WASHINGTON – A razor-thin majority of Senate Republicans on Friday voted against a Democratic proposal to admit additional witnesses and documents into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The final tally was 51 votes against the motion, and 49 in favor. The vote dashed Democrats’ hopes of hearing testimony from former Trump national security advisor John […]
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Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the social media company is going to stand for principles it believes in whether or not people like it. “This is the new approach, […]
Coronavirus could bring jobs, manufacturing back to the US
Wilbur Ross Mike Blake | Reuters The fast-spreading coronavirus has infected thousands of people in China and raised fears about a global pandemic — and that could have a positive impact on the U.S. economy, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said Thursday. Ross said in a Fox Business Network interview that the disease, which Chinese […]
Mike Bloomberg’s Super Bowl ad focuses on gun control
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg gives the thumbs up as he embarks on his bus after speaking to supporters at the Viva Villa restaurant in San Antonio, Texas on January 11, 2020. Mark Felix | AFP | Getty Images Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg released his 60-second Super Bowl ad on Thursday morning, and it focuses […]
Trump praises Van Drew, rips impeachment in New Jersey campaign rally
President Donald Trump speaks at an evening “Keep America Great Rally” at the Wildwood Convention Center on January 28, 2020 in Wildwood, New Jersey. Spencer Platt | Getty Images WILDWOOD, N.J. — President Donald Trump praised Rep. Jeff Van Drew, the newest Republican in Congress, as he denounced Democrats’ impeachment efforts during a raucous campaign […]
WHO chief to meet Chinese officials in Beijing
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director normal, is touring to Beijing, China, to satisfy with authorities and well being officers on the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. The WHO has to this point declined to declare the damaging respiratory illness a world well being emergency, regardless of the unfold of the an […]
Pompeo doesn’t deny he cursed out NPR reporter, condemns ‘unhinged’ media
Pompeo accused reporter Mary Louise Kelly of mendacity, however didn’t deny her account of what occurred. “NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly lied to me, twice,” Pompeo asserted, with out proof. “First, final month, in organising our interview and, then once more yesterday, in agreeing to have our post-interview dialog off the report.” “It is […]
Climate crisis investors putting money towards sustainable future
The dangers of local weather change are already impacting traders, with more and more frequent local weather disasters like wildfires, drought, flooding and heatwaves threatening enterprise operations and properties the world over. Many traders are actually selecting to funnel their cash into investments that handle local weather change danger, and asset managers are dashing […]
Feds plan to move Epstein warden to prison job
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services | Handout | Reuters The warden in cost when Jeffrey Epstein ended his life in his jail cell is being moved to a management place at one other federal correctional facility, placing him again within the subject with inmates regardless of an ongoing investigation into the financier’s […]
New Orleans Saints helped Catholic Church on clergy sex abuse PR
The legal professionals signify a person who’s suing the archdiocese on claims he was sexually abused as a boy by a Catholic lay minister. The Saints mentioned in a press release Friday that the NFL crew supplied the PR assist to the Catholic archdiocese after being requested for help by church officers. And the crew […]
