Section: US & Canada
FBI criminal investigation into Hunter Biden and ‘his associates’ remains active: reports
A Department of Justice official has confirmed that an FBI criminal investigation into Hunter Biden remains active, according to multiple reports.What are the details?Sinclair’ Broadcasting Group’s James Rosen tweeted Thursday, “A @TheJusticeDept official confirms that in 2019, the @FBI opened up a criminal investigation into...
G7 ‘Alarmed’ By Ukraine ‘Undoing’ Anti-Graft Reforms
The Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized countries says it is “alarmed” by the rollback of reforms in Ukraine after the Constitutional Court stripped the country’s anti-corruption agency of some of its critical powers. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Signs of a coming conflict are everywhere’: Why a 2nd Civil War would be quite different from the 1st
In 2020, the United States has been rocked by everything from a deadly pandemic and a brutal recession to civil unrest in a long list of cities to fears that violent conflicts will occur either on Election Day or after the election. Journalist Matthew Gault, in an article published by Vice this week, wonders if the political divisions in the...
The Raw Desperation of the Republican Party
I doubted that Mitch McConnell could do it, but he did. With only a week remaining before Election Day, McConnell crammed through the confirmation of a sixth conservative justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. The people who tally such things reckon that Amy Coney Barrett is the first justice since 1869 to receive not a single vote from the minority...
Joe Rogan shreds social media’s censoring of ‘accurate’ Hunter Biden laptop allegations
Podcaster Joe Rogan says the social media crackdown on the Hunter Biden laptop allegations is disturbing and wrong. What’s a brief history here? Hunter has been under scrutiny after the contents of laptops that purportedly belonged to him went public through a computer store owner in his home state of Delaware. The contents reportedly...
Kayleigh McEnany’s new volunteer role with the Trump campaign raises multiple ethics questions
President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany appears to have supplemented her government work with a new role as a senior adviser to the president’s re-election campaign.McEnany, who left her job as Trump campaign spokesperson to join the administration, was introduced in a Tuesday segment on Fox Business as...
Here’s the real reason Trump and Giuliani’s ‘October surprise’ is crashing and burning
There’s a basic problem with the story that Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani have been pushing about Joe Biden’s actions in Ukraine: It’s a lie. Of course, this is politics, and the fact that the story is simply lacking in any facts isn’t necessarily an issue. The real problem with this lie is that it’s an obvious lie....
Trump Campaign Focuses on Hunter Biden Emails as ‘October Surprise’
Trailing in presidential polls in the final month of the campaign, President Donald Trump has seized upon recently disclosed emails allegedly from the son of Democratic candidate Joe Biden as an “October surprise” that could change the dynamics of the race.The unverified emails were obtained by Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy...
AP Explains: Trump pushes questions about Joe Biden’s son
WASHINGTON — Looking to undermine Democratic rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s campaign is pushing a familiar line of attack: unverified allegations about Biden’s son and his foreign business ties. But reporting in the New York Post, and the emergence of a man who says he worked with Hunter Biden, have raised more questions...
Afghan National Arrested in ’08 Kidnapping of US Journalist, Two Others
An Afghan man has been arrested and charged in the November 2008 kidnapping of a New York Times journalist and two others, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.Haji Najibullah is charged with six counts, according to the news release: “hostage taking, conspiracy to commit hostage taking, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit...
