One consistent aspect of President Joe Biden‘s time in the White House has been his tendency to exaggerate stories about his past. Biden’s tendency to exaggerate, which goes back decades, typically involves stories with an element of truth that get stretched with new and often hard-to-believe details. Biden sometimes gets called out via fact checks, […]
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Opening statements in Trump trial to begin
The stakes are high for Manhattan’s District Attorney Alvin Bragg as he begins his historic prosecution of a former president today. Its success or failure seemingly hinges on an untested legal theory – whether a state prosecutor can invoke a federal crime that was never proven. Ambrosio Rodriguez, a former prosecutor who says he is […]
Hillary says Trump models himself after Putin & Xi
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton predicted that should former President Donald Trump win a second term in November, he could pursue violent ends to his opposition in politics and in the media. Clinton appeared on the podcast Defending Democracy in an episode that aired Friday, where she spent the majority of the nearly 45-minute […]
Zelensky says Ukraine has chance with $60B Aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday thanked U.S. political leaders for approving an aid package to Ukraine over the weekend, saying the newfound aid will give the country a chance at “victory” as the country defends itself from Russia. “I think this support will really strengthen the armed forces, I pray, and we will have […]
Migrant Whack-A-Mole; Texas blocks, CA accepts
A record surge of illegal border crossings in recent years has fuelled the debate over immigration and border security, emerging as a key voter concern ahead of the US presidential election in November. While the border crisis has mostly centred on Texas, where Republican Governor Greg Abbott has waged a fight with President Joe Biden […]
NY AG Letitia James wants Trump’s bond revoked
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday asked that a judge void former President Donald Trump’s bond in his civil fraud case, questioning whether the company that issued it has the funds to back it up. In a 26-page filing ahead of a pre-scheduled hearing on Monday, James expressed concern about whether Knight Specialty […]
Democrats will do anything to stop RFK Jr.
Democrats are taking extraordinary steps to prevent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from hindering their efforts to keep the White House in November. From rallying Kennedy’s family around President Biden, to dumping opposition research and holding press briefings about how he helps former President Trump, Democrats watching Kennedy qualify for more state ballots are pulling out […]
Man dies after setting himself on fire at trial
A man who set himself on fire on Friday outside the courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush money trial is taking place has died, police said. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) said the man, who was identified as Maxwell Azzarello from Florida, was declared dead by staff at a hospital in the area, according […]
China builds a new empire 200 miles from US
On a Caribbean island just 220 miles from the shore of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a black-clad Chinese security guard swept an arm at more than a thousand acres of woodland and a glittering, aqua-green marine reserve beyond. “It’s like a small country,” he said in Chinese. This natural paradise on the island of Antigua, […]
Israel retaliates; Hits Iran with missile attack
US officials say Israel hit Iran with a missile overnight on Friday, in what appears to be a retaliatory strike after weeks of escalating tensions between the two countries. There are competing claims about the scale of the attack on the Isfahan region and the extent of any damage, with Iranian state media downplaying its […]
2/3 of boomers haven’t enough $ to retire
The nation is rapidly approaching “peak 65” as younger baby boomers turn 65 this year, initiating the biggest wave of retirements in U.S. history. Yet most of those Americans are financially unprepared to stop working, and many risk living in poverty, according to a new analysis. The retirements of the youngest boomers — those born […]
Ukraine warns US; Pass aid pkg or it will be WW3
Ukraine’s prime minister has told the BBC there will be a “Third World War” if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill. Denys Shmyhal expressed “careful optimism” that US lawmakers would pass the hotly contested measure, which has $61bn (£49bn) earmarked for Kyiv. […]