Section: US & Canada
RNC night 2 was a surreal event featuring fringe right-wing figures, a naturalization ceremony, and a presidential pardon
First Lady Melania Trump delivers her live address to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, August 25, 2020. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention was a made-for-TV affair featuring a naturalization and pardoning ceremony....
Registered Foreign Agent Pam Bondi Says Biden Is Corrupt
Chip SomodevillaFormer Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, a registered lobbyist for a foreign government that Donald Trump’s Justice Department has implicated in a corruption scandal, used her speech at the Republican convention on Tuesday to criticize former vice president Joe Biden for alleged self-dealing abroad.“I fought corruption and...
Portrait of an Ordinary Nazi
The S.S. Officer’s Armchair: Uncovering the Hidden Life of a Naziby Daniel LeeHachette Books, 2020, 320 pp., $28 “History is not another name for the past,” wrote the historian A.J.P. Taylor. “It is the name for stories about the past.” To tell new stories about the past, historians have to actively seek them out, whether by exploring...
Washingtonians March for Belarus, Recalling Baltic Protests
Sundays for the Barysevich family are usually a time to catch up on chores and take their two young children to nearby parks and playgrounds. But just weeks after a disputed election in Yauheni Barysevich’s Belarusian homeland, this past Sunday was a time to protest.“The last two weeks have been very different for our family and every...
Garneau, Champagne pan Iranian report on downing of PS752 as limited, selective
OTTAWA — Two federal cabinet ministers say they expect more answers from Iranian officials about an air strike that downed a passenger plane earlier this year, killing everyone on board. Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne say Iran’s preliminary report from the plane’s data...
Russian Media Turns to QAnon Conspiracies to Help Re-Elect Trump
MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/GettyAs the presidential election in the United States draws closer, Putin’s Russia is paying close attention. Pro-Kremlin talking heads on Russian state television are discussing events in America with an air of both profound interest and deep understanding, treating electoral turmoil abroad as a real-life game of The...
Cold War Hope And Tragedy: Samantha Smith’s Soviet Sojourn
Samantha Smith’s trip in July 1983 as a “goodwill ambassador” to the U.S.S.R. was a media sensation, although some dismissed her visit as a Soviet PR stunt. She spent three days at the most popular Young Pioneers’ camp called Artek, which was located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimean Peninsula. …read more...
White House Correspondent Probes Facts Behind Trump’s Impeachment
The Daily Signal’s White House correspondent, Fred Lucas, had a front row seat to the impeachment of President Donald Trump, an impeachment that Lucas says began even before Trump took office. Lucas’ newly released book, “Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump,” dives deep into the left’s plot to...
What Explains Vietnam’s Bid to Buy Russia’s Virus Vaccine?
A lot of eyebrows were raised when Russia announced it was the first to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus, and even more so when Vietnam said it would buy up to 150 million doses. Not many were expecting the news, but if it comes to pass, a few factors would explain how Vietnam and Russia got here. The two sides have a long history, from...
Belarus protests continue. Why this isn’t like Ukraine 2014
Once more, about 200,000 people rallied against President Alexander Lukashenko Sunday in Minsk. The size and duration of the protests are unprecedented. …read more Source:: Christian Science...
