Donald Trump makes joke about ‘taking on’ the media whereas accepting Time Journal Award
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US President-elect Donald Trump will attend the Military-Navy soccer sport right this moment alongside a group of allies, cupboard picks, and controversial figures.
JD Vance, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, Protection Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, and Daniel Penny will reportedly be part of Trump.
Penny was just lately acquitted of a murder cost over a 2023 incident wherein he put a homeless man who was yelling at passengers right into a chokehold for almost six minutes, killing him. Penny has turn into a trigger célèbre on the precise since.
Penny just isn’t the one controversial visitor. Hegseth has confronted accusations of rape and alcohol abuse, which he denies.
The three p.m. ET matchup at Northwest Discipline in Landover, Maryland, is the one hundred and twenty fifth iteration of the well-known school soccer rivalry between the army service academies.
In the meantime, Trump has vowed to scrap Daylight Saving Time (DST) and is reportedly contemplating scrapping a automotive crash reporting requirement that Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk strongly opposes.
And officers throughout the East Coast are expressing frustration over continued mysterious drone spottings within the airspace above New Jersey.
‘How do you like that?’: Man hurls espresso at George Santos in Time Sq.
Former congressman George Santos reportedly had a cup of espresso thrown on him as he walked via Instances Sq. in New York Metropolis just lately, based on a viral video.
Within the clip, the previous congressman, who pleaded responsible in August to identification theft and wire fraud charges, reacts with a mixture of shock and anger, saying, “What the f*** is wrong with you?”
It’s unclear who threw the espresso at Santos, although the video begins with an unnamed man talking into digital camera saying, “This guy has got [the] audacity to show his face?”
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 20:29
Watch dwell: Trump attends Military-Navy sport in Maryland
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 20:11
JD Vance, Daniel Penny noticed at Military-Navy sport
Vp-elect JD Vance and Daniel Penny had been among the many notable figures noticed on Saturday in Donald Trump’s field on the Military-Navy soccer sport.
The president-elect is reportedly en route.
(AP Picture/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 20:10
Jets fly over Washington forward of Military-Navy sport
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 20:05
Trump names Devin Nunes to Intelligence Advisory Board
Donald Trump has named Devin Nunes, CEO of his Reality Social platform, to guide the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, an impartial physique that advises the chief department.
In a Reality Social publish on Saturday, Trump mentioned Nunes, a former California congressman, “will draw on his experience as former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and his key role in exposing the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, to provide me with independent assessments of the effectiveness and propriety of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s activities.”
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 19:57
Chicago mayor responds to Trump administration threats of arrest over immigration insurance policies
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his metropolis’s immigration “sanctuary” insurance policies on Saturday and responded to threats from the Trump administration to prosecute him.
“What the Trump administration has called for is for local police departments around the country to behave as ICE agents. In sanctuary cities, that is not permissible,” the mayor advised CNN.
Town’s sanctuary insurance policies bar native police from helping in deportations and don’t ask folks their citizenship standing once they use metropolis providers.
Johnson added that these provisions nonetheless enable immigration authorities to go after migrants accused of prison offenses.
“Once they are arrested and they are in custody, then the law, of course, is fully prepared to prosecute,” he mentioned, including, “Look, no one is going to harbor or protect criminals, whether you have come here as an immigrant or undocumented or otherwise.”
The feedback got here after Trump border czar Tom Homan threatened to prosecute Johnson if he will get in the best way of the administration’s plans to hold out an unprecedented nationwide deportation operation upon taking workplace.
“If your Chicago mayor doesn’t want to help, he can step aside,” Homan mentioned this week throughout an occasion in Chicago. “But if he impedes us — if he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien — I will prosecute him.”
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 19:45
Trump mocks Chris Christie with weird drone-themed publish
Donald Trump continued his long-running public animosity in the direction of former New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential rival Chris Christie, posting a mocked up photograph on Saturday exhibiting Christie consuming McDonalds being delivered by drones.
The crude publish gave the impression to be a reference to the spate of drone sightings above New Jersey in latest weeks.
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 19:30
New York officers outraged over drone sightings name for brand spanking new powers
The governor mentioned in a press release on Saturday on X that drone exercise prompted officers to close down Stewart Airfield in New Windsor for about an hour final night time.
“This has gone too far,” Hochul mentioned within the assertion, calling on Congress to cross the Counter-UAS Authority Safety, Security, and Reauthorization Act, a invoice that will reform drone coverage and hand extra authority over to states.
Extra particulars in our full story.
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 19:14
Don Jr. presents ‘endorsement’ to Democrats planning to skip Trump’s inauguration
Donald Trump Jr. doesn’t appear too involved greater than a dozen Democrats are reportedly planning to skip Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in January.
“Apparently a large group of Democrat legislators plan to boycott my father’s inauguration, which is great as it will make room for a lot more actual patriots to attend,” the president-elect’s son wrote on X on Saturday. “They have my complete and total endorsement to stay at home.”
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 18:56
Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after ‘exhausting fall’
Former Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi has undergone a hip alternative process after being hospitalized in Luxembourg on Friday following a fall.
Pelosi, 84, was touring with the congressional delegation for the eightieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge – the final main German offensive in the course of the Second World Struggle – when she fell.
Her spokesperson, Ian Krager, mentioned in a press release:“Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a profitable hip alternative and is nicely on the mend.
“Speaker Pelosi is grateful to U.S. army workers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Middle at Landstuhl Military Base and medical workers at Hospital Kirchberg in Luxembourg for his or her wonderful care and kindness.
Ariana Baio has the small print.
Josh Marcus14 December 2024 18:05
