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Special counsel is investigating Kushner's business dealings
- June 19, 2017
Kushner, who is both the President's son-in-law and Senior Advisor to the President, reportedly approached Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak in early December, before he was made a White House employee, requesting to establish a backchannel to Moscow to avoid the eyes and ears of USA intelligence services. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Kushner, who is both the President's son-in-law and Senior Advisor to the President, reportedly approached Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak in early December, before he was made a White House employee, requesting to establish a backchannel to Moscow to avoid the eyes and ears of USA intelligence services. (more...)
Dems say they'll slow Senate work over secretive care bill
- June 19, 2017
Schumer. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week said Democrats haven't put any serious proposals on the table, anyway, as Obamacare's exchanges are buffeted by rising premiums and dwindling choices, particularly in Midwest states. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Schumer. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week said Democrats haven't put any serious proposals on the table, anyway, as Obamacare's exchanges are buffeted by rising premiums and dwindling choices, particularly in Midwest states. (more...)
Pence lawyers up in expanding Russian Federation probe
- June 19, 2017
Less than a month after Trump did the same , US Vice President Mike Pence hired a private attorney to represent him in the Russian Federation investigation. On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that Mueller is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice in the Russian Federation investigation. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Less than a month after Trump did the same , US Vice President Mike Pence hired a private attorney to represent him in the Russian Federation investigation. On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that Mueller is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice in the Russian Federation investigation. (more...)
Liverpool presents 'unique bid' to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
- June 19, 2017
A 50 meter floating swimming pool would also be built within the city center's dock system. City Centre Docks - Swimming, Long Jump, Triple Jump and Pole Vault. The Games will cost around £672 million, but Liverpool City Council anticipate the regeneration of the dockside will accelerate £1bn of investment and create more than 12,000 jobs. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
A 50 meter floating swimming pool would also be built within the city center's dock system. City Centre Docks - Swimming, Long Jump, Triple Jump and Pole Vault. The Games will cost around £672 million, but Liverpool City Council anticipate the regeneration of the dockside will accelerate £1bn of investment and create more than 12,000 jobs. (more...)
London police treating incident outside mosque as terror attack
- June 19, 2017
According to a report in The Telegraph , a witnessed said that a 48-year-old suspect had screamed "I'm going to kill all Muslims " before he was taken down. A vehicle struck pedestrians near north London's Finsbury Park mosque Sunday night. In the tense moments after the attack , some pedestrians pushed the 48-year-old suspect to the ground, The Guardian reported, and Mahmoud, an imam from the Muslim Welfare House , pleaded for calm . (more...)
- June 19, 2017
According to a report in The Telegraph , a witnessed said that a 48-year-old suspect had screamed "I'm going to kill all Muslims " before he was taken down. A vehicle struck pedestrians near north London's Finsbury Park mosque Sunday night. In the tense moments after the attack , some pedestrians pushed the 48-year-old suspect to the ground, The Guardian reported, and Mahmoud, an imam from the Muslim Welfare House , pleaded for calm . (more...)
UK PM May says attack on Muslims near mosque is 'sickening'
- June 19, 2017
Police say in a statement that a worshipper was receiving first aid outside the mosque at the time of the attack . Many people at the scene credited the Imam of the Muslim Welfare House , Mohammed Mahmoud , with calming the situation as bystanders held the suspect before police arrived. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Police say in a statement that a worshipper was receiving first aid outside the mosque at the time of the attack . Many people at the scene credited the Imam of the Muslim Welfare House , Mohammed Mahmoud , with calming the situation as bystanders held the suspect before police arrived. (more...)
Man plows van into crowd by London mosque; 10 injured
- June 19, 2017
Speaking on Monday morning, the senior national coordinator for counter terrorism , deputy assistant commissioner Neil Basu, said: "Sadly, Londoners are waking to the news of another terrible incident in the capital that has left a number of people seriously injured". (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Speaking on Monday morning, the senior national coordinator for counter terrorism , deputy assistant commissioner Neil Basu, said: "Sadly, Londoners are waking to the news of another terrible incident in the capital that has left a number of people seriously injured". (more...)
