US, China sign historic phase one trade deal. ‘It doesn’t get any bigger than this’…
Watch the signing...
January 15, 2020
The agreement will help grow the U.S. economy in 2020 and 2021 by “at least a half a point of additional GDP” and “probably translate into another million jobs on top of what we’ve already done,” Larry Kudlow said... The agreement, which was first reported on Dec. 12, includes commitments from Beijing to halt intellectual property theft, refrain from currency manipulation, cooperate in financial services and purchase more than $200 billion of U.S. products over the next two years...
“This is a huge win for @realDonaldTrump,” says Steve Bannon on Phase I trade deal. “Trump has changed the entire center of gravity of the way even the elites have to think about China." pic.twitter.com/xOIsHJen96
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) January 15, 2020
Luke Rosiak Update on the Awan’s Snap Hearing Today…
January 15, 2020
Update: Nothing happened today. The government is still telling the judge that the Awan case has to be secret for reasons that are, in themselves, secret -- making it impossible to argue against. Next date Feb. 10, likely to be similar. Some "mortgage matter," huh? https://t.co/XLPMeWge10
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) January 15, 2020
Researchers discover new strategy against antibiotic resistance. They have developed a new antibacterial strategy that weakens bacteria by preventing them from cooperating. Unlike with antibiotics, there is no resistance to this strategy, because the non-resistant bacteria outnumber resistant ones…
January 15, 2020
Project Veritas – PART II: Sanders Staffer “There Are Things More Important Than the Rule of Law in USA”…
January 15, 2020
Rival politician (Florida state Rep. Chris Latvala) accuses congressman Matt Gaetz of inventing sexual conquest game…
January 15, 2020
‘Shocking quantity’: Plano man found with 18 terabytes of child pornography, authorities say…
January 15, 2020
Sanders Fans Outraged After Warren’s “Disgusting” Debate Snub…
January 15, 2020
Pope names first female manager in Vatican Secretariat of State…
January 15, 2020
Francis on Wednesday named Francesca Di Giovanni, a 27-year veteran of the Vatican, as undersecretary for multilateral affairs. In that role, she will be responsible for running a division that coordinates the Holy See’s relations with the United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations.
Female soldiers singing and dancing in front of Kim Jong Un, backed by a trio playing a guitar, drums and an accordion in bizarre new propaganda video…
January 15, 2020
President Trump Participates in a Signing Ceremony of an Agreement Between the U.S. and China…
January 15, 2020
House votes on sending articles of impeachment to Senate…
January 15, 2020
Federal judge blocks Trump order allowing states to refuse to settle refugees…
January 15, 2020
Judge Peter J. Messitte of the Maryland District Court granted a motion from refugee groups to temporarily stay the order while their legal challenge against the president plays out.
Judge Peter Jo Messitte was appointed by Bill Clinton.
China boots up colossal alien-hunting radio telescope…
January 15, 2020
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) sets a new world record for the largest single-dish radio telescope with a diameter of half a kilometer, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. Now that the telescope is fully operational and open to research scientists from around the world, astronomers will be able to probe more corners of the universe than ever before — and potentially uncover signs of extraterrestrial life...
Loughlin, other parents accused of withholding evidence in college admissions case…
January 15, 2020
In a case filing Friday, prosecutors say most of the parents accused of bribing university officials to admit their children have not submitted their discovery materials... Loughlin and Giannulli’s attorneys have also accused prosecutors of hiding evidence that would benefit their defense in the college admissions scandal.
92-Year-Old Woman Sexually Abused and Murdered by Illegal Alien After New York Refused to Hand Him Over to ICE…
January 15, 2020
U.S. Department of Homeland Security gives Kansas legislators secret briefings on security…
January 15, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat and the Legislature’s longest-serving member, said he cannot recall a similar briefing in his 44 years as a lawmaker. Senators expect their DHS briefings by next week...
Italian prosecutors say crime clans of the Sicilian Mafia have defrauded the European Union of more than 10 million euros ($11 million) in agricultural aid since 2013…
January 15, 2020
National anti-Mafia Prosecutor Federico Cafiero de Raho said the alleged fraud involved thousands of hectares (acres) of farmland in eastern Sicily that fraudulently qualified for subsidies starting in 2013. In many cases, the mafiosi used the time-tested method of violent threats to grab ownership of lands actually eligible for the EU aid, Cafiero de Raho, Italy's top investigator of organized crime, said.
Daughter of Ohio Democrat politician, yelled obscenities, resisted arrest outside Trump rally…
January 15, 2020
The daughter of a Democrat county commissioner in Ohio was among three people arrested on disorderly conduct charges outside President Trump's rally in Toledo on Thursday night, police say. Laura Gerken, 36, engaged in a physical fight with another person outside the Huntington Center, said Toledo police, adding that she was yelling obscenities and resisted when officers placed her under arrest. Her father, Pete Gerken, has been a Lucas County commissioner since 2005...
Russian government resigns after President Putin’s state-of-the-nation address proposes changes to the constitution…
January 15, 2020
During his speech, Putin said he intended to create the position of deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council, which would be offered to Medvedev. Medvedev’s move to the new role will mean Russia will have a new prime minister when a new government is formed. Putin also proposed multiple amendments to Russia’s constitution. His proposals would entail “substantial changes” to the constitution as well as to the “entire balance of power, the power of the executive, the power of the legislature, the power of the judiciary,” Medvedev explained.
Pelosi appoints Schiff, Nadler among 7 House managers to prosecute Senate trial of Trump…
January 15, 2020
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff will lead the seven impeachment managers at President Donald Trump's trial in the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday. Also on the team are House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler and party Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York, and Reps. Zoe Lofgren of California, Val Demings of Florida and two freshmen: Jason Crow of Colorado and Sylvia Garcia of Texas. At a press conference on Capitol Hill, Pelosi noted that more incriminating evidence against the president has come out since in the four weeks since he was impeached on Dec. 18.
BREAKING: Impeachment managers Schiff & Nadler went well beyond the language of the charges in the Articles @ this morn's presser by alleging President Trump tried to "cheat" in 2020 & "rig the election," and that he "broke the law" & committed "crimes" by suspending foreign aid
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 15, 2020