Tag: claims
Cuomo changes plan and asks New York attorney general and chief judge to select independent lawyer to review sexual harassment claims
10 Views0 Comments0 Likes
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has asked the New York attorney general and the chief judge of the court of appeals to jointly select an independent attorney to conduct "a thorough review" of sexual h...
Justice Clarence Thomas reveals some sympathy for Trump’s baseless fraud claims
15 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday claimed election fraud is a threat to America, revealing in a forceful dissent some support for former President Donald Trump and Republicans who have refused to accep...
Oath Keeper claims she was VIP security at Trump rally before riot and says she met with Secret Service agents
15 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A leader in an alleged Oath Keepers conspiracy in the US Capitol insurrection claims she was given a VIP pass to the pro-Trump rally on January 6, had met with Secret Service agents and was providing security for le...
Manhattan district attorney bolsters team investigating possible fraud claims by Trump and his company
12 Views0 Comments0 Likes
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has added a prominent former prosecutor to bolster its team investigating possible fraud claims by former President Donald Trump and his company. Mark Pomerantz, a former fed...
Texas Republicans criticized for misleading claims that renewable energy sources caused massive outages
10 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources including wind and solar power as the culprits of the state's massive power outages, as mi...
New Jersey attorney general is investigating claims that police officers repeatedly punched an Arab teen without provocation
17 Views0 Comments0 Likes
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is investigating after video footage shows multiple police officers assaulting a Muslim Arab American teenager. Osamah Alsaidi, 19 at the time, was assaulted and arrested by ...
Dubai princess claims she is being held ‘hostage’ in secret video recordings
15 Views0 Comments0 Likes
London The daughter of Dubai's billionaire ruler, who attempted to flee abroad in 2018, has appeared in secret recordings claiming she is being held hostage in a "villa converted into a jail" with no access to medica...
Federal judge blocks last-minute Trump rule limiting asylum claims
10 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A federal judge in California blocked a Trump-era rule that went into effect just a day before Joe Biden took office and sought to dramatically limit the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum in the U...
Haiti’s government claims it stopped coup amid dispute over presidential term limit
13 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Dozens were arrested in Haiti for an alleged coup attempt on Sunday, while protesters accused President Jovenel Moise of unconstitutionally extending his term. "We have arrested 23 people for conspiracy against the ...
US surgeon general: ‘No reason to doubt’ Covid-19 death toll number after Trump claims deaths ‘exaggerated’
81 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Washington US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has "no reason to doubt" the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Covid-19 death toll, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that the...
Top Palestinian DJ detained as party at Muslim holy site sparks angry scenes and scapegoating claims
46 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A leading female Palestinian DJ has been remanded in custody for 15 days after she was arrested by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces for performing at a party at a Muslim holy site, leading to claims of off...
Hilaria Baldwin responds to claims she has faked her Spanish heritage
51 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Hilaria Baldwin is responding to criticism that she has misled the public about her Spanish descent. The wife of actor Alec Baldwin posted a lengthy video on Instagram over the weekend after claims that she was fak...
Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder claims he’s being extorted by one of team’s minority owners
49 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Dan Snyder, the majority owner of the NFL's Washington Football Team, claimed in a court filing Wednesday that he's being extorted by one of the franchise's minority owners, Dwight Schar. Snyder said in the filing t...
Trump sees special counsel investigations of Hunter Biden and election claims as payback for Russia probe
45 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Washington President Donald Trump is pushing extensively for the appointment of special counsels to separately investigate his baseless allegations of voter fraud and allegations surrounding Hunter Biden, the son of ...
The ‘urban myth’ behind the GOP claims of voter fraud
38 Views0 Comments0 Likes
The Supreme Court's rejection last week of the lawsuit from Texas and 18 other Republican-led states effectively ended the legal efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his election defeat. But...
How one Trump-loving governor totally shut down the President’s voter fraud claims
42 Views0 Comments0 Likes
In the month since the presidential election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly argued that Arizona's vote was somehow fraudulent because, uh, he lost. "Such total corruption," Trump tweeted Monday as the state'...