Wife Of GOP Baseball Practice Shooter Speaks Out
- June 19, 2017
Hodgkinson's life in the months and weeks leading up to his alleged attack on a congressional baseball practice is well underway, and police are asking for the public's help in both Virginia and his home state of IL. Several Democrats were practicing at a different field when they heard of the shooting, and immediately gathered to pray for their wounded colleague. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Hodgkinson's life in the months and weeks leading up to his alleged attack on a congressional baseball practice is well underway, and police are asking for the public's help in both Virginia and his home state of IL. Several Democrats were practicing at a different field when they heard of the shooting, and immediately gathered to pray for their wounded colleague. (more...)
Iran claims to have killed planner of Tehran terror attacks
- June 19, 2017
Earlier, the Iran's Revolutionary Guards blamed Saudi Arabia for Wednesday's deadly terror attacks . He spoke out at length against Shiites and promised further attacks. More than 40 people were wounded in the attack. On Tehran's enmity with Washington, the Iranian leader said "Some of the problems with the United States are essentially unresolvable as the US's problem with us has nothing to do with nuclear energy or human rights, their problem is with the principle of the Islamic ... (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Earlier, the Iran's Revolutionary Guards blamed Saudi Arabia for Wednesday's deadly terror attacks . He spoke out at length against Shiites and promised further attacks. More than 40 people were wounded in the attack. On Tehran's enmity with Washington, the Iranian leader said "Some of the problems with the United States are essentially unresolvable as the US's problem with us has nothing to do with nuclear energy or human rights, their problem is with the principle of the Islamic ... (more...)
Georgia congressman calls shooting 'senseless act of evil'
- June 19, 2017
The proposal came up during an all-members' briefing just hours after Wednesday's shooting. "Good. More guns in good hands". "There are discussions about perhaps - at least when a large crowd of lawmakers would be gathered, at a practice, at a congressional picnic, those sorts of things - that even if leadership was not there, that there might be some police present", Pelosi said Thursday. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
The proposal came up during an all-members' briefing just hours after Wednesday's shooting. "Good. More guns in good hands". "There are discussions about perhaps - at least when a large crowd of lawmakers would be gathered, at a practice, at a congressional picnic, those sorts of things - that even if leadership was not there, that there might be some police present", Pelosi said Thursday. (more...)
Lockheed Martin, Tata sigh pact to produce F-16s in India
- June 19, 2017
The announcement of the agreement was made at the Paris Airshow . Indian Air Force requires hundreds of new aircraft to replace its Soviet-era fleet, however, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has said that the planes will only be replaced with the ones foreign suppliers make in India with a local partner. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
The announcement of the agreement was made at the Paris Airshow . Indian Air Force requires hundreds of new aircraft to replace its Soviet-era fleet, however, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has said that the planes will only be replaced with the ones foreign suppliers make in India with a local partner. (more...)
Saudi Arabia captures, questions three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
- June 19, 2017
Relations between the two countries are at their worst in years, supporting opposite sides in conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, and each accusing the other of destabilising regional security. Two of the boats got away, it said. The announcement comes after Iranian state television accused Saudi Arabia's coast guard of killing an Iranian fisherman on Friday. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Relations between the two countries are at their worst in years, supporting opposite sides in conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, and each accusing the other of destabilising regional security. Two of the boats got away, it said. The announcement comes after Iranian state television accused Saudi Arabia's coast guard of killing an Iranian fisherman on Friday. (more...)
Puerto Rican Voters Heavily Favor Statehood in Early Count of Referendum Results
- June 19, 2017
Puerto Rico is not an independent country and has been a U.S. territory since 1898 after the country acquired the island from Spain following the Spanish-American War. wrote last week. They now do not pay USA income taxes on earnings obtained on the island. "It would be highly contradictory for Washington to demand democracy in other parts of the world, and not respond to the legitimate right to self-determination that was exercised today in the American territory of Puerto Rico". (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Puerto Rico is not an independent country and has been a U.S. territory since 1898 after the country acquired the island from Spain following the Spanish-American War. wrote last week. They now do not pay USA income taxes on earnings obtained on the island. "It would be highly contradictory for Washington to demand democracy in other parts of the world, and not respond to the legitimate right to self-determination that was exercised today in the American territory of Puerto Rico". (more...)
