Month: January 2020

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Adolfo Cardenas smiles faintly at the memory of traveling with his 14-year-old son from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border in only nine days, riding buses and paying a smuggler $6,000 to ensure passage through highway checkpoints. Father and son walked about 10 minutes in Arizona’s stifling June heat before surrendering to…

Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump’s defenders and supporters skirmished over the airwaves on Sunday a day after the US president’s legal team dismissed his impeachment trial as unconstitutional and dangerous. Coming two days before Trump’s trial opens in the Senate, the clashing arguments offered an early taste of the historic drama to play out in…

Andrew Harnik/AP In a Fox News interview Sunday morning, Ted Cruz said Democrats were “terrified” of hearing testimony from Hunter Biden. Whether witnesses appear in the Senate trial has been a point of tension among Democrats and Republicans following last month’s House vote to impeach President Trump, though some Republicans have said they want witnesses…

TULSA, Okla. — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce on Sunday his presidential campaign’s plan aimed at bolstering economic opportunity for black Americans, promising to triple their income over the next decade, but stopping short of promising reparations. The announcement comes as the billionaire continues to face questions about the controversial “stop-and-frisk” police…

Alan Dershowitz won’t say if the president did anything wrong originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Alan Dershowitz, who recently joined President Donald Trump’s defense team, refused in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” to endorse the formal declaration the president’s lead counsels submitted on Saturday. In a seven-page response to the articles of impeachment, Trump’s team…

National Archives apologizes for altering image critical of Trump originally appeared on abcnews.go.com The National Archives put out an apology on Saturday after admitting to digitally altering a photo with references they deemed inappropriate, including signs critical of President Donald Trump. “We made a mistake,” the National Archives, a facility of the National Archives and…

The “Never Trump” movement had once hoped to embarrass President Donald Trump in 2020 with a primary challenge that would expose the president’s weaknesses within his own party. But Trump’s GOP opponents are failing to even get on the ballot in many states, let alone gain traction with Republican voters. With the start of primary…

The New York Times editorial board endorsed Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) in the race for the Democratic presidential primary after interviewing the top nine contenders on issues that are most important to voters in this heated election year. It was a perplexing endorsement, since the two senators are running on significantly divergent…

Authorities brace for massive gun rights rally in Richmond, Virginia originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Law enforcement officials will be on high alert Monday as activists from around the country are expected to descend on Richmond, Virginia, to rally against the state’s progressive gun control proposals. Gun rights groups such as the Virginia Citizens Defense League…

Depuis une dizaine de jours, Tristane Banon goûte aux joies de la maternité. Mais si Tanya est entrée dans sa vie avec bonheur, la jeune maman ne compte pas faire une croix sur ses habitudes de femme. Ensemble, c’est tout. Tristane Banon est désormais inséparable de sa petite Tanya. Maman depuis le 5 octobre, la…