Hundreds gathered and some were arrested on Friday, as the city swells police force on subways and buses More than 500 people gathered in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal on Friday night in a mass demonstration against a growing police presence on the subway. Commuters in the bustling terminal, …
Read More »British man dies in US immigration detention in Florida
Fatality of mortal, 39, initially attributed to hangingUK Foreign Office said to be in touch with man’s wife A British man has died while being held in US immigration detention in Florida, the Guardian has confirmed. The death was first reported by BuzzFeed News, which said the man was 39 …
Read More »Trump impeachment trial: the key senators who could cross party lines
While a conviction is unlikely, some Republican senators such as Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins could break ranks over trial procedure while two Democrats could back the president The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has pledged “total coordination” with the White House in the impeachment experiment of Donald …
Read More »Trump impeachment: Senate prepares to hear opening arguments in trial
Mitch McConnell unveils resolution to move trial forward with unanticipated quicken, entrust key proceedings to late-night hours As Donald Trump prepared on Tuesday to address the billionaires in Davos, the US Senate prepared to hear opening arguings in an impeachment trial that have been able to remove Trump from the …
Read More »‘You called me a liar on national TV’: audio released of testy Warren-Sanders exchange
Candidates and longtime friends trade angry remarks before Tom Steyer presents an awkward hello CNN has released the audio of the testy exchange between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders that has just taken place following Tuesday’s Democratic debate. After the debate wrap, Bernie Sanders outstretched his hands to Elizabeth Warren. …
Read More »UK would not back US bombing of Iran cultural sites – No 10
Downing Street says such military action would break international treaties in implicit chide to Trump UK politics latest- live updates Downing Street has said targeting cultural areas in Iran would breach international war conventions in an implicit admonition to Donald Trump for threatening to bomb protected heritage locates. Boris Johnson’s …
Read More »Democrat fooled by Russian prankster posing as Greta Thunberg in phone call
Congresswoman Maxine Waters latest target of Vladimir’ Vovan’ Kuznetsov and Alexey’ Lexus’ Stolyarov prank The California congresswoman Maxine Waters has become the latest US politician to be fooled by Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov and Alexey “Lexus” Stolyarov, Russian pranksters alleged to have ties to security force. Related: Kremlin calling? Meet the …
Read More »US government agency website crashes amid panic over military draft
Selective Service System said on Twitter its website was receiving high-pitched traffic volume’ due to the spread of misinformation’ Fonda and Ellsberg protest at escalating conflict with Iran In the aftermath of the US drone strike that killed the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad, the word “World War III” …
Read More »The Guardian view on Trump’s war: UK goes from poodle to lapdog? | Editorial
Home countries will not profit from pursuing a reckless Brexit while hitching ourselves to Donald Trump’s Iranian misadventure A British prime minister flies back from a Caribbean holiday where “hes been”, courtesy of millionaire friends, sunning himself on yachts while the Middle East is in flames and Britain in the …
Read More »Impeachment debate drama: six hours distilled into three minutes – video
Members of the House of Representatives debate the two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, with both parties accusing each other variously of protecting the indefensible, tearing families apart and even being nastier to the chairman than Pontius Pilate was to Jesus. After a day-long debate, Trump became the third …
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