Former President Donald Trump tried to cut a deal with the National Archives and Records Administration to exchange boxes of material held at Mar-a-Lago for documents related to the FBI’s investigation of his ties to Russia, according to a report.
Although they never pursued it, Trump floated an idea to aides to try trading Mar-a-Lago documents later raided by the authorities for confidential documents he thought would exonerate him on Russia, per New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt.
Perhaps the leadership of Hockey Canada thought Canadians loved their hockey more than people, like executives of the sport’s national governing body are accused of doing, by deed if not intent.
Over six months of scandal and investigation, the organization that calls itself the “custodians of the game” has faced withering criticism without easing concerns of sponsors, politicians, citizens or other hockey groups.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Cables vital for the rail network were intentionally cut in two places causing a near three-hour halt to all rail traffic in northern Germany on Saturday morning, in what authorities called an act of sabotage without identifying who might be responsible.
The federal police are investigating the incident, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said, adding the motive for it was unclear.
The disruption raised alarm bells after NATO and the European Union last month stressed the need to protect critical infrastructure after what they called acts of sabotage on the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
Friends, rivals and enemies took their seats in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin gathered the country’s elite to formalise Russia’s illegal annexation of four occupied regions in Ukraine.
The ceremony was meant to portray strength and unity, but within 24 hours had been overshadowed by Russia’s failures on the battlefield. These losses, which continued into this week on the southern and eastern fronts in Ukraine, have led to a major, unprecedented rupture within the ruling class as the Kremlin seeks scapegoats for a series of military embarrassments.
Vegans and Just Stop Oil eco-zealots have joined forces to bring central London to a standstill by pouring milk all over the roads and covering shopfronts with paint.
Protesters from the groups, offshoots of Extinction Rebellion, blocked roads and bridges in the capital this afternoon in order to highlight their demand that the government stops new oil and gas projects.
Members of the environmental protest groups Animal Rebellion and Just Stop Oil poured milk on Regent Street and St James’s Street as they marched through central London.
‘I thought my boyfriend of 10 years was going to propose – then he told me he was trans’
It was 3am and I’d had a lot to drink; two reasons why I was pressing my boyfriend of 10 years on why he hadn’t yet proposed. We were strong and happy, and loved each other madly, so his reticence seemed ludicrous to me when sober, let alone drunk. I suspect it was my ceaseless questioning that ultimately blew a fuse in his brain, because that’s when he told me his secret.
He strung you along for ten years, be grateful it’s done.
A huge blast on Russia’s bridge to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014, has killed three people, investigators say.
The victims were in a nearby car when a lorry blew up, the Russian investigators said, bringing down sections of the bridge’s roadway.
Russia says the railway part of the bridge – where oil tankers caught fire – will reopen on Saturday.
They also claim road traffic will begin on an undamaged lane this evening.
Explosion on the bridge between Crimea and Russia, Kiev wishes "happy birthday" to Putin. Biden, Ursula von der Leyen and Zelensky will lead the world to nuclear war. pic.twitter.com/amKEvrT6qj
My headline is more accurate than the CBC’s – “Stung by criticism, Trudeau government changes course on Iran”
This week saw a turnaround in the Trudeau government’s approach to Iran as an unprecedented revolt against clerical rule that began three weeks ago showed no sign of slowing down.
The change began in Dartmouth, N.S., on Tuesday, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would be taking stronger actions against members of the Iranian regime, “including ensuring that we go after them for any assets or homes that they have in Canada.”
Back in Ottawa, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra attended a rally marking a thousand days since the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down Flight PS752, killing 55 Canadians and another 30 permanent residents.
For years, President Biden repeated the same mantra when asked about Hunter Biden’s influence peddling and alleged crimes: “My son did nothing wrong.” It was always implausible — as was his denial of any knowledge of these dealings despite emails and pictures to the contrary.
So the president and the press have been shifting to a new defense. As the father recently insisted of his son, “He fought an addiction problem. He overcame it. He wrote about it.”
After 25 years in federal and provincial conservative politics, outgoing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he concerned about certain elements that appear to be taking over along the right of the political spectrum.
Pointing to the works of traditional conservative philosopher Roger Scruton, Kenney said an important tenet of conservative politics is recognizing the “prosperous and free society” handed down by past generations and being a custodian for future generations.
The suspect accused of killing two people and injuring six others during a stabbing rampage on the Las Vegas Strip is in the U.S. illegally, sources told Fox News.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino gave no response when pressed by Conservative MP Michael Chong on what the Liberal government is going to do regarding allegations that communist China is operating unofficial overseas police stations on Canadian soil.
“The government’s priorities are descending into farce,” Chong said during question period in the House of Commons on Sept. 6.
“They won’t allow U.S. officers into Canada to reopen Nexus offices even though we have an agreement and the United States is an ally. Meanwhile, Iranian officers freely come to this country to intimidate Canadians because [the government] won’t list the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], and now we find out that police officers from the People’s Republic of China are operating out of three offices illegally open in Canada, intimidating Canadians.
On Thursday, we noted that actor Alec Baldwin had settled the wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Halyna Hutchins. Without a doubt, that removes a lot of stress from the former 30 Rock star.
However, it’s far from the only legal problem he’s dealing with.
Two Canadian tech firms that build apps for corporate clients are planning to recreate the ArriveCan app within days as a way of showing federal officials that they should not have spent $54-million on the mobile software.
Sheetal Jaitly, CEO of a Canadian-based company called TribalScale that creates apps and other software for global companies, said the idea came from staff during their Friday morning video meeting.