Senators debate articles of impeachment ahead of final vote…
February 4, 2020
Seal Commander Who Clashed With Trump To Leave Early…
February 4, 2020
Rear Adm. Collin Green's retirement follows the controversial court-martial of Special Warfare Operator Chief Eddie Gallagher. President Donald Trump, who supported Gallagher, disagreed with Green's pursuit of a peer review for Gallagher's case...
YAHOO: Trump approval rating rises to 49%, his highest Gallup approval rating since taking office…
February 4, 2020
Trump’s latest approval bump appears to have been driven by higher ratings among Republicans (94 percent, up 6 percentage points from the previous poll) and independents (42 percent, up 5 points). It also probably reflects Americans’ confidence in the economy, which according to Gallup is higher than at any point in the past two decades. Additionally, Gallup’s pollsters noted that more Americans approved (53 percent) than disapproved (45 percent) of Trump’s controversial decision to launch the U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander.
The poll was conducted Jan. 16-29, during the president’s Senate impeachment trial...
Irish PM Tells Boris to ‘Tone Down Nationalistic Rhetoric’…
February 4, 2020
Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Mr Varadkar told viewers: “Let’s not repeat some of the errors that we’ve made in the past two and a half years. Let’s not set such rigid red lines that it makes it hard to come to an agreement, and let’s tone down the kind of nationalistic rhetoric.”...
Coronavirus update: Discovery Of Coronavirus On Doorknob Of Infected Patient Sparks Transmission Concerns…
Hong Kong records first coronavirus death amid medical workers' strike
China’s Gambling Hub to Shut Its Casinos...
Japan to quarantine thousands of passengers on cruise ship...
Child coronavirus evacuee transported to California hospital with fever...
February 4, 2020
The finding was confirmed by China's Health Commission, which said on Monday that the coronavirus can survive for five days maximum on smooth surfaces under suitable circumstances. That would mean that mobile phone screens, computer keyboards, faucets and other household objects may indirectly transmit the virus, experts said... Over the weekend, some experts warned that the novel coronavirus could be transmitted through the digestive system as they found 2019-nCoV nucleic acids in patients' stool and rectal swabs, and health authorities had suggested the central air conditioning system be discontinued if coronavirus patients are found.
Meanwhile In China, "Residents Forcibly Taken Away After Refusing To Be Quarantined":
【江苏昆山居民拒绝隔离】
【被工作人员强行带走】网上流传片段,一批穿着“昆山市治理”防护服的人员,到一户人家劝住户准备行装接受隔离,但户主拒绝合作。工作人员于是入屋把住户逐个抬走送上救护车
男户主质疑工作人员违法并激烈反抗,期间抓破工作人员的防护服,又企图躲进车底 pic.twitter.com/ce1JbpiJkC
— 自由亚洲电台 (@RFA_Chinese) February 4, 2020
Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after employing unlicensed pharmacist for more than a decade….
February 4, 2020
The action is in response to a complaint filed by the district attorneys of Alameda and Santa Clara counties that alleges Kim Thien Le worked as a pharmacist in multiple Walgreens locations in the Bay Area for more than 10 years though she was not licensed by the Board of Pharmacy. While working as a pharmacist, Le participated in filling more than 745,000 prescriptions, including more than 100,000 for controlled substances...
IRS Restores Capital Gains Tax (To Form 1040) And Other Tax Return Changes For 2020…
February 4, 2020
GOP Investigation:Thousands Of Obama Admin Docs Under Review Regarding Ukraine White House Meetings…
February 4, 2020
The trove of documents was discovered after a request for documents was submitted by two top GOP Senators in November of last year...
Iowa Democratic caucuses turn to chaos as party fails to declare winner…
February 4, 2020
Caucusgoers gathered Monday at nearly 1,700 sites across Iowa to tally support for their preferred candidates — only for the night to be thrown into disarray when what the Iowa Democratic Party called "inconsistencies" delayed the reporting of results... Results in the Iowa caucuses will be released later Tuesday, Troy Price, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, said... he said that the party is manually verifying precinct reports, which is taking longer than expected. He reiterated that the issue is a reporting one, not a hack, and did not give timeline for when to expect tallies.
