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Obama said he was surprised at top Republicans who did a ‘complete 180 on everything they claimed to believe’ to align with Trump
Former President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral service of the late Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church on July 30, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Alyssa Pointer-Pool/Getty Images Former President Barack Obama said he was troubled to witness Republican lawmakers doing “a complete 180 on everything they claimed to believe” in...
Education disrupted: Insider’s virtual event features Scott Galloway, Laurie Santos, Tim Shriver and more, on how to make education better, more equitable, and more accessible
Scott Galloway will keynote Insider’s virtual event on the future of education Scott Galloway The global pandemic has moved the classroom to home for students from kindergarten to graduate school. At the same time, concern over higher-education costs and access has roiled families and academic institutions alike, putting pressure on...
Ukraine’s president Zelensky, who was pivotal in Trump’s impeachment, has been hospitalized with COVID-19
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky listens during a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been hospitalised with COVID-19. And spokeswoman for Zelensky told Reuters that his illness...
Concede or fight? What Trump’s lawyers, family, and allies in Congress and the media are telling him to do after losing to Joe Biden
Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Tiffany Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. before the presidential debate last week in Cleveland, Ohio. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump is refusing to concede the presidential election, and said he plans to fight the results in court. The issue of whether to concede has divided...
Trump is proving himself to be the most antidemocratic president in modern US history
US President Donald Trump departs a rally in Ohio on September 21. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has challenged America’s democracy throughout his presidency, and he’s taking this to new conspiratorial heights as votes are still being counted in the 2020 election. Trump falsely declared victory on Wednesday...
Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, but is refusing to concede to Biden
President Donald Trump pauses while speaking to reporters about the 2020 presidential election results in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, November 5, 2020. Carlos Barria/Reuters President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election but is refusing to concede. “This election is not over,” the campaign said in a...
John Bolton said Trump falsely declaring victory is a ‘disgrace’ and one of the most irresponsible things a president has ever done
John Bolton on Sky News criticised President Trump’s false claim to have won the presidential election while votes were being tallied Sky News John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, described Trump’s false declaration of victory in the presidential race as a “disgrace.” “He has...
Pro-Trump demonstrators showed up outside Attorney General William Barr’s home demanding he “lock up’ Joe Biden
Attorney General William Barr. Drew Angerer/Getty Images A group of Pro-Trump demonstrators showed up outside of Attorney General William Bar’s Virginia home, demanding he investigate and prosecute Trump’s opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Barr went outside and met with the demonstrators, explained his role in any...
The Linux Foundation wants to help combat COVID-19 with free, open source apps to tell people when they’ve been exposed to the virus
People wearing protective face masks use a smartphone on a street in Kiev Reuters Linux Foundation launched a public health unit in July to use open source software to combat the coronavirus pandemic and future epidemics. The foundation now has two apps: COVID Green, which is built by NearForm developers in Ireland, and COVID Shield, which is...
Putin rejects Donald Trump’s criticism of Biden family business, saying he sees nothing ‘criminal’ with Hunter Biden in Ukraine
Putin was responding to comments made by Trump during televised debates with Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Alexei Druzhinin/TASS via Getty Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that he saw nothing criminal in Hunter Biden’s past business ties with Ukraine or Russia. The remarks signaled a disagreement with one of President...
