Year: 2020

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will be on display at Space Center Houston later this month. The to-be-displayed rocket booster was first launched in June 2017 to propel cargo to the International Space Station, and […]

Jews and Saudi Arabia

March 4, 2020 Lisa Clayton

The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations – the umbrella organization of some 50 American Jewish groups – traveled to Saudi Arabia last month. The delegation, headed by executive vice president Malcolm Hoenlein, newly installed […]

Bloomberg Spent More than $5.1 Million on Each Super Tuesday Delegate Win

Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s more than $550 million in campaign advertising and exclusive focus on Super Tuesday states were not enough to make him the default candidate for establishment Democrats to rally […]

Michael Bloomberg Shuts down Million-Dollar Campaigns, Backs Joe Biden

Michael Bloomberg, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to self-fund his 2020 presidential run, announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign after a poor performance on Super Tuesday and will endorse Joe Biden, Axios reports. […]

Trump Calls Warren ‘Selfish’ for Staying in 2020 Democratic Contest

President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., of being “selfish” for remaining in the Democratic primary race and taking away votes from the progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., while the more establishment […]

Ilhan Omar Urges Progressive Dems to Unite in Support of Sanders, Warren

Representative Ilhan Omar has joined Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a call for uniting progressive Democrats to back Senator Bernie Sanders as Joe Biden moderates do it. The Minnesota Representative had joined the Sanders rally on Monday […]

Saudi Arabia Launches Women’s Football League

March 4, 2020 Lisa Clayton

Saudi Arabia is to launch a female football league, two years after women were first allowed into stadiums in the Gulf kingdom. The league will play its matches in the capital, Riyadh, and two other […]

U.S. Conducts Airstrikes on Taliban in Afghanistan

The U.S. launched an airstrike against the Taliban in Afghanistan on Wednesday, days after the Trump administration signed a deal with the military group, The Hill reported. A spokesperson for the U.S. military said the […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Biden Moving Up – Kennedy Leads Markey – North Carolina Senate – Tuesday Trivia

March 3, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, March 3, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 46%Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on three polls, ranging from 44% (YouGov) to 47% (Fox, Rasmussen) …. […]

Supreme Court Conservatives Lean Toward Trump Over Rapid Deportation

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic on Monday toward a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to buttress its power to quickly deport illegal immigrants without court interference in a politically charged election-year case […]

Biden’s South Carolina Victory Has Dems Lining up Behind Him

Joe Biden has Senate Democrats lining up behind him following his strong victory in South Carolina which reflected the former vice president’s deep-rooted relationships on Capitol Hill and growing confidence among lawmakers about his electability. […]

Coronavirus Spreading Fast Outside China

The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travelers, Reuters informs. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom […]

Netanyahu Ahead in Israeli Elections, but Short of Majority

Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced an uncertain path to staying in office on Tuesday, even as preliminary results showed his Likud party pulling ahead of its opponents in the country’s third election in […]

U.S. Peace Deal Leaves Afghans to Determine Post-War Landscape

Now that the U.S. has signed a deal with the Taliban to eventually leave Afghanistan, it will soon be up to Afghans on both sides of the conflict to decide what peace will look like, […]

Trump Officially Nominates Braithwaite to Serve as Navy Secretary

President Donald Trump officially nominated his current ambassador to Norway Kenneth Braithwaite to serve as Navy Secretary on Monday. According to a White House press release, ambassador Braithwaite was nominated in order to replace Richard Spencer, […]

Trump Says Fed Should Deliver Big Interest Rate Cut

President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates significantly, saying higher borrowing costs are tough on its exporters and puts the country at a disadvantage, Reuters reported. “Our Federal […]

Mike Bloomberg Fires Back at Trump’s ‘Mini Mike’ Taunts

Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg fired back to President Donald Trump’s constant taunts about his height, saying that height is “measured from the neck up,” Fox News informed. At the CPAC event in Oxon […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Super Tuesday Recap – Updates on California, Texas, North Carolina, Massachusetts – Favorability Ratings

March 2, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, March 2, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%Same as Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 43% (Reuters) to 47% (Fox News, Rasmussen). The […]

Klobuchar Will End 2020 Presidential Campaign and Endorse Biden

Sen. Amy Klobuchar will end her presidential bid on Monday and endorse Joe Biden, a campaign aide tells CNN. The Klobuchar campaign confirmed that the senator is flying to Dallas to join the former vice […]

Klobuchar Cancels Rally after Black Lives Matter Protests

Senator Amy Klobuchar decided to cancel her campaign rally in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Sunday after protesters reportedly affiliated with Black Lives Matter and other civil rights groups took the stage at her event […]

Latest Polls Show Sanders Leads California Primary by 17pts

Bernie Sanders is leading ahead of Joe Biden by about 17 points in the state of California on the eve of the Super Tuesday races, a new poll has shown. The newest polls from Emerson College […]

Obama Congratulates Biden on South Carolina Dem Primary Win

Barack Obama allegedly made a call to his ex-vice president Joe Biden to congratulate him on his recent victory in the Democratic primary in South Carolina, The Hill reported. Bloomberg reported Sunday evening that the 44th […]

Buttigieg Drops out of Democratic Race

Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Sunday, saying he no longer saw a chance of winning, the day after fellow moderate Joe Biden won a big victory in […]

U.S. Judge Rules Naming Official to Temporarily Head Immigration Agency Unlawful

A U.S. judge on Sunday ruled the Trump administration did not act lawfully when it named a former Virginia attorney general as the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and invalidated some […]

Washington State Confirms Second U.S. Coronavirus Death

Health officials in Washington state said late Sunday that a nursing home resident had died after contracting coronavirus, while New York’s governor confirmed his state’s first positive case, as the virus moved out of its […]

Virus Kills Member of Council Advising Iran’s Supreme Leader

A member of a council that advises Iran’s supreme leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus, state radio reported, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness that is affecting […]

Israelis Vote in Third Election in a Year

Israelis were voting Monday in the country’s unprecedented third election in less than a year to decide whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power despite his upcoming criminal trial on corruption charges, The […]

March 1, 2020 Focus Washington

U.S. and the Taliban Sign Historic Agreement

The U.S. and the Taliban have signed a deal after 18 years of war in Afghanistan. It calls for the withdrawal of American and NATO military forces from the country within 14 months, NPR reported. […]

March 1, 2020 Focus Washington

Turkey Strikes Syrian Planes and Airports

Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes over Idlib on Sunday and struck a military airport well beyond its frontlines in a sharp escalation of its military operations following the death of dozens of Turkish soldiers […]

March 1, 2020 Focus Washington

Travel Restricted as Coronavirus Cases Grow Worldwide

Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world, Reuters informs. The United States on […]