Section: Business Insider (USA)
More than 2 dozen Democratic lawmakers say they will try to impeach Trump again following riots over his election conspiracy theories
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 6: Trump supporters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress are calling to impeach President Donald Trump again, just two weeks before he leaves office. “Donald...
A leaked recording exposed Belarus plotting assassinations in Europe
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Associated Press On Monday, the EUobserver news site published an audio file of a 2012 conversation in which the then-leader of the Belarus KGB could be heard planning dissidents’ assassinations in Germany. Vadim Zaitsev could be heard planning the murders while citing pressure from Alexander...
NATO is furious at Trump delaying the military handover to Biden while ‘there’s a significant security situation underway with Iran that could explode at any time’
President-elect Joe Biden and outgoing President Donald Trump. JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images The Russians have hacked the US government. Iran has vowed revenge on America for the assassination of one of its military leaders. Yet Trump is mishandling the transition of the Pentagon to incoming President Joe Biden, sources tell Insider....
The source behind the New York Post’s dubious Hunter Biden story is suing Twitter for defamation
Hunter Biden, left, and President-elect Joe Biden, right, embrace after the latter won the 2020 presidential election on November 7, 2020. Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images John Paul Mac Isaac, the laptop repairman behind the New York Post’s dubious exposé on Hunter Biden, sued Twitter for defamation on Monday. Isaac claims Twitter falsely...
Sri Lanka is reopening to tourists after more than nine months of travel bans due to COVID-19
Authorities were forced to close the island nation’s airports in March. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte After nine months of travel bans imposed under the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is reopening to tourists. Officials are implementing a pilot program working to attract visitors, starting with a special tourist flight from Ukraine on Monday....
Trump pardons former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was convicted of multiple felonies and described as a ‘grave counterintelligence threat’
Paul Manafort. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File President Donald Trump has pardoned his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. Manafort was convicted of eight counts of tax and bank fraud as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election. He also later pleaded guilty to one...
The Soviet Union is long gone, but its aircraft carriers live on
Russian conventionally powered aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. AP The Soviet navy was never known for its aircraft carriers, and the few it operated weren’t meant for the same kind of operations as their US counterparts. While those carriers didn’t do much for the Soviets, a few of them have lived on and are now important naval...
Trump reportedly asked his lawyer if he could personally appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden before leaving office
President Trump is seen at the White House on November 26, 2020. Erin Schaff – Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump is considering personally appointing a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden in the waning weeks of his presidency, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Trump consulted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows,...
Hunter Biden told to disclose information related to Ukrainian energy company Burisma as part of his tax investigation
World Food Program USA Board Chairman Hunter Biden speaks at the World Food Program USA’s Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony at Organization of American States on April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for World Food Program USA Hunter Biden has been asked to provide information related to his work at the...
The Hunter Biden tax probes are a ‘stark litmus test’ to see if Joe Biden ‘can keep his hands off’ the Justice Department
Joe Biden, right, and his son Hunter, left, are seen above in April 2016. Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for World Food Program USA President-elect Joe Biden has promised to restore independence and public trust in the Justice Department upon taking office and wall himself off from any civil or criminal investigations. Now, that pledge faces its...
