Section: US & Canada
Kellyanne Grilled on Bolton Bombshells During Rare Press Briefing
Yuri GripasIt was a rare sight on Thursday morning when a Trump administration official stood behind a podium and took questions from reporters. In the seven months since she succeeded Sarah Huckabee Sanders, at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
After Blowback, Dershowitz Walks Back Alarming ‘Public Interest’ Defense Of Trump
Alan Dershowitz, one of President Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers, claimed on Thursday that the media “willfully distorted” his shocking argument that presidents can do whatever they want to get reelected because said reelection is “in the public interest”–even though that’s precisely the argument he made. “They characterized my...
Mike Pompeo in United Kingdom to Discuss Post-Brexit Trade Deal
(LONDON) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the U.S. and Britain would retain and enhance their special relationship once the U.K. leaves the European Union this week. He also said that American unhappiness with the British decision to allow the Chinese tech company Huawei to play a role in the country’s high-speed...
The Moral Courage of John Bolton
Give John Bolton his due. By writing a book that apparently corroborates the core argument of those seeking to impeach and remove President Donald Trump, the former national security adviser has shown genuine moral courage. The literature on moral courage helps explain why: It’s because Bolton is an ideological fanatic. His fervent belief...
Whoopi Goldberg gets frustrated with Alan Dershowitz for making reasoned arguments, says ‘I’m cutting you off,’ then insists he show her respect
ABC’s “The View” has made for some juicy daytime television over the past several months, and Wednesday’s episode featuring impeachment defense attorney and Harvard professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz continued that trend.During the video interview, Dershowitz was responding to a question from co-host Joy Behar when Whoopi...
Ukraine’s Chief Prosecutor Says More Evidence Needed In Sheremet Murder Case
Additional evidence is needed for the murder case of journalist Pavel Sheremet to go to trial, Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Ruslan Ryaboshapka said on January 30. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poland urged to end ‘damaging’ impasse at Jewish museum
WARSAW, Poland — Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw urged their third partner — the Polish government — to comply with an agreement to re-appoint the museum’s former director, arguing Thursday that a failure to do so threatens the museum and is damaging to Polish-Jewish relations. A standoff over the leadership...
Beyond Parties of One
In Germany, center-right Christian Democrats and center-left Social Democrats are in trouble. In the neighboring Czech Republic, the country’s mainstream parties “find themselves in an advanced state of decay,” says Karel Schwarzenberg, the former Foreign Minister, ex-presidential candidate, and friend of Václav Havel. Enter billionaire...
Biden Under Pressure to Prove He Can Thwart New Republican Attacks
With five days until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden is fending off a new onslaught of Republican attacks over his son’s business overseas and facing piling pressure to show Democratic voters he can handle the incoming.As Republicans amplified their allegations against the former vice president, accusing him of nepotism and worse in a series...
There Is No Christian Case for Trump
An editorial last month in the evangelical world’s flagship publication, Christianity Today, argued that Donald Trump should be removed from office.The editorial, the last one written by the editor in chief Mark Galli before his planned retirement, heartened those evangelicals who have been unsettled by their co-religionists’...
