Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday blasted Donald Trump Jr.’s “sick” joke that labeled him a pedophile. The president’s eldest son was criticized over the weekend after he posted a meme that showed the former vice president saying, “See ya later, alligator!” and an alligator responding, “In a while, pedophile!” Mr. Trump…

Sen. Marco Rubio, the new interim chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday said someone “broke the law” by leaking information about Michael Flynn’s conversation with the former Russian ambassador to the U.S., and it’s valid to ask more questions about how it happened. “Someone took that information, gave it to members of the…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration opposes the operation to salvage the Marconi device and contends that the wreckage should not be disturbed.The Titanic leaving Southampton, England, in 1912.Credit...Associated PressMay 20, 2020Updated 10:57 a.m. ETAn underwater salvage company was granted approval this week to cut into the wreckage of the Titanic to try to recover…

11.04am EDT 11:04 Pompeo says claims of IG retaliation are 'patently false' Julian Borger The secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has been answering questions at a State Department press briefing about the firing of the state department inspector general, Steve Linick. Pompeo was defiant, admitting he had recommended Linick’s be fired from his watchdog role…

CLOSE FLORIDA TODAY obtains data revealing patterns in COVID-19 deaths that the state doesn't want you to see. Florida TodaySARASOTA, Fla. — Facing an explosive charge that his administration is manipulating coronavirus data to help make the case for reopening Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis played down the controversy Tuesday as a “nonissue.”Florida’s COVID-19 death toll…