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Friday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called President Donald Trump the “grifter-in-chief.” Cooper asked, “Are you surprised by some of the Republicans pushing back on this fund?” Blumenthal said, “Not really, Anderson, because this kind of graft and it really is graft on a scale that is unprecedented in our history. We had scandals with Harding and Grant and Nixon, but none of them involved the scale and scope, the audacity and arrogance of this graft.” Cooper asked, “And you see this fund as part of graft, as part of corruption?” Blumenthal said, “It is part of a through…
Tehran has said the sides were moving closer to a “convergence of views,” but expressed concerns about a U-turn by Washington The US and Iran are poised to sign a deal which will prolong the ceasefire another 60 days, during which the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened and restrictions on oil trade against Tehran lifted, Axios has reported, citing American officials. In the meantime, the sides will try to reach a final deal to end the conflict, it added.US President Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that the memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been “largely negotiated” and is currently being…
On Friday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” Trump critic Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed the “bottom is falling out” for President Donald Trump in his ability to control Republican lawmakers. Raskin said, “There are over a dozen Republicans who have spoken out about this, and I’m starting to think that the bottom is falling out for Donald Trump in terms of his ability to micromanage and control everybody in the Republican caucus. I don’t think this can stand. I think the public clamor against it and the rapidly growing opposition within Congress means that we’re going to be able to stop it,…
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) expressed disappointment Sunday morning that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) lost his primary last week. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Khanna said of his reaction: “Sadness, disappointment. Thomas is a real friend. He’s a good man.” Khanna and Massie are very much on opposite ends of the classic left-right ideological spectrum, but they came together to introduce the Epstein Files Transparency Act, requiring the release of files in the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. They also joined together to attempt, unsuccessfully, to block U.S. involvement in Iran. Those efforts, as well as other votes,…
30 UAVs worth nearly $1 billion have reportedly been destroyed or damaged since start of the war, with the model no longer being produced The US military has lost up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones since the start of the conflict with Iran, which accounts for nearly a fifth of Washington’s entire pre-war fleet and is valued at close to $1 billion, Bloomberg has reported. The bulk of them were destroyed or seriously damaged by Iranian fire, according to the outlet.The MQ-9 Reaper is capable of conducting both reconnaissance and strike missions. A single drone is estimated to cost more…
Nearly 400 illegal boat migrants reached UK shores this week amid reports that trained militants from the Middle East are gathering on the coastline of Belgium in a bid to break into Britain. Some 394 illegals successfully crossed the English Channel from Dunkirk in France on Friday, the Daily Mail reported. This marked the first crossings in nearly two weeks, a lull largely due to inclement weather. While nearly 8,000 boat migrants have made the often perilous journey since the start of the year, there has been a recorded decline of 44 per cent since last year, and 23 per cent over…
Nearly 40 Pizza Hut locations across the country have returned to the restaurant’s iconic vintage vibes and customers are overjoyed. Kansas-based Daland Corporation runs 93 of the locations and has brought back the classic red cups, salad bar, checkered tables, and lamps from the 1980s and 1990s to 38 of its locations, calling those restaurants “Pizza Hut Classic,” Fox News reported Friday. Daland president Tim Sparks said his own family enjoyed sharing a meal at Pizza Hut years ago and he hopes the remodels will encourage other people to eat there again. “It’s a good time to start having dinner…
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) said that he wants to hear from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on the anti-weaponization fund and there need to be questions asked and answered about the fund. Emmer said, “I would like to hear from Todd Blanche. I understand that they started to hear from him yesterday as to exactly what this is. Great. Let’s find out what it is before everybody crucifies it.” He added, “[W]e’re going to find out what it is. I’m not going to give it a term. I want to…
An Ebola vaccine based on the same technology that delivered the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab is being urgently developed by British scientists to help contain the deadly sub-strain enveloping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its neighbors. The Daily Telegraph reports the new vaccine is being developed by the Oxford Vaccine Group (OVG) using the platform deployed in 2020 as a baseline start. The vax could be ready for clinical trials within two to three months, its makers say, then rushed into action once approved against the outbreak which has resulted in more than 204 suspected deaths and 870 suspected cases. The…
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) responded to arguments that the claimed healthcare cut by Republicans was just a decrease of an increase by saying that “you’ve got to see the complete disconnect from families at home who are struggling to make it, and what they see from this Republican Party is they’re not in the equation at all, you take away healthcare, you take away food programs.” After Clark said that Republicans “cut a trillion dollars” from healthcare, Kernen cut in to say, “But Medicaid’s still — it’s still growing, and…