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Donald Trump telegraphed his intent to politicize the Department of Justice (DOJ) when he nominated his campaign hitman, Jeff Sessions, as attorney general. But even Republicans could not tolerate the stench of allowing Sessions to preside over DOJ matters related to alleged collusion between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia. The foreboding irony could not have… Read more.
President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State. The information the president relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an… Read more.
In a ‘revolutionary’ new proposal, European Athletics has recommended that all track and field world and European records set before 2005 should be removed from the record books. It would mean Mike Powell’s long jump world record, Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 100-meter and 200 -meter world records and Britain’s Paula Radcliffe’s marathon world record would be scrapped.… Read more.
Book review: The iPINIONS Journal – Commentaries on the Global Events of 2016 by Anthony L. Hall Reprinted from Caribbean News Now Published May 12, 2017 Reminding us that yet another year has passed, Caribbean News Now op-ed columnist Anthony Hall embarks on his twelfth annual retrospective compendium of insights and observations on the… Read more.
Only seven days after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president, James B. Comey has told associates, the F.B.I. director was summoned to the White House for a one-on-one dinner with the new commander in chief. … The president then turned the conversation to whether Mr. Comey would pledge his loyalty to him. Mr.… Read more.
Donald Trump spent much of his campaign ridiculing “stupid” American presidents and diplomats who, according to him, were always getting duped by their foreign counterparts. He insisted that the American people needed to elect him, a shrewd and savvy businessman, to put an end to this embarrassing trend. Of course, that his record of achievement… Read more.
In what is the worst defeat of a governing party in recent history, the Bahamian people landed a crushing blow to the Progressive National Party (PLP) at the polls on Wednesday [leaving them with only 5 of the 39 seats in parliament]. … Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis will be sworn in… Read more.
Frankly, I warned that Trump would channel Nixon in this impeachable fashion. FBI Director James B. Comey has been dismissed by the president, according to White House spokesman Sean Spicer – a startling move that officials said stemmed from a conclusion by Justice Department officials that he had mishandled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s emails.… Read more.
And a special thank you to Mrs. Judson – formerly of Pinedale Primary in Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Read more.
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, projected results say. Mr Macron defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen by about 66% to 34% to become, at 39, the country’s youngest president, the results show. … The BBC’s Hugh Schofield in Paris says this is the most remarkable success story of how… Read more.
