Former Obama administration official Van Jones said Wednesday that Democrats, behind closed doors, are discussing “how” to replace President Biden at the top of the ticket, “not whether.” The CNN commentator said the Democrats who defend Biden on TV have “completely different” conversations in private, amid growing concern in the party about Biden’s standing as […]
Back in June 2021 as the UK began to emerge from the long months of lockdown, I interviewed one of the world’s leading epidemiologists, Jay Bhattacharya, for The Telegraph’s Planet Normal podcast. The Stanford-based professor of medicine told me that lockdowns “will be seen as the single biggest public health mistake in history”. At a […]
Footage of a hoax call in which British foreign secretary David Cameron believes he is speaking to a former Ukrainian president has been released. In the casual video call published by website Guido Fawkes, Mr Cameron discusses the UK Labour Party, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine with someone purporting to be Petro […]
NASA will discuss the results of a recent asteroid-threat exercise today (June 20), and you can watch it live. The simulation, called the Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise, was held April 2 and April 3 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland. It aimed “to inform and assess our ability as a […]
Justice Samuel Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left and the right — discussing the difficulty of living “peacefully” with ideological opponents in the face of “fundamental” differences that “can’t be compromised.” He endorsed what his interlocutor described as a necessary fight to “return our country to a place of godliness.” And […]
England boss Gareth Southgate says he has a lot to consider as he prepares to name his final Euro 2024 squad straight after Friday’s last warm-up friendly against Iceland. The build-up to this summer’s tournament in Germany continued with Monday’s 3-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina at a sold-out St James’ Park. England immediately left […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is discussing with several key Cabinet ministers the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on Israel’s incursion into Rafah, Israeli media reported on Friday. Netanyahu’s office said that he would speak with the attorney general, the justice minister, the foreign minister and the defence minister, among others, in a conference call. […]
Former President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen detailed how he was reimbursed for the alleged hush money payment to Stormy Daniels — he’s also the prosecution’s last witness. This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments. 🚨 What happened today Michael Cohen, Trump’s […]
An Estonian official told Breaking Defense that his government is “seriously” discussing putting troops in Ukraine. Those soldiers would be put away from the frontlines and relieve Ukrainian troops of non-combat roles, he said. Estonia has around 4,200 active-duty soldiers, with a core reservist call-up of 38,000 more people. Estonia has been “seriously” discussing sending troops […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani was suspended Friday from WABC Radio and his daily show canceled over what the station called his repeated violation of a ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims. Giuliani said the station’s ban is overly broad and “a clear violation of free speech.” Giuliani issued a statement saying he […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani was suspended Friday from WABC Radio and his daily show canceled over what the station called his repeated violation of a ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims. Giuliani said the station’s ban is overly broad and “a clear violation of free speech.” Giuliani issued a statement saying he […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom, but he stopped short of more broadly blocking the state from enforcing its ban on “indoctrination” in public schools. U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky issued a narrow preliminary injunction Tuesday […]