Year: 2020

Japan will allow some elderly passengers on a quarantined cruise liner who test negative for the new coronavirus to disembark ahead of schedule, the health minister said on Thursday, as another 44 new cases were […]

Airbus Unveils ‘Blended Wing Body’ Plane Design After Secret Flight Tests

Airbus on Tuesday unveiled a curvaceous aircraft design that blends wing and body, designed to slash carbon emissions by some 20%, Reuters informed. The European planemaker has been carrying out flight tests of a 3.2-metre-wide (10.5 […]

Democrats Turn Focus to Nevada and South Carolina

Democrats vying for the right to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump turned their focus on Wednesday to Nevada and South Carolina after Bernie Sanders solidified his front-runner status by narrowly beating Pete Buttigieg in New […]

China Reports 254 New Virus Deaths Using New Method

China on Thursday reported 254 new daily deaths and a spike in daily virus cases of 15,152, after new methodology was applied in the hardest-hit province of Hubei as to how cases are categorized, The […]

February 12, 2020 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: New Hampshire Observations, Exit Poll Data – Arkansas Primary

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, February 12, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45%Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 43% (Politico, Quinnipiac) to 50% (Rasmussen). Without […]

Trump Takes Aim at Democratic Presidential Candidates, Media, on Twitter

President Donald Trump has attacked the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls in the past two days following the New Hampshire results of the first-in-the-nation primary vote. In his string of tweets the President took aim at […]

GOP Senate Chairmen Spark Tensions with Biden and Ukraine Probe

A couple of GOP chairmen of the Senate have carried on with their sweeping investigation into the Bidens and Ukraine which has sparked a new round of tensions. With the months-long impeachment fight in the […]

Over 50,000 Sign Petition for Probe Into DOJ’s Roger Stone Reversal

At least 50,000 people have already signed a petition that calls for the investigation into a decision by the Department of Justice to reduce the prison sentence for Roger Stone, a former adviser of President […]

Coronavirus Cases Fall, Experts Doubtful Whether Peak Is Near

China reported on Wednesday its smallest number of new coronavirus cases since January, lending weight to a prediction by its top medical adviser for the outbreak to end by April, but a global diseases expert […]

Haftar Forces Block U.N. Flights in and out of Libya

Forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar have blocked flights carrying United Nations staff to and from Libya, hampering humanitarian and mediation efforts, the U.N. mission said on Wednesday, Reuters writes. Haftar’s eastern-based Libya National Army (LNA) […]

Andrew Yang Ends Presidential Bid

Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur whose unlikely White House bid evolved into a serious campaign thanks to grassroots enthusiasm, pulled out of the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday after New Hampshire delivered him a second straight […]

Former NASA Chief Gerstenmaier Joins SpaceX

SpaceX has confirmed that NASA’s former chief of human spaceflight, William Gerstenmaier, has joined the company as a consultant as it prepares to launch astronauts for the first time, ArsTechnica reported. This is a consequential […]

Sanders Beats Buttigieg in New Hampshire Democratic Primary

Bernie Sanders narrowly won New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, solidifying his front-runner status in the race to take on Donald Trump and dealing a setback to moderate rival Joe Biden, who finished a […]

AP: White Supremacist Propaganda Spreading, Anti-Bias Group Says

Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, making 2019 the second straight year that the circulation of propaganda […]

Fed’s Powell Says Economy in Good Place

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is in a good place, even as he cited the potential threat from the coronavirus in China and concerns about the economy’s […]

Sudan to Have Al-Bashir Appear Before the ICC to Face War Crimes Charges

Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir will be handed over to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges, it was announced Tuesday, CNN informed. Bashir, who was ousted in April 2019 after months of […]

Saudi Prince Says U.S. Peace Plan Takes Away Palestine’s Heart and Soul

President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan is a “monstrous conception” of a Palestinian state that is not going to progress any further, according to a former chief of Saudi intelligence, CNBC reported. The U.S. […]

Philippines Says It Will End U.S. Security Agreement

At the direction of President Rodrigo Duterte, a fierce critic of the United States, the Philippines announced Tuesday that it would scrap a security pact that allows American forces to train there, NPR reported. Duterte’s […]

Bloomberg Could Be in Trouble Over ‘Stop-And-Frisk’ Audio Clip

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg was swiftly condemned Tuesday after a years-old audio clip surfaced in which he appears to discuss in starkly racial terms the “stop-and-frisk” policing practice he presided over as mayor of […]

February 11, 2020 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Biden’s Base Cracking Up – Bloomberg Moves Up – Tuesday Trivia

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, February 11, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 46%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 43% (Quinnipiac) to 49% (The Hill, Rasmussen). The […]

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Signs City’s Enhanced ‘Green New Deal’

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday signed an executive directive aimed at boosting the city’s Green New Deal initiative to fight climate change, Fox News informed. In signing the executive directive – Garcetti’s 25th since taking office – the […]

North Korea Enhanced Nuke Program despite Trump Overtures: Report

North Korea spent the last year defying United Nations sanctions and proceeded with its effort to enhance its nuclear and ballistic programs, a report said on Monday, Fox News informed. Reuters, citing a confidential U.N. paper, […]

Trump Stirs Pardon Speculation with Condemnation of DOJ’s Roger Stone Treatment

President Donald Trump’s fiery reaction to the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone is stoking renewed speculation that he could end up pardoning his former associate, Fox News informed. Stone is awaiting sentencing for his conviction […]

Trump Administration to Increase NASA Budget

Sending Americans back to the moon and beyond with a budget payload of 25 billion dollars is a go, according to NASA Chief Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “That’s a 12 percent increase, and it includes 3.3 […]

SpaceX to Launch First Manned Flight in May

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has made big progress into making space travel affordable by the private sector with reusable rockets. According to TechCrunch, the date in consideration for the SpaceX Demo-2 launch is May […]

February 10, 2020 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: New Hampshire Update

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, February 10, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 46%Up 1 from Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 42% (Reuters) to 50% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

Trump’s Pro Hunting Council Disbands

The controversial International Wildlife Conservation Council (IWCC), a government entity that advises the Trump administration on international big game hunting, has disbanded. According to The Washington Post, the Interior Department in a court filing stated […]

Romney Says Oath He Swore under Constitution Made Him Vote for Trump’s Impeachment

GOP Senator Mitt Romney said in an interview recently that the oath he swore under the Constitution and “before God to apply impartial justice as a Senate juror” during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was the reason he voted to […]

Novak: Nord Stream 2 to Be Finished Despite U.S. Pressure

Russia and its European partners will finish the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline despite “unprecedented” resistance from the United States, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an article in the Energy Policy magazine […]

Schumer Urges 74 Inspectors General to Probe Witness Retaliation after Vindman’s Firing

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter on Monday to the acting Department of Defense Inspector General requesting investigations into “any and all instances of retaliation” against witnesses who have made “protected disclosures of presidential misconduct.” […]