Introduction Venezuela goes to the polls again on N21ovember in ‘mega elections.’ The dialogue that began in late summer between the Venezuelan government and sections of the hard right-wing opposition had been going well, with some definite outcomes. These include the decision by some right-wing opposition parties that have boycotted elections for years to take part in the elections. But the US’s illegal extradition from Cape Verde of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who was en-route to Iran to broker a trade deal to bring fuel, food and medicines to Venezuela, has threatened to sabotage both the talks, as the US did […]
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Gay Jewish mobster and his ‘girlie-man’ date with little girl arms (during the years Trump claimed he was an athlete) Now you know why Donald was never in the military, not the heel spur IN AN APPARENT effort to make his daily news conferences even more like campaign events than they already are, the White House press office has been packing the briefing room with supporters of President Donald Trump from far-right media outlets who can be relied on to toss him softball questions and initiate attacks on his political rivals. Trump’s happy talk at his daily briefings about the pandemic is […]
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin was shredded online for quipping that it was time for a “bunker inspection” after the Secret Service rushed the president out of a press briefing, seemingly elated that he might be in danger. Following President Trump’s abrupt evacuation from a White House presser on Monday, the Post’s self-ordained “conservative” columnist casually tweeted “Bunker inspection time?” While the brief scare was later said to be triggered by an armed suspect near the White House, who was shot by Secret Service agents, Rubin’s tweet was inundated with a flood of criticism, many seeing it as a highly inappropriate […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/07/1080095785_0:0:2766:1557_1200x675_80_0_0_a2d012246728e2a30f3884c2d54fd58b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008081080104609-trump-holds-press-briefing-in-bedminster-new-jersey—video/ The US president is expected to sign a series of executive orders to grant, among others, unemployment benefits, after lawmakers failed to produce a new COVID-19 relief bill. President Doland Trump is holding a press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday. On Thursday, the president said he had instructed his staff to start drafting an Executive Order on unemployment benefits and other aid for jobless Americans should the sides remain at an impasse. Republicans and Democrats have been deadlocked for two weeks now on talks over a new coronavirus relief agreement […]
Donald Trump, while the presidential candidate from the Republican Party, attended a briefing in August 2016 where FBI agents warned him about Russian and Chinese operatives on American soil. The brief became part of the nascent FBI investigation, which clouded the first years of his presidency. Less than a month after the FBI opened its investigation into suspected links between the Trump campaign and Russia’s government, the bureau’s agents attended Donald Trump’s briefing while searching for more info. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Thursday declassified a summary of a counter-intelligence briefing, which took place on 17 August 2016. Donald […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/16/1079958200_0:0:3193:1796_1200x675_80_0_0_2799499af4bfcf131b8a936f694e65d0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007221079958188-trump-holds-press-briefing-at-white-house—video/ The US president resumed his press briefings on the response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, as they were scaled back in April and returned in late June, but with Vice President Mike Pence speaking to reporters. US President Donald Trump is holding a press conference at the White House on Wednesday. Trump is expected to speak about the coronavirus situation in the country. At the press briefing on Tuesday, the president said that the COVID-19 outbreak in the US “will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better”, and added that developing a vaccine is […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday evening called the China Coronavirus the “Trump virus” during an appearance on fake news CNN. President Trump held a Coronavirus task force briefing earlier Tuesday for the first time in months. The president said that the pandemic will ‘probably get worse before it gets better.’ Pelosi blamed President Trump for the pandemic that originated in China. TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby China lied about the virus outbreak and hundreds of thousands of people died, but Pelosi blamed Trump. “Clearly it is […]
A liberal reporter on Tuesday appeared to call Kayleigh McEnany a “lying bitch” during a press briefing. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany shut down the liberal reporter and told her that she already asked two questions. Advertisement – story continues below “You’ve gotten two questions which is more than some of your colleagues,” McEnany said as she called on another reporter. “I think you’re a lying bitch” the reporter said in response. TRENDING: These People Are Nuts: Broward County Officials Now Require Citizens Wear Masks WITHIN THEIR OWN HOMES WATCH: Did a reporter call @PressSec a “Lying b*tch” on national […]
