Elizabeth Warren Releases DNA Test Showing 0.1-3.1% Native Ancestry
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has declared herself vindicated for a decades-long claim to be Cherokee, thanks to a DNA test she ordered in response to taunts from President Donald Trump, in another signal that the former professor is gearing up for a 2020 presidential run. According to Warren’s own DNA test, she has, at best,…
Retail Sales Surprisingly Weak, Restaurant Sales Crash
Retail sales barely rose in September, challenging expectations that the American economy is riding high on a rising tide of consumer optimism. Sales moved up just 0.1 percent last month after a similar gain in August. Economists polled had forecast a solid 0.6 percent rise in September. Compared with a year ago, retail sales rose…
Kanye West Meets Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, Gifts Pair of Sneakers
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Kanye West has met with Uganda’s president during a visit to the East African nation and given the 74-year-old leader a pair of white sneakers. President Yoweri Museveni says he and the American rapper held “fruitful discussions” about promoting tourism and arts. West and his wife, reality TV star Kim Kardashian…
Cologne: Hostage Taken, Shots Fired at German Railway Station
Heavily armed police units deployed to the German city of Cologne Monday after shots were reported to have been fired and a hostage taken at the city’s central rail station. Travellers were ordered to evacuate the large central station, which sits on Cologne’s Dom Platz beneath the city’s historic cathedral early Monday afternoon. Locally published newspaper…
Trump Rejects ’60 Minutes’ Pressure, Promises Border Fixes
President Donald Trump rejected pressure from the 60 Minutes TV show and suggested he would renew policies which allow migrant job-seekers to be prosecuted when they bring a child to trigger the 2015 Flores catch-and-release loophole. “When you allow the parents to stay together, OK, when you allow that, then what happens is that people are going to pour into…
Report: RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Asked to Serve Second Term
The job of Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair is Ronna McDaniel’s for another two years if she is up for it. President Donald Trump has asked the high-ranking party official to serve a second term amid a stellar fundraising haul for the 2018 midterm elections, according to a Sunday Axios report Axios co-founder Mike Allen…
Rep. John Ratcliffe: Fusion GPS Founder Glenn Simpson ‘in Real Legal Jeopardy’
AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) told Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson is in “real legal jeopardy.” Glenn Simpson’s lawyer notified Congress that his client will invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform committees next week. A partial transcript…
NBC Belatedly Corrects Fake News Story on Trump and Robert E. Lee
NBC News issued a correction Sunday of its inaccurate tweet Friday that President Donald Trump had praised Confederate General Robert E. Lee at a rally in Ohio, misquoting the president and leaving out the context that he was setting up praise of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. NBC initially reported: WATCH: President Trump says “Robert…
Hillary Clinton: Bill Did Not Abuse His Power in Lewinsky Affair
Former 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a Sunday interview that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, did not abuse his power when he had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The former first lady told CBS Sunday Morning that her husband also made the right decision to not to resign…
In Kentucky, Donald Trump Praises ‘Rock Ribbed’ Mitch McConnell
President Donald Trump praised Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell during a Kentucky campaign rally on Saturday, demonstrating Republican unity to his supporters. “There’s nobody tougher, there’s nobody smarter,” Trump said about McConnell during the rally. Sen. Rand Paul and Governor Matt Bevin also attended. Trump praised McConnell as a “rock ribbed” leader that was “Kentucky…
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