Month: February 2020

John Kelly, then White House chief of staff, looked down at his desk with a grimace one night in January 2018 as Donald Trump stood in the doorway of his office. The retired Marine Corps general said nothing, but his face suggested discomfort. Mr Kelly had invited a group of reporters into his West Wing…

Donald Trump and John Kelly, the retired Marine general whom he fired as White House chief of staff, have finally gone to war. “When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head. Being Chief of Staff just wasn’t for him. He came…

President Trump said his former chief of staff John Kelly needs to “keep his mouth shut” after he criticized the president during a public event Wednesday night. “When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head,” wrote Trump in a pair of…

From Popular Mechanics China and Russia maintain large missile and bomber forces capable of targeting airfields with precision, knocking them out and preventing high performance fighter jets from flying. So the Air Force is planning to disperse its fleets of fighters, bombers, and other planes during a war to protect them from attack. The dispersal…

Family pushes for silent panic alarms in New York schools in honor of Parkland victim Alyssa Alhadeff originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Family members are pushing for a new law requiring silent panic alarms in all New York state public schools in honor of one of the victims of the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting. The law,…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 23-year-old man who posted on Facebook, “I don’t know why I don’t go on a killing spree.” A West Palm Beach couple who shot up their home while high on cocaine. A 31-year-old Gulf Coast man who pointed a semiautomatic rifle at a motorcyclist. All four Florida residents had…

Thomas Peter/Reuters China’s Hubei province recorded a huge spike in the number of Wuhan coronavirus cases on Thursday, announcing almost 15,000 new cases and 242 additional deaths in just 24 hours. It is the largest single-day increase since the outbreak began. It came as the province — where the outbreak began — changed its methods…

Reuters South Korean news outlets say the novel coronavirus has spread to North Korea. Though the country has further isolated itself from the rest of the world, its lack of medical supplies and “crumbling” healthcare system leave it ill-equipped to handle an outbreak, experts say. Kim Jong Un recently canceled an annual parade that celebrates…

Valerie Jarrett and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aren’t impressed by presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg’s apology over his role in New York’s racist “stop-and-frisk” policy. Ms Jarrett, a longtime adviser to former President Barack Obama, said that Mr Bloomberg “needs to do a lot more than just apologise” for the policy during a segment on CBS This…

« Fils de » n’est pas toujours un titre facile à porter. Ce mardi, Luca Zidane a pourtant écrit une nouvelle ligne dans l’histoire de sa famille en qualifiant l’équipe de France de moins de 17 ans en finale de la Coupe d’Europe. Luca Zidane porte une lourde charge sur ses épaules. Fils du grand…