DOJ tells Supreme Court that subpoenas for Trump’s finances are unconstitutional…
February 4, 2020
The Justice Department argued that the Constitution prohibits local law enforcement from investigating the president and that Congress must overcome high hurdles when seeking information from him.
1,400 pounds of shark fins, worth up to $1 million, seized in Miami…
February 4, 2020
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the shipment of dried fins were found in 18 boxes at the Miami Port of Entry on January 24. Officials believe the shipment originated in South America and was likely headed to Asia, where shark fins are sought after for use in soup and traditional medicine...
Iowa caucus app disaster tied to Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager, Robby Mook…
February 4, 2020
[Iowa’s Republican and Democratic Parties] and their app and web development vendors partnered last fall with Harvard’s Defending Digital Democracy Project to develop strategies and systems to protect results and deal with any misinformation that's reported on caucus night. They worked with campaign experts Robby Mook and Matt Rhodes — as well as experts in cybersecurity, national security, technology and election administration — and simulated the different ways that things could go wrong on caucus night. Mook, 2016 campaign manager for Hillary Clinton, and Rhodes, Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign manager, helped develop a public-service video to alert campaigns to the warning signs of hacking and misinformation.
Clock is ticking for companies that depend on China imports…
February 4, 2020
If much of industrial China remains on lockdown for the next few weeks, a very real possibility, Western retailers, auto companies and manufacturers that depend on Chinese imports will start to run out of the goods they depend on. In order to meet deadlines for summer goods, retail experts say that Chinese factories would need to start ramping up production by March 15. If Chinese factories were instead to remain idle through May 1, it would likely cripple retailers' crucial back-to-school and fall seasons.
Bloomberg says he hopes Sanders changes…
February 4, 2020
Mike Bloomberg tells me he'd support Bernie Sanders over Donald Trump if those were his two options, but that people should understand Sanders at this moment is "so far to the left it's not practical" and that "what he wants to do would never get through Congress"... "I don't agree with him on virtually anything," Bloomberg said of Sanders in an interview Monday at a campaign stop in Compton, Calif. "But I have committed to support the Democratic candidate because I find Trump so unsuited for the job."
South African court issues arrest warrant for ex-leader Zuma for failing to appear in court on corruption charges that he has sought to avoid for months — now by asserting that he is ill….
February 4, 2020
Reports have said Zuma is in Cuba seeking treatment. The NPA requested Zuma's medical records as evidence of his claim...
Iran Set to Execute Convicted Spy Accused of Giving Nuclear Secrets to the CIA…
February 4, 2020
Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili identified the purported spy as Amir Rahimpour and said he would be executed soon. Esmaili did not elaborate on what Rahimpour was accused of doing, nor on his age or background. State media did not immediately name Rahimpour’s lawyer. However, a report by the state-run IRNA news agency alleged that Rahimpour received money from the CIA to share details of Iran’s nuclear program.
Trump easily wins Iowa Republican caucuses, smashing all incumbent turnout records!
See the results...
February 4, 2020
President Trump easily defeated his primary rivals in Monday’s Iowa Republican caucuses, in the first indication that those attempting to take on the president inside his own party stand a slim chance of making headway against the incumbent. Iowa results showed the president winning with roughly 97 percent of the vote over former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh. The primary challengers walked away with about 1 percent each.
Are Russian S-400 anti-aircraft systems installed near the US borders?…
February 4, 2020
According to data provided by a major Fox News resource, citing Pentagon sources, numerous S-400 RF systems have appeared in Cuba, so the entire sky over the United States will continue to be controlled. Despite the fact that experts believe that the US military will face big troubles due to the installed Russian weapons right at the country’s borders, the Western partners themselves have a different opinion...