President Joe Biden said Donald Trump should not be given access to classified intelligence briefings due to his “erratic behaviour”. Outgoing presidents are traditionally given access to briefings, but that is solely the decision of the current president. Image: Donald Trump is the first US president to be impeached twice Mr Biden told CBS News
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Controversial congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has refused to apologise to the school shooting survivor she called “an idiot, trained by a dog”. The far-right Georgia congresswoman who amplified QAnon conspiracy theories which focus on the debunked belief that top Democrats were involved in child sex trafficking, was captured on film running after David Hogg, one
Howard Bloom’s Space Development Steering Committee advises Joe Biden’s NASA to make a radical switch. Stop building rockets, buy launch from private companies, and concentrate on building the infrastructure we will need to bring life to the moon and Mars. Oh, and make every vehicle reusable. For example, says Bloom, the Biden administration can get
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a hard-right politician and QAnon conspiracy theorist, has refused to apologise for her controversial views despite being voted off her committee roles in the US Congress. A motion to remove the fiercely-loyal Donald Trump supporter from the education and labour and budget committees was passed by 230 votes to 199 as the
The US is withdrawing operational support from Saudi Arabia’s forces in Yemen, which President Joe Biden hopes will help bring an end to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Mr Biden pledged during his presidential election campaign that his administration would resolve the long-running conflict between the Saudi-backed government and Iranian-aligned Houthi movement diplomatically.
The woman accused of killing Harry Dunn was employed by an intelligence agency in the US at the time of his death, a court has heard. Anne Sacoolas was leaving RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August 2019 when she was involved in a crash with 19-year-old Harry, who was on his motorbike. She had been
America’s top infectious diseases expert says double masking is a “common sense approach” to preventing the spread of coronavirus. Dr Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, recommended using two masks at a COVID-19 response news conference on Wednesday, saying there was “no harm” if people wanted to for added protection. He said
The remains of a police officer killed when supporters of Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol last month have been taken to the building’s historic rotunda to lie in honour. Brian Sicknick was on duty when rioters, angry over US president Donald Trump’s election loss, stormed the building on 6 January, and was hit in
Donald Trump’s legal team have dismissed his impeachment over the Capitol riots last month, after Democrats said the former president aimed the crowds “like a cannon” during his speech before the violence. Mr Trump‘s legal team said the Senate has no authority to try the ex-reality star as a private citizen, and that the chamber
Six people – including five children – have been killed in a shooting at an Oklahoma home Police responded to a call that “multiple people” had been shot at the house in Muskogee, a town southeast of Tulsa. Officers found one man and four children dead at the scene, and a fifth child died at
A man suspected of two killings after someone reported seeing a livestream on social media that showed him with a gun and two women lying motionless on the floor of an apartment has been arrested. Officers went to an apartment building in California for formerly homeless veterans and low-income families early Saturday after getting a
The body of man suspected of shooting dead two fellow duck hunters has been found at the same lake where his alleged victims were killed. David Vowell’s body was recovered and identified on Saturday “near the area of the incident” in Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said in a
Scientists in Los Angeles searching for signs that the UK COVID variant had crossed into the US have stumbled on a different one that appears to have been home grown in California – fuelling a surge in cases in the world’s entertainment capital. Nearly 50% of all new coronavirus cases in southern California in January
Former US President Donald Trump has abruptly parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers little more than a week before his trial, it has been reported. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier have left the defence team in what one person described as a “mutual decision” following a difference of opinion on the direction of the
The man known as the Wolf of Wall Street has offered his advice to small investors buying shares in GameStop, saying they should “be careful” to avoid losing money when “it goes bad”. Jordan Belfort, the former stockbroker whose memoir inspired the Hollywood movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, endorsed the actions of people who helped the
Alaska plans to review its screening systems after issuing personalised number plates including “FUHRER” AND “3REICH”. Both plates were said to have been owned by the same person at different times and have been recalled following complaints, the US state’s Department of Administration said. A report said the “FUHRER” plate was issued over a decade
Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black Hollywood actress known for portraying characters of strength, has died aged 96. The film, television and stage actress, whose 60-year career earned her three Emmys and a Tony Award, died on Thursday, her manager Larry Thompson said in a statement. No cause of death was given. “She had a heart
A Donald Trump supporter who wrote about attacking high-profile Democrats and the offices of Twitter and Facebook has been charged with stockpiling weapons and homemade explosives. Officials found dozens of firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, pipe bombs and manuals like The Anarchist Cookbook and US Army Improvised Munitions Handbook when they raided the home
The US economy suffered its worst annual decline for 74 years in 2020 as the pandemic crushed business activity and pushed millions of Americans out of work, official figures showed. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 3.5%, the biggest fall since 1946 when America was demobilising after the Second World War. Output is now recovering
Two members of a far-right group tracked down by Sky News after an attack on the US Capitol have been indicted. Jessica Marie Watkins, 38, and Donovan Ray Crowl, 50, were indicted along with Thomas Caldwell, 65, after allegedly conspiring to obstruct Congress. If they are found guilty they could be jailed for up to