’s executive council earlier this week, contains information on the body’s …
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Throughout the 2020 presidential election, we were informed – sometimes rather aggressively – by Joe Biden and his allies that there was no corruption when it came to his controversial son Hunter, who has faced numerous accusations of using his father’s previous position as vice president to influence foreign business …
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On June 21, NBC News reported on a recent court filing that raises further questions about whether the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) foresaw what happened in Washington DC on January 6 and, if so, why the agency failed to sound the alarm in good time. The document in …
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Something has gone seriously wrong when Naomi Osaka, one of the world’s leading sportswomen, insists that she will not take questions from the media at the French Open on the grounds that such news conferences have a negative impact on the mental health of tennis players. Osaka has not only …
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President Joe Biden is holding his first solo press conference later on Thursday afternoon. Both Donald Trump and Barack Obama had held multiple conferences by this point in their presidencies, but Biden has kept the media waiting an unprecedented nine weeks. Only Calvin ‘Silent Cal’ Coolidge made reporters wait longer, …
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A report this week by Variety Intelligence Platform (VIP) showed that three of CNN’s primetime shows were the biggest ratings losers between November 30-December 4, when Trump was still in office, and March 1-5. Programs hosted by Chris Cuomo, Anderson Cooper, and Don Lemon posted declines in viewership of 29%, …
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