Kenya president dismisses all ministers after weeks of unrest over taxation and poor governance
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya president dismisses all ministers after weeks of unrest over taxation and poor governance.
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The TelegraphXi Jinping’s lackeys ‘hid behind Chinese flags to beat up protesters in San Francisco’
Pro-Communist supporters allegedly used China’s national flag to hide that they were beating protesters during a summit between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in San Francisco last year.
- Associated Press
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike, threatening escalation
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the conflict even as the U.S. and other nations were scrambling to prevent an all-out regional war. Iran's supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel. There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has pledged to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group’s Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.
- The Daily Beast
Harris Camp Swings Back After Trump’s ‘Disgusting’ Radio Interview
Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign hit back at Donald Trump Tuesday night after he told a radio host the vice president “doesn’t like Jewish people”—even though the vice president is married to one.He also seemingly agreed when the host called Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, “a crappy Jew.”Earlier on Tuesday, Trump appeared on Sid & Friends, a New York-based talk radio show, where he condemned Jews who vote for Democratic candidates as “absolute fool[s].”Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Dail
- HuffPost
'Oh My F**king God!': Jon Stewart Nails GOP's Most Clueless Attack On Harris Yet
The "Daily Show" host put Donald Trump and his allies on blast over this hypocritical line of attack.
- CNN
JD Vance’s close college friend shares revealing emails
Sofia Nelson, a Yale Law School friend of JD Vance, revealed years of emails the two previously exchanged. Nelson told CNN’s Erin Burnett that the Republican vice presidential nominee has changed his views on “literally every imaginable issue.”
- HuffPost
Hillary Clinton Gives Trump And His GOP Cronies Some Brutally Honest Election Advice
The former secretary of state mocked Republicans with some unsolicited advice.
- The Hill
Republican Arizona mayor backs Harris over Trump, evoking McCain
The GOP mayor of Mesa, Ariz. — Phoenix’s largest suburb — endorsed Vice President Harris on Monday, saying only the vice president can “put country over party” in the November election. Mesa Mayor John Giles wrote in an op-ed for The Arizona Republic that Republicans should reject former President Trump at the ballot box. “Our…
- HuffPost
Garland Pushes Back On Judge’s Decision To Dismiss Trump’s Classified Documents Case
Former President Donald Trump faced 40 charges related to allegedly obstructing the government’s efforts to recover documents from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
- South China Morning Post
Fear and ambition: why the South China Sea is so important to Beijing
Tensions are mounting in the South China Sea - a hotly contested and globally significant waterway that's become a flashpoint for conflict. In the first instalment of a four-part series we look at why it's so critical for Beijing. Boiling tensions between Beijing and Manila have given disputes over the South China Sea new prominence, with analysts warning that hostilities could escalate and regional polarisation may worsen. Beijing's approach to asserting its sovereignty claims to most of the wa
- AFP News
Unfinished business: Indonesia's new capital has long way to go
It was supposed to be the jewel in the crown of the 10-year presidency of Joko Widodo, but Indonesia's capital-to-be, carved out of dense jungle in Borneo, is a vast building site just weeks before being due to open."Everything is still in progress," Widodo conceded during a visit to the site this week.
- The Independent
Israel claims to have ‘eliminated’ senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut airstrike
Israeli airstrike kills three in Lebanon as Hezbollah says commander Fuad Shukr survived attack
- The Telegraph
US tests ‘Quicksink’ low-cost bombs which could sink Chinese Navy ships
The United States has successfully tested a low-cost bomb that can sink ships the size of aircraft carriers, an innovation that could prove a potential game changer in a war with China, experts say.
- CNN
Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa
The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand and rocks. Off camera, the pop of gunshots can be heard.
- The Daily Beast
Supreme Court Rocked by New Leak of Bitter Abortion Split
The Supreme Court has been hit by a new damaging leak over its abortion decisions in a fresh blow to its embattled reputation—and a hint of even more leaks to come.Intimate details of months of disagreement among the nine justices were reported at length by CNN Monday, just hours after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both backed major reforms to the court, with the president accusing justices of being “above the law.” CNN also said its report was the first of a series, sugge
- The Hill
Bill Barr: Biden’s reforms would purge Supreme Court’s conservative justices
Former Attorney General Bill Barr offered his concerns about President Biden’s reform proposals for the Supreme Court on Monday, arguing they would eliminate the high court’s conservative justices and “destroy the independence of the judiciary.” “Americans need to understand that the campaign to radically change the Court is coming. While current proposals like term limits…
- The Independent
Trump fails to walk back controversial comments that supporters ‘won’t have to vote anymore’
Former president was given chance to clarify comments in new Fox News interview
- CNN
‘Stop interrupting me’: Cruz gets in heated exchange with Secret Service official
In a heated exchange during Tuesday’s hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pressed Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. about the number of agents working Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally.
- People
Donald Trump’s Nephew Fred Endorses Kamala Harris for President After Making Bombshell Allegations Against Uncle
"I believe in policy over politics and without question, Kamala Harris’ policies are what I get behind," Fred C. Trump III said on 'The View'
- The Hill
Carville: Harris ‘gonna get slaughtered’ by attacks; Democrats ‘better be ready’
Democratic political strategist James Carville warned Democrats to prepare for an onslaught of GOP attacks against Vice President Harris as Republicans look to win the White House back for former President Trump. “Look, she’s gonna get slaughtered,” Carville said in an interview released Monday on PBS’s “Firing Line” with Margaret Hoover. “And [Democrats] have got…
- Reuters
Exclusive-US Army stops paying soldier imprisoned in Russia, may prosecute him
The Army has stopped paying wages and allowances to a U.S. soldier sentenced last month to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony and may prosecute him if he returns to the United States, U.S. officials said. Gordon Black, a 34-year-old staff sergeant, was convicted in Russia of theft and threatening murder. He was also having an extramarital affair - prohibited in the U.S. military - with a Russian woman named Alexandra Vashchuk, who he met during a deployment in South Korea.