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President Donald Trump’s top aides delivered a blunt warning to him Thursday as he sat sullenly in the West Wing and watched as his Republican allies, Cabinet secretaries and former senior staffers criticized or denounced him one by one. His daughter Ivanka Trump, White House counsel Pat Cipollone, chief of staff Mark Meadows and others
Continue ReadingAmerica’s job market recovery ground to a halt in December, losing a staggering 140,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday — a far worse outcome than economists predicted. The unemployment rate remained flat at 6.7%, marking the first month that the rate hasn’t improved in seven months. The US economy is still down
Continue ReadingColonel Sanders is entering 2021 ready to rumble in the seemingly never-ending chicken sandwich wars. KFC is finally updating its fried chicken sandwich after finding itself playing catch-up against rival chains’ sandwiches in recent years. The aptly titled “KFC Chicken Sandwich” features an extra crispy chicken filet placed on a buttered brioche bun and topped
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Europe slid further into crisis Friday as multiple countries faced overwhelming numbers of coronavirus cases and fatalities. Germany reported its highest daily death toll of the pandemic with 1,188 fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours. The previous record was 1,129 on December 30. The country, which was praised for its handling of the first
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(CNN) — Dos integrantes del gabinete del presidente Donald Trump, la secretaria de Transporte Elaine Chao y la secretaria de Educación Betsy DeVos, anunciaron su renuncia debido a los disturbios del miércoles en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos. Las secretarias estás entre varios funcionarios de la administración que anunciaron que se iban a raíz de
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“Harry Potter” actress Jessie Cave has told fans her baby boy has left hospital after contracting Covid-19. Cave said her newborn had tested positive on Tuesday, sharing an image of him in a hospital bed as the UK went into a third coronavirus lockdown. But on Thursday she told followers on Instagram: “Baby is home
Continue ReadingSpeaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team are considering a lightning-quick impeachment process if Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet refuse to take unprecedented steps to remove President Donald Trump from office in less than two weeks’ time, according to multiple Democratic sources. The stunning intervention to remove a sitting president would need significant
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Moderna became the third Covid-19 vaccine to be authorized for use in the UK, the country’s Department of Health said in a press release on Friday. The UK’s medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), authorized the vaccine “following months of rigorous clinical trials involving tens of thousands of people and an
Continue ReadingThe latest US jobs report, due Friday, is set to include an alarming figure. Economists polled by Refinitiv expect to learn that just 71,000 jobs were created last month, by far the weakest figure since the labor market recovery kicked off in May. What’s happening: The United States is experiencing another explosion in coronavirus cases.
Continue Reading Iran has unveiled an underground base for “strategic missiles” on its Gulf coastline, according to state media. Video broadcast by state media Friday showed the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, Major General Hossein Salami, touring what appears to be a long underground tunnel lined with missiles and missile launchers. Iran’s ballistic missiles arsenal is
Continue Reading British supermodel Stella Tennant took her own life last month, her family has confirmed, saying the pioneering 90s star “felt unable to go on.” Tennant, who shunned traditionally feminine aesthetics and carved out an iconic, edgy image rarely seen on the catwalk, died shortly before Christmas at the age of 50. Her family said on
Continue Reading Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested Thursday over an alleged violation of the city’s national security law, just a day after police arrested dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists. Wong was already in prison, serving a 13.5-month sentence for his role in demonstrations during the 2019 pro-democracy protest movement. On Thursday, a
Continue Reading The US National Guard was so busy last year with “unprecedented” domestic deployments — helping with Covid-19, civil unrest and natural disasters — it referred to 2020 as Year of the Guard. So far, this year is no slouch, either. In the nation’s capital, about 6,200 Guard members from six states and the District of
Continue Reading (CNN) — El delantero francés Karim Benzema enfrentará un juicio por su presunta participación en un plan para chantajear a su excompañero Mathieu Valbuena en 2015, confirmó a CNN el fiscal del Tribunal de Versalles. El caso se relaciona con la existencia de un video sexual en el que aparece Valbuena. Benzema está acusado de
Continue ReadingA West Virginia state lawmaker was among pro-Donald Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol in Wednesday’s deadly insurrection. Republican Del. Derrick Evans, a supporter of President Donald Trump, recorded a Facebook Live video in which he can be heard shouting “We’re in! We’re in baby!” while moving among a crowd of rioters as he
Continue Reading A Republican state legislator may have let protesters into the Oregon Capitol last month during a closed session, according to state police and officials, resulting in a showdown that left two people arrested. “Oregon State Police (OSP) has confirmed and informed us that Representative Mike Nearman did open a door to allow demonstrators into the
Continue Reading Europe slid further into crisis Friday as multiple countries faced overwhelming numbers of coronavirus cases and fatalities. Germany reported its highest daily death toll of the pandemic with 1,188 fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours. The previous record was 1,129 on December 30. The country, which was praised for its handling of the first
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump declared nearly a year ago, “I am actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer,” as he tried to assert control over Department of Justice decisions. The claim in February 2020, as Trump basked in his Senate acquittal on US House impeachment charges and prepared to fire people who had testified against
Continue ReadingBoeing reached a $2.5 billion settlement with the Justice Department on Thursday to settle criminal charges that the company defrauded the Federal Aviation Administration when it first won approval for the flawed 737 Max jet. The plane was grounded by the FAA in March 2019 following two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. It was
Continue ReadingDemocrats are taking control of the Senate, breathing new life into President-elect Joe Biden’s economic agenda at a time America’s job market could really need the help. The job market recovery that began in May has run out of steam and economists predict the unemployment rate rose to 6.8% between November and December. It would
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