President Trump said Friday that he “of course” condemns a since-deleted racist video on his social media accounts depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, but he refused to apologize for the posting. Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to Palm Beach, Florida, that he “just watched……
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Friday it is a “blatant lie” that he suggested renaming Penn Station after President Trump, a claim the president made earlier in the day. “Absolutely false. He knows it. Everyone knows it,” Schumer said in a post on the social platform X. “Only a man can do this……
Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday accused the White House and President Trump of a coverup to convict a staffer for posting a since-deleted video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as monkeys. “Nobody believes this White House cover, especially since they originally defended the post,”… Source link
A federal judge has approved a motion by the New York Attorney General’s Office for a temporary restraining order to block the closure of the Gateway Tunnel project. Source link
Click for more news from The Hill {Beacon} Online Health Care Health Care See The Big Story Trump administration orders CDC to withhold $602 million from blue states A directive from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Thursday ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to… Source link
{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA approves dicamba with some restrictions The Trump administration will re-approve the controversial herbicide dicamba for use on cotton and soybeans with some restrictions. © Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the decision to re-approve the chemical… Source…
Pastor Mark Burns, an ally of President Trump, said Friday that the White House staffer who posted a racist video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as monkeys should be “immediately terminated.” “The President made it clear to me that this post was made by an employee, not… Source link
The announcer said at the beginning of the opening ceremony, “Mesdames et Messieurs”, which means “Ladies and gentlemen” in French. Source link
Billie Eilish’s brother and musical collaborator Finneas O’Connell on Wednesday criticized the “powerful old white people” who criticized his sister’s comments about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. “I saw a lot of powerful old white men getting upset over what my 24-year-old sister said during her acceptance speech,”… Source…
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) announced Friday that he will retire at the end of his term, becoming the 30th House Republican not to seek re-election, signaling what will be a difficult midterm year for the GOP. “Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of a lifetime. No one is more proud than us…”…
