Joe Biden welcomed Kamala Harris as family to his campaign as they appeared togethr for the first time as running mates Wednesday afternoon in Wilmington, Delaware. ‘I have no doubt that I picked the right person to join me as the next vice president of the United States,’ Biden said. ‘She’s smart, she’s tough, she’s experienced, she’s a … Read more
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website that, up until yesterday, publicly displayed how many US hospital and ICU beds were occupied by coronavirus patients will now only show out-of-date information. It comes after the Trump Administration instructed hospitals to send their COVID-19 directly to a new Department of Health and Human Services … Read more
The Trump administration has ordered US hospitals to send all data directly to a central White House database, cutting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) out of the process collecting and sharing information on the pandemic. Officials say their aim is to streamline data gathering and analysis and fix lags that have plagued … Read more
Mike Pence says he refuses to use the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ because the movement’s leaders are ‘pushing a radical left agenda’ and insists ‘all lives matter, born and unborn’ Vice President Make Pence says he doesn’t say ‘Black Lives Matter’ because it has been used to push a ‘radical left agenda’ He said it … Read more
Donald Trump‘s campaign canceled his scheduled speech to the outdoor overflow crowd at his Tulsa rally after the supporters failed to materialize and ‘radical protesters’ were blamed for their absence. An outdoor stage had been set up to accommodate the thousands who will not be able to fit inside the BOK Center, the 19,000 seat … Read more
President Trump has retweeted a video of black conservative activist Candace Owens denigrating George Floyd and describing him as a symbol of a ‘broken culture in black America today’. Owens made the controversial remarks during an interview with radio host Glenn Beck Friday, during which she also stated: ‘The fact that he has been held … Read more
Except for one sticky moment when U.S. astronaut Doug Hurley appeared to clobber his head on an entry hatch as he crossed the threshold of the International Space Station, it all went like a dream. At teatime yesterday, a 19-hour flight followed by a flawless piece of zero-orbit parking saw the Space X capsule reach … Read more
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived at the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday to watch the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. They traveled to Florida with family members including Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and some of the grandkids. … Read more
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump departed the White House Wednesday to watch the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The Trumps walked out of the Oval Office at 12:30 p.m., with the president skipping a Q&A with the gathered … Read more
Elon Musk has accepted absolute responsibility if today’s historic launch of two veteran NASA astronauts ends in tragedy, with the weather giving just a 50-50 chance of the life-off getting the green light. Musk told CBS This Morning: ‘I’m the chief engineer of this thing so I’d just like to say that if it goes … Read more
Elon Musk today prepares to blast two astronauts into space in SpaceX’s $4 billion touch-screen spaceship, beginning a new era of privatised exploration. Veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will take a Tesla ride across Kennedy Space Center in their Hollywood-inspired ‘Starman’ suits and tap into their Falcon 9 rocket ship using a … Read more
Donald Trump reveals he wants to see Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket’s first manned takeoff next week in sign of U.S. reopening – then hold G7 at the White House too President Trump expressed that he was interested in going to Florida next week to watch the SpaceX spacecraft take American astronauts into space ‘I’m thinking … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence appeared bare-faced at a burger bar alongside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday on a trip to Orlando to tout economic reopening. Pence’s last trip out of Washington was delayed by the news that one of his top aides, spokeswoman Katie Miller, had contracted COVID-19. And while Pence spent several days keeping his … Read more