A group of President Donald Trump’s critics on the right has made an endorsement video for him ― just not one he would want. The Lincoln Project’s latest is a mock endorsement from Russia, done entirely in Russian, that makes it clear “Comrade Trump” once again has the blessing of Vladimir Putin. “Russia thanks you for your loyalty and friendship,” the […]
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A book by Donald Trump’s niece can be released as planned, an appellate judge ruled Wednesday, the latest defeat for family members hoping to rein in an explosive account scheduled to be published this month. Judge Alan Scheinkman said Simon & Schuster can move forward with publishing Mary L. Trump’s “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the […]
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A Roman Catholic priest in Indiana was suspended from public ministry on Wednesday after calling Black Lives Matter organizers “maggots and parasites” in a message to his parishioners. The Rev. Theodore Rothrock, who was assigned to St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Carmel, Indiana, was suspended after he wrote a fiery bulletin post on Sunday that disparaged Black Lives Matters organizers for […]
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Intensive care units in one of the world’s largest medical centers are operating at 102% capacity as coronavirus cases surge in Texas, according to a report Wednesday from Texas Medical Center in Houston. An estimated 36% of the center’s 1,330 ICU beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients. The sprawling medical campus reported that there were 480 current patients with the virus […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Speaking from the Midlands town of Dudley earlier this week, the Prime Minister set out his strategy to boost the UK economy. Saying it is “vital” for the UK to plan for the future, he promised to […]
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Prisons in New York City have been ordered to discontinue the practice of punitive segregation for inmates with underlying medical conditions. On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Board of Correction Chair Jennifer Jones Austin announced the formation of a working group to eliminate solitary confinement in the New York City jail system for inmates who have underlying health conditions. […]
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Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night tore into the Trump White House’s botched response to the coronavirus pandemic and declared the United States to be “a pariah state” following the European Union’s travel ban on people from America. “The world leader for decades in the study of prevention for infectious disease, the biggest economy in the world, the only country to send […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Boris Johnson hit out at Nicola Sturgeon as he was challenged to condemn Holyrood proposals to institute a virtual border with England to keep the coronavirus pandemic under control in Scotland. First Minister Sturgeon signalled she would be willing to […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. With pubs, restaurants, cafes and other businesses set to reopen at the weekend, the UK was stunned this week when Leicester re-entered full lockdown after a surge in cases. Schools and non-essential shops have closed again in […]
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