Led Coalition Shoots Down Syrian Military Jet West Of Raqqa, Pentagon Says
- June 19, 2017
The escalation comes as Syria's six-year-old war becomes ever more complex, with US forces and their allies converging on the northern IS bastion of Raqa in close proximity to Russian-backed regime troops. An American F18 Super Hornet shot down the plane after it dropped bombs near USA -backed forces near Raqqa, Syria . The escalation comes after the United States shot down a Syrian jet that had been dropping bombs near US-backed fighter jets. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
The escalation comes as Syria's six-year-old war becomes ever more complex, with US forces and their allies converging on the northern IS bastion of Raqa in close proximity to Russian-backed regime troops. An American F18 Super Hornet shot down the plane after it dropped bombs near USA -backed forces near Raqqa, Syria . The escalation comes after the United States shot down a Syrian jet that had been dropping bombs near US-backed fighter jets. (more...)
One dead in bear mauling on trail between Anchorage, Girdwood
- June 19, 2017
Anchorage Police Department Sgt. Nathan Mitchell told KTUU the victim's mom was at the race. A parent's worst nightmare came to life this Father's Day when a teen running an Alaskan trail race was fatally mauled by a bear. Dozens of runners, including the teen, toed the starting line that morning. Precosky told KTUU there were "a dozen runners" who volunteered to search for the boy, whose Global Positioning System coordinates the family member had on their phone. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Anchorage Police Department Sgt. Nathan Mitchell told KTUU the victim's mom was at the race. A parent's worst nightmare came to life this Father's Day when a teen running an Alaskan trail race was fatally mauled by a bear. Dozens of runners, including the teen, toed the starting line that morning. Precosky told KTUU there were "a dozen runners" who volunteered to search for the boy, whose Global Positioning System coordinates the family member had on their phone. (more...)
Dems Win Congressional Baseball Game, Give Trophy to Republican Steve Scalise
- June 19, 2017
Trump on Thursday reiterated his call for unity in the aftermath of the shooting in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia. Rep. Scalise was shot during baseball practice with the GOP team early Wednesday morning after a man approached the field and opened fire. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Trump on Thursday reiterated his call for unity in the aftermath of the shooting in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia. Rep. Scalise was shot during baseball practice with the GOP team early Wednesday morning after a man approached the field and opened fire. (more...)
Data used by Trump campaign on 198mn Americans found exposed online
- June 19, 2017
Along with home addresses, birth dates and phone numbers, the records include advanced sentiment analyses used by political groups to predict where individual voters fall on hot-button issues such as gun ownership, stem cell research and the right to abortion, as well as suspected religious affiliation and ethnicity. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Along with home addresses, birth dates and phone numbers, the records include advanced sentiment analyses used by political groups to predict where individual voters fall on hot-button issues such as gun ownership, stem cell research and the right to abortion, as well as suspected religious affiliation and ethnicity. (more...)
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Upstate NY: Will we see more hail?
- June 19, 2017
The weather service is cautioning that hail the size of a quarter, heavy rain, and winds gusts of 40 to 60 mph hour could occur with the strongest storms. Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning may be associated with the strongest storms. The primary impacts would be flooding rain in several areas followed by damaging winds in a few areas followed by a very slim to no risk of any quick spin-up tornadoes or large, damaging hail. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
The weather service is cautioning that hail the size of a quarter, heavy rain, and winds gusts of 40 to 60 mph hour could occur with the strongest storms. Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning may be associated with the strongest storms. The primary impacts would be flooding rain in several areas followed by damaging winds in a few areas followed by a very slim to no risk of any quick spin-up tornadoes or large, damaging hail. (more...)
Grenfell residents in 'passionate, angry' exchanges with PM at Downing Street
- June 19, 2017
The shock at the mounting death toll, which by Friday night had risen to 70 missing and feared dead, was accompanied by fury over her decision to restrict herself to having private talks with the emergency services when she went to the site on Thursday. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
The shock at the mounting death toll, which by Friday night had risen to 70 missing and feared dead, was accompanied by fury over her decision to restrict herself to having private talks with the emergency services when she went to the site on Thursday. (more...)
Aaron Judge Hits Longest Home Run of the Season
- June 19, 2017
Judge finished 4-for-4 in the Yankees' victory. Jose Alvarez (0-3) gave up Aaron Hicks' one-out double before Judge's homer. But instead of walking Judge intentionally and taking their chances with Matt Holliday , the Angels pitched to Judge. (more...)
- June 19, 2017
Judge finished 4-for-4 in the Yankees' victory. Jose Alvarez (0-3) gave up Aaron Hicks' one-out double before Judge's homer. But instead of walking Judge intentionally and taking their chances with Matt Holliday , the Angels pitched to Judge. (more...)
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