US election 2020 US President Donald Trump and his predecessor, Barack Obama, have directed blistering attacks at each other during rival rallies. Campaigning for Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden in Pennsylvania, Mr Obama likened Mr Trump to a “crazy uncle” and said he emboldened racists. In North Carolina, the Republican president mocked Mr Obama […]
Many GOP senators have privately said they’d like to avoid voting on new spending. By Matt Fuller, Igor Bobic, HuffPost US WASHINGTON ― With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) once again extending a self-imposed deadline for a stimulus bill on Tuesday, an already doubtful deal is now running into a new roadblock: Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]
The lawsuit comes more than a year after the DOJ and Federal Trade Commission began antitrust investigations into four big tech companies. Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law in using its […]
The former president’s son said “we’ve got a bunch of grifters in the White House.” By Josephine Harvey, HuffPost US Former President Ronald Reagan’s youngest son believes Donald Trump’s family is using his presidency as a “grift” and that his late father would be “horrified” by the state of the Republican party today. In an interview […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election. With all votes tallied, Ms Ardern’s centre-left Labour Party won 49.1%, bringing a projected 64 seats and a rare outright parliamentary majority. The opposition centre-right National Party won 26.8% in Saturday’s poll – just 35 seats in the 120-seat […]
By Mubasher Bukhari GUJRANWALA/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday accused the country’s army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa of toppling his government, pressuring the judiciary, and installing the current government of Prime Minister Imran Khan in the 2018 elections. Sharif was speaking via video link from London to a […]
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party held a big early lead in New Zealand’s general election on Saturday, initial tallies showed after a campaign dominated by her handling of COVID-19. Labour Party leader Ardern, 40, and National Party chief Collins, 61, faced off in the election to form the country’s […]
The Democratic vice presidential candidate’s communications director and a non-staff flight crew member have tested positive for the coronavirus. By Kevin Robillard Two people who regularly travel with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) have tested positive for COVID-19, the campaign announced Thursday morning. The campaign has canceled all of Harris’ planned travel […]
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Thai protesters cheered and chanted into the night in central Bangkok on Thursday in a show of mass defiance to a ban on demonstrations designed to end more than three months of anti-government action. As they dispersed at 10 p.m. (1500 GMT), protesters pledged […]
A “Photoshop Battle” erupted over a picture of the US president tossing masks at supporters. By Lee Moran A “Photoshop Battle” has broken out on Reddit over a picture of President Donald Trump throwing face masks at supporters attending this week’s campaign rally in Sanford, Florida. The image taken by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci shows Trump tossing masks […]
