Xinhua, another Chinese state news agency, accused the U.S. in a commentary Monday of wanting to use the “Hong Kong card” to curb China’s development. “The United States’ attempt to deter China’s development by interfering in Hong Kong affairs will not succeed,” it said, according to […]
China’s foreign ministry has accused the U.S. of selfishly pursuing unilateralism, Reuters reported on Monday, following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization. Speaking during a daily briefing, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters that the response from the […]
Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, told CNBC on Monday the U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations for slavery to blacks to help reduce racial inequality in the nation. The wealth divide and police brutality against blacks are at the heart of […]
House Democrats withdrew a bill Thursday to reauthorize foreign surveillance powers as Republicans united to oppose the Senate-passed proposal. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., announced he would pull the legislation Thursday morning after the chamber failed to pass it on Wednesday. As the House […]
President Donald Trump in a Twitter post on Thursday said that the United States reaching 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus was “a very sad milestone.” The tweet was published a day after that number actually was hit. “To all of the families friends of those who […]
On Tuesday, Twitter for the first time added warning tags to two of Trump’s tweets about mail-in ballots, inviting readers to “get the facts” and calling the president’s claims “unsubstantiated.” Trump tweeted Thursday afternoon: “So ridiculous to see Twitter trying to make the case that […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio condemned the four Minneapolis officers involved in the death of George Floyd, saying this “horrifying” situation cannot happen again. “I watched that video and my heart broke. It was … I could not believe the officer’s lack of concern, […]
Former President Barack Obama said Friday that the death of black man at the hands of the Minneapolis police, and the continued disparate treatment of other blacks and minorities in the United States, “shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America.” “It can’t be ‘normal,’” Obama wrote […]
Democratic lawmakers on Friday announced they will seek interviews with “key officials” as part of an expanded investigation into President Donald Trump‘s decision to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. Trump dismissed Linick in a surprise move on May 15 on a recommendation from Secretary […]
Former vice president Joe Biden on Friday said he is “furious” over President Donald Trump “calling for violence against American citizens” during the protests in Minneapolis over the death in police hands of a black man, George Floyd. “Enough,” wrote Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential […]