Health Editor’s Note: Why have we not been getting coronavirus briefings from Trump? COVID-19 has certainly not gone away, not by a long shot. I cannot wait to see what suggestions he has for us on how to beat the pandemic….but wait, maybe he still thinks it will all disappear because..well, people getting sick and dying and complaining about such things is annoying to him…..Carol Trump to resume COVID-19 briefings by Brett Samuels/The Hill President Trump on Monday said he will resume giving regular coronavirus briefings this week, reviving a practice that is controversial among some aides as infections surge across the […]
President Trump denied Sunday that he’d ever been briefed on bounties Russia reportedly offered to Taliban-linked fighters to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump denied Sunday that he’d ever been briefed on bounties Russia reportedly offered to Taliban-linked fighters to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan. Alex Brandon/AP President Trump is denying a New York Times report that he was briefed on an alleged Russian effort to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill Western forces — including U.S. troops — in Afghanistan. Citing unnamed officials, the Times report, published Friday, details how […]
The press briefing comes hours before the funeral of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old African-American who was killed by a white police officer outside a fast-food restaurant about two weeks after another black man, George Floyd, died as a result of police actions in Minneapolis, causing mass demonstrations across the US as well as other countries. A live broadcast from a press briefing by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. Last week, US President Donald Trump removed Manhattan Federal Attorney Geoffrey Berman, whose office is investigating Trump’s personal lawyer over allegations of breaching foreign lobbying laws and prosecuted Trump’s former lawyer, Michael […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107951/26/1079512616_0:0:3006:1691_1200x675_80_0_0_3af77877ef60b847af52a4536ad18102.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006161079632605-us-president-speaks-after-signing-executive-order/ The United States has been gripped by demonstrations, both peaceful and violent, while protesters have also begun to tear down and deface statues of historical figures with troubling records on the matter of race. This live broadcast shows a press briefing with US President Donald Trump delivering remarks after signing an executive order calling for the establishment of a national police register and improvements in training and recruitment. In the executive order, Trump will include reforms such as banning police from using chokeholds, mandating the use of body cameras, restricting the use of lethal force, […]
Allegations that England’s chief nurse was stood down from a Downing Street Covid-19 daily briefing after refusing to publicly back PM Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings have provoked outrage. Ruth May was scheduled to appear alongside UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock on June 1 to update the public on progress being made in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. However, according to senior NHS sources, England’s top nurse was dropped just hours before the briefing. Also on rt.com ‘Told the truth’: Piers Morgan blasts ‘pathetic’ BBC for throwing Newsnight presenter ‘to the wolves’ after Cummings monologue May is said to have told […]
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has its eyes on the popular bitcoin privacy tool Wasabi Wallet, documents verified by CoinDesk show. Marked for “law enforcement only,” a two-part report by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) analyzed the privacy tool’s impact on using the Bitcoin blockchain to investigate crimes. “Things are not looking good” for law enforcement thanks to this relatively new software, the EC3 warned, citing data from leading blockchain analysis company Chainalysis estimating how much money is filtering through Wasabi for criminal purposes. “According to [Chainalysis], over the last three weeks, BTC in the amount of nearly 50 […]
On Sunday night, after briefly touching on immunologist Rick Bright’s whistleblower testimony in front of Congress, accusing the Trump administration of ignoring his warnings about the novel coronavirus and their lack of preparedness, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver tackled “a major scandal brewing in Washington”: the curious case of Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. This past week, Sen. Burr was forced to step down as Intelligence Committee chair amid an FBI probe into his stock dealings—confiscating his cellphone in the process. “It’s true: The FBI seized Burr’s cellphone on suspicion that he may have used […]
President Trump has been experimenting with new formats for holding press briefings since the daily COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus task force briefings devolved into daily brawls with obnoxious reporters deliberately distorting Trump’s comments to make him come off as if he wanted to poison Americans with disinfectants. Monday afternoon Trump tried a Rose Garden setting with reporters wearing mandatory masks after two White House staffers tested positive for the virus last week. The subject was increased testing to get the country ready for reopening. The press conference was going reasonably well, with reporters asking questions and follow-ups without incident until Trump called […]