Year: 2020

China repeated its call on Monday for Canada to release detained Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou as soon as possible, ahead of the executive’s first extradition hearing later in the day, Reuters reported. […]

Tehran Has Not Ruled out Talks to End Nuclear Dispute

Tehran said on Monday that it had not closed the “door to negotiations” in efforts to resolve a dispute over Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers that has escalated steadily since the United States withdrew from the […]

Trump Tells Farmers That China Trade Deal Will Be Good for Them

President Donald Trump sought on Sunday to assure American farmers and ranchers hit by a protracted tariff war with China that a trade agreement he signed with Beijing will lead to major purchases of U.S. […]

Democrats Navigate Sensitive Gender Politics

Democratic presidential candidates spent the weekend grappling with how to address questions surrounding sexism and gender bias as they sought to balance support for women against concerns of political blowback, The Associated Press reported. After […]

Biden Bashes Sanders Campaign for Social Security Attacks

Democratic candidate Joe Biden has called for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign to “disown” what he calls “doctored video” that some Sanders supporters say shows the former vice president endorsing Republican calls to cut Social Security […]

Iran Could Review Cooperation with IAEA if EU Pressure Continues

Iran will review its cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog over any “unjust” measures, Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said after EU powers last week triggered a dispute mechanism under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal, […]

Democrats Claim Trump Endangers Security, Trump Denies

Democratic U.S. lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday the President must be removed from office to protect national security and preserve the country’s system of government, Reuters writes. […]

US and China will meet for the first time at a high level since Russia's attack on Ukraine as Biden tries to get Beijing's help with the war.

China to Increase Imports from U.S.

China will negotiate with American companies and increase imports of U.S. goods and products according to market principles, an official with its state planner said on Sunday, Reuters informed. The United States has high quality […]

UK Plans Brexit Celebrations

The British government has announced plans for special events on the night of January 31 when the country officially leaves the European Union but the country’s treasury chief has admitted that some U.K. business sectors […]

Staffing shortage at airlines cause delays

U.S. to Screen Airline Passengers From China for New Illness

Three U.S. airports will screen passengers arriving from central China for a new virus that has sickened dozens, killed two and prompted worries about an international outbreak, health officials said Friday, The Associated Press reported. […]

Erdogan Wants Europe to Support Turkey’s Moves in Libya

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya, where it is providing military support to the internationally-recognized government, if it wants to end the conflict there, Reuters informed. Erdogan […]

State Department to Determine If Ex-Ambassador Yovanovitch Was Under Threat

The U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, Reuters informs. Documents released this week […]

Bad Weather Delays SpaceX Simulated Rocket Failure Test

Bad weather forced Elon Musk’s SpaceX to delay until Sunday a test in which it will destroy one of its own rockets in a trial of a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned astronaut […]

Starr, Dershowitz Join Trump Impeachment Team

President Donald Trump turned to some legal heavyweights to help defend him in his Senate impeachment trial with the addition on Friday of former independent counsel Ken Starr, who paved the way for former President […]

Trump Says Constitution Under Attack on Gun Laws

President Donald Trump took aim at Virginia Democrats and their push to stiffen the state’s gun laws, saying that the U.S. Constitution was under attack just as thousands of armed militia members began arriving in […]

Schwarzenegger Thinks Green New Deal is ‘Bogus’

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said that he likes the idea of the Green New Deal but he thinks that is bogus. “Something that is very well-intentioned, but, I think, bogus,” he said in an […]

January 17, 2020 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: British Royal Family – Removal from Office, Trial Witnesses – Sanctions – New Hampshire

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, January 17, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls. The range is 41% (Reuters) to 49% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

Navy Says if Classified UFO Files are Released ‘Grave Damage to US Security’ Could be Done

The Navy said that they have top-secret information about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) that could cause “exceptionally grave damage to the National Security of the United States” if made public. A Navy representative responded to […]

11 Americans Were Hurt in Iranian Strike, Military Says

Eleven American troops were treated for concussions after Iranian missiles struck two Iraqi bases where the servicemembers were stationed, the military said on Thursday, contradicting earlier statements by President Donald Trump that no Americans had […]

Sanders Tied With Biden Among Registered Voters: Reuters Poll

Senator Bernie Sanders has been steadily climbing in popularity this year and is now tied with former Vice President Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination among registered voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national […]

Trump Impeachment Trial Opens

The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for […]

Taliban Open to 10-Day Ceasefire With U.S.

The Taliban will implement a 10-day ceasefire with U.S. troops, a reduction in violence with Afghan forces and discussions with Afghan government officials if it reaches a deal with U.S. negotiators in talks in Doha, […]

China Posts Weakest Growth in Three Decades

China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States, and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish […]

Khamenei Says Trump Is a ‘Clown’ Who Will Betray Iranians

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said President Donald Trump is a “clown” who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will “push a poisonous dagger” into their backs, as he struck a defiant […]

Buttigieg Burns UK Royal Family Drama, while Praises US System

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, during a rally in Iowa on Thursday, used the British royal drama with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, telling voters that he is proud to be a part of the […]

January 16, 2020 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Trump Support on Iran Rising – Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, January 16, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters) to 51% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes, […]

Rain and Hail Pelt Fire-Ravaged Australian States

Severe thunderstorms are pelting some regions of Australia suffering from historic wildfires with powerful rain and large hail, CNN writes. The storms could bring some much-needed relief to the firefighters battling some of the worst […]

Elon Musk Closing in on a $350 Million Payday

Elon Musk is getting close to the first big payday from his massive stock package. In 2018, Tesla shareholders approved a pay package for Musk that pays him only in company stock options, and only if […]

Democratic Senators Could Force Vote to Block Trump Border Wall Funding

Senior Democratic senators said on Wednesday that they would try to force another vote to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from taking billions of dollars from the Department of Defense budget to pay for a […]

Tehran Accuses Europe of Yielding to Bullish Trump

Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to “high school bully” Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes, a step that could eventually lead […]