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Calls grow for Trump to be removed from office after US Capitol insurrection
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said Thursday that President Donald Trump should be removed immediately from office after inciting the “insurrection” at the US Capitol.”What happened at the US Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one...
News24.com | Ukraine officials investigating illegal Covid-19 vaccinations
Ukrainian police and health officials are investigating reports that some citizens have been illegally getting inoculated against Covid-19. …read more Source::...
Newsdeck: EU leaders agree to extend Russia sanctions again
BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to extend economic sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine by another six months, a spokesman for European Council President Charles Michel said. …read more Source:: Daily...
Rudi Giuliani tests positive for Covid-19, latest in Donald Trump’s inner circle
Jan Wolfe and Karen FreifeldPresident Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19, Trump said on Sunday, prompting one state legislature to close for a week after Giuliani visited to try to persuade lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s election defeat.The 76-year-old former New York mayor is the latest in a long...
Rudi Giuliani tests positive for Covis-19, latest in Donald Trump’s inner circle
Jan Wolfe and Karen FreifeldPresident Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19, Trump said on Sunday, prompting one state legislature to close for a week after Giuliani visited to try to persuade lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s election defeat.The 76-year-old former New York mayor is the latest in a long...
Can Donald Trump pardon his associates, his family members or even himself?
Jan WolfeWashington – US President Donald Trump could issue a flurry of pardons during his final days in power.Trump has granted clemency to supporters before, most notably earlier this year when he commuted the criminal sentence of Roger Stone, who was sentenced to prison after being convicted of lying under oath to lawmakers.In 2018,...
Mute buttons, Lincoln and a watch: Six takeaways from the Trump-Biden debate
Andy SullivanTrailing in opinion polls with the November 3 election just 12 days away, President Donald Trump was under pressure during Thursday’s final debate to revive his flagging campaign against Democratic rival Joe Biden.Here are six takeaways from the debate:A MORE CIVILISED EVENINGAfter the first Trump-Biden debate in September...
WATCH: Donald Trump and Joe Biden clash sharply over Covid-19 pandemic in less chaotic final debate
Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff MasonNashville – US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at Thursday’s final presidential debate, seeking to persuade the few remaining undecided voters 12 days before the November 3 election.Trump, a Republican,...
Hunter Biden email leak story may be a Russian plant, says former US spooks
By dpa correspondentsWashington – The recent release of emails supposedly belonging to Hunter Biden, son of US presidential candidate Joe Biden, has “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation,” 50 former senior intelligence officials said in a letter published on Monday.The New York Post last week reported on a...
Newsdeck: U.S. Charges Six Russian Agents for Hacking That Cost Billions
(Bloomberg) –The U.S. charged six current and former members of Russia’s military intelligence agency for allegedly carrying out some of the world’s most destructive hacking attacks from 2015 to 2019, including knocking out Ukraine’s power grid and causing almost $1 billion in damage to three American companies....
