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Rochester, New York, officer pepper-spray mom with toddler
Police in the New York city of Rochester are under scrutiny again after officers tackled a Black woman they suspected of shoplifting while her 3-year-old watched, and then pepper-sprayed her in the face as she held her toddler. Based on a body-cam video of the latest incident, which took place February 22 and was released Friday, an officer stops the woman on the snow-covered shoulder of a road, telling her a store ...
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‘Don’t use my name for fundraising, Trump tells GOP’
Former US President Donald Trump has reportedly forbidden the GOP from taking advantage of his name to raise funds. 'President Trump remains committed to the Republican Party and electing America First conservatives,' Politico cited an unnamed Trump adviser. 'But that doesn’t give anyone – friend or foe – permission to use his likeness without explicit approval.' Romney: Trump will win 2024 GOP nomination if he runs Trump remains the top 2024 choice ...
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Cruz puts hold on Biden's CIA nominee
US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) put a hold on President Biden’s nominee to lead the CIA in a bid to get the administration to take action against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline project. Cruz confirmed the move on Friday, saying on Twitter, 'I’ll release my hold when the Biden admin meets its legal obligation to report and sanction the ships and companies building Putin’s pipeline. Follow the law. Stop being ...
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US Black poet says she was ‘tailed’ by security guard
Amanda Gorman, an African American poet who won wide acclaim for her poem at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, says she was 'tailed' by a security guard. The 22-year-old activist further complained about what she called 'the reality of black girls' living in the United States. I am so thankful for the outpouring of support since the incident last night. It won't change the truth of what happened, and ...
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US panel advises tight security around Congress amid fears of violence
A panel appointed following the deadly January 6 attack by supporters of former president Donald Trump on the US Congress has recommended a thousand more police officers and extra fencing amid fears of violence. According to sources familiar with the report, the panel’s recommendations to increase security on the Capitol Hill included expanding the Capitol Police force by 1,100, establishing a 'Quick Reaction Force' to assist police during emergencies, increased National Guard ...
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Biden’s Syria attack, a gift to Daesh terrorists: US politician
US President Joe Biden has aided the Daesh terrorists in Syria and Iraq after he ordered airstrikes against facilities belonging to anti-terror resistance groups on the Iraqi-Syrian border, a US politician says. Biden authorized the deadly strikes late last month, destroying facilities at a Syrian border point used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, including members of Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada groups. The White House ...
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