Новости за 21.05.2020

The strongman leader of Russia’s southern Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, was in a hospital in Moscow on Thursday suffering from suspected coronavirus, news agencies reported. “Ramzan Kadyrov was taken by plane to Moscow with a suspected case of coronavirus. Now (he) is under medical supervision,” state news agency TASS reported, citing a medical source who […]

At his speech at the Ford plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan on Thursday, President Donald Trump showed off his face mask and remarked on how good it looked. “I think I look better in the mask,” he said. This stands in contrast to the fact that he is refusing to wear the mask while speaking to […]

There’s no meaningful link between an athlete having a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) and winning an Olympic medal, a study unveiled Thursday by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found. US tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams and reigning Olympic and world all-around gymnastics champion Simone Biles are among athletes who have used TUEs, special permission […]

Editor’s note: Muslims all over the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, one of the religion’s principal festivals. In August, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha. Ken Chitwood, a scholar of global Islam, explains the two Islamic festivals. 1. What is Eid? Eid literally means a “festival” or “feast” in Arabic. There are two major eids in […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday repeated his threats to withhold federal aid to Michigan because the state allowing voters to vote absentee during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump could not answer what aid he would cut. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reported on Trump’s visit to a Ford plant. The President is doubling down […]

While Michigan leaders begged President Donald Trump to wear a mask to protect their state and the workers at the Ford plant, Trump said he didn’t want to because it would give the press too much satisfaction. Others at Ford were clad in masks: The moment you’ve been waiting for: The President is not wearing […]

On Thursday, ABC news reported that the shooting at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi that wounded a guard and resulted in the death of the shooter was terrorism-related, according to the FBI. If true, this marks the second terrorist attack on a naval station in six months — although the FBI has not […]

“Once again, Donald Trump’s belligerent approach to foreign policy has put us all at risk.” In a move that alarmed nuclear experts, anti-war activists, and policymakers around the world, the U.S. government notified international partners on Thursday that President Donald Trump is withdrawing the country from the Treaty on Open Skies over alleged Russian violations. “Trump and […]

On Thursday, at his speech at a Ford plant producing medical equipment, President Donald Trump was asked what federal funding specifically he will revoke from Michigan if officials there don’t comply with his demands to scale back the use of mail-in voting. The president refused to go into details. “I’m not going to discuss that,” […]

A Politico report revealed that the president is not happy with Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ). But he took it a step further and pulled Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) aside to talk about his concerns. The latest polls show that McSally is still 13 points down from astronaut Mark Kelly, the conservative Democrat running […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday declared—not for the first time—that he did not want to see U.S. voters use mail-in ballots in November’s general election even as the nation faces a pandemic that has killed nearly 90,000 Americans so far. “We don’t want anyone to do mail-in ballots,” Trump said, before listing a very narrow […]

On Thursday, a panel of judges from the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordered District Judge Emmet Sullivan to respond to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s appeal to have his case dismissed immediately. The appellate judges considering the matter were Karen LeCraft Henderson, an appointee of George H. W. Bush, Robert Wilkins, an […]

Beijing’s linking of its detention of two Canadians in China to the arrest of a Chinese executive in Vancouver shows it doesn’t understand the meaning of an independent judiciary, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor in December 2018, nine days after the arrest on […]

Despite his off-the-charts narcissism, Donald Trump knows on some level that the majority of Americans don’t want him to be president and he cannot win in a fair election. He didn’t beat Hillary Clinton in the popular vote in 2016 — she got nearly 3 million more votes — and only won because of the outsize influence […]

President Donald Trump was slated to visit Baltimore, Maryland on Memorial Day, but the mayor has asked the president not to come, Bloomberg News reported. Trump has a complicated relationship with the city, at one point calling it a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” and went on to attack the late Rep. Elijah Cummings […]

In a series of tweets this Thursday, President Trump had some disparaging words for his preferred cable news station, saying that Fox News isn’t doing much for Republicans these days. “Many will disagree, but [Fox News] is doing nothing to help Republicans, and me, get re-elected on November 3rd,” Trump wrote. “Sure, there are some truly […]

The United States announced its intention on Thursday to withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, the Trump administration’s latest move to pull the country out of a major global treaty. The administration said Russia has repeatedly violated the pact’s terms. Senior officials said the pullout will formally take […]

Trump-loving Republican candidate Ted Howze’s congressional campaign in the California 10th district has been moved from “likely Democratic win” to “safe Democrat,” despite the district being more GOP friendly. Howze signed up to oppose Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA), but now a series of social media posts from his accounts that attacked Muslims, immigrants and the […]

Writing in the Washington Post this Thursday, columnist Greg Sargent says that President Trump’s strategy for reelection in 2020 is to pit himself against his own government. “That strategy is to run once again as an outsider, which requires using his own government as a foil,” Sargent writes. “Trump advisers tell the [Associated Press] that […]

“While millions risk their lives and livelihoods as first responders and frontline workers, these billionaires benefit from an economy and tax system that is wired to funnel wealth to the top.” America’s billionaires saw their combined net worth soar by $434 billion between March 18 and May 19 while the coronavirus pandemic killed tens of […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed plans for a possible in-person summit of G7 leaders, saying it would “primarily” take place at the White House. “It looks like the G7 will be on,” he told reporters. Trump said it would be “primarily at the White House” and “there could be a piece of it at […]

The debate over how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic is now turning some Americans away from the Republican Party, according to The State. In South Carolina, a self-described “moderate Republican” who has given campaign donations to both sides said he’s not interested in reelecting Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “I was a big supporter of […]

George W. Bush’s political architect is assisting President Donald Trump’s campaign as an adviser. Karl Rove has been helping Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign in an unpaid and informal role, staying in regular communication with campaign manager Brad Parscale and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, reported Business Insider. Republican insiders suggested that Rove — who […]

With the Covid-19 pandemic taking a heavy toll on Brazil’s Amazonas state, some Amazon tribes are turning to traditional medicine to treat the illness amid what they say is a lack of help from the country’s government. Using ingredients including tree bark, mango peel mint and honey, as well as knowledge passed down through generations, […]

Senate Republicans have just confirmed Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) to become the next Director of National Intelligence, one year after President Donald Trump nominated him to great outrage, and was forced to withdraw his nomination after it was revealed he had lied about his resume and amid bipartisan concerns he would politicize intelligence. Ratcliffe has […]