The World Health Organization has registered a record increase in coronavirus cases worldwide. The confirmed-cases number has jumped by nearly a quarter million over the past 24 hours. The record increase of 230,370 was registered by the global health watchdog on Sunday, with the largest number of new cases coming […]
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What do IDINA Menzel, ANI DiFranco, NAS, Kelly RIPA, IRA Madison III, RIC Ocasek, Peter O’TOOLE, and Rita ORA all have in common? That’s easy, if you’re a puzzler: they all appear in crosswords much more commonly than do other celebrities of equal fame. In fact, all of these celebs […]
US President Donald Trump has argued that the recent surge in coronavirus cases is explained by “massive” and ramped up screenings for the illness, while celebrating the fall in daily fatalities as “great news.” The president took to Twitter late on Thursday night to repurpose what has been widely deemed […]
__________Asia TimesUS virus cases smash daily record Global infections soar as the WHO warned the pandemic is ‘not even close to being over’ New daily coronavirus cases in the United States soared past 50,000 for the first time Wednesday, as the World Health Organization delivered a grave warning that the […]
CNN contributor Van Jones has responded to a Daily Beast article accusing him of secretly working with President Donald Trump on a police reform executive order, saying he had nothing to do with it and demanding a retraction. The article is based on “false, sensational charges – apparently designed to […]
The New York Times on Friday published a story claiming that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban forces to kill US troops, citing “officials briefed on the matter.” President Trump early Sunday morning dismissed the New York Times report on the GRU-Taliban allegations. “Nobody briefed or told me, VP Pence, […]
When federal prosecutors charged Jack Abramoff on Thursday with an illicit conspiracy to promote a cryptocurrency, they alleged that the disgraced lobbyist hired writers to help him with his scheme. The indictment did not name names. But new court documents point squarely to an employee of The Daily Caller and […]
As several states move to reintroduce containment measures, the US has again topped its one-day record for new Covid-19 cases. Tallying more than 45,000 infections, the spike could undo a falling trend in fatalities. Friday saw the US case count jump by 45,242, according to data collected by Reuters, putting […]
When federal prosecutors charged Jack Abramoff on Thursday with an illicit conspiracy to promote a cryptocurrency, they alleged that the disgraced lobbyist hired writers to help him with his scheme. The indictment did not name names. But new court documents point squarely to an employee of The Daily Caller and […]
Daily Caller reporter Shelby Talcott was accused of being an undercover cop and assaulted by the “peaceful protesters” in DC on Monday evening. In a video of the incident, filmed by her colleague Matthew Miller, Talcott is surrounded by the Black Lives Matter activists and interrogated about who she is […]
Deep State attempts to hide the fact that Trump and Barr are criminally insane. Good luck with that one. (CNN)The Trump administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to order former national security adviser John Bolton to stop the publication of his upcoming book on his White House tenure, arguing […]
A former Gawker editor suing The Daily Beast is getting help from a set of right-wing trolls, including a Trumpy conspiracy site, white nationalist sympathizer Michelle Malkin, and a company tied to far-right agitator Charles Johnson. In 2019, The Daily Beast published a story about how the relaunch of Gawker […]
On Thursday night, The Daily Show’s team of correspondents spoofed the incredibly cringeworthy “I Take Responsibility” (for Racism) Hollywood PSA that was rudely foisted upon us like a U2 album with one of their own. Only theirs was a bit…different. “What if I told you about a country in crisis…a […]
Joe Biden’s campaign has made it clear that the former vice president does not support the campaign to “defund the police.” On Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah tried to see if he could get him there. “You know, many activists and organizers have come out saying, there […]
It’s been 10 days since Trevor Noah delivered a sobering 18-minute monologue on the police killing of George Floyd that quickly racked up tens of millions of views across various social platforms and helped change the conversation about the “social contract” between black people and cops. After taking last week […]
Mexico hits new virus record of over 500 deaths per day by Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s health department reported 501 deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, a new one-day high and the first time the figure exceeded 500. The number of new cases also set a daily high, with 3,455 additional […]
Trevor Noah is horrified that President Donald Trump is apparently taking hydroxychloroquine against the recommendation of the FDA. But he seemed equally appalled Tuesday night at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reaction to that news. “I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists,” […]
Today’s coronavirus / COVID-19 numbers in the USFrom the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University Confirmed US cases: 1,519,317 (it was 1,429,990 on Friday)Confirmed US deaths: 90,994 (it was 86,744 Friday) Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug the FDA and lots of doctors say Americans shouldn’t take unless […]