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Donald Trump’s plane had to make an emergency landing in New Orleans not long after taking off from the Louisiana city after the aircraft suffered an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico.
The pilot immediately turned the plane around and landed just before 11pm on Saturday.
Meanwhile, in a new interview with Republican Party chair Ronna McDaniel, Donald Trump bragged about his supposed history of standing up to Russia, reiterating his recent claims that the invasion of Ukraine would have happened on his watch.
Claiming that his record has been distorted by the “corrupt media”, Mr Trump insisted that “there was never anyone tougher on Russia than I was, and I think Putin, if he was being honest, would say that”.
His remarks came after the Biden administration banned all Russian oil imports, a move Mr Trump said would leave the US to be “taken advantage of by Europe”.
Meanwhile, Stephanie Grisham, who served as Mr Trump’s White House press secretary, said she believed Mr Trump’s approach to the situation in Ukraine would be “completely hands off” and he would tell Vladimir Putin to “go on in there”, she said on ABC’s The View.
Trump’s plane made emergency landing in New Orleans after engine failure
The pilot immediately turned the plane around and landed just before 11pm on Saturday, Politico first reported.
Gustaf Kilander has the details.
Oliver O’Connell10 March 2022 05:30
House approves ban on Russian oil to US
The House on Wednesday approved legislation banning Russian oil imports to the United States, an effort to put into law the restrictions announced by president Joe Biden in response to the Russian aggression on Ukraine.
The bill would also encourage a review of Russia’s status in World Trade Organisation, signalling US support for sanctions against the country over human rights violations.
Namita Singh10 March 2022 04:48
Trump’s error-laden boast about US nuclear weapons
The former US president who was once entrusted with the sole authority to order America’s nuclear weapons arsenal into action is now falsely claiming the United States is a “bigger nuclear power” than Russia despite a 549-warhead deficit between the two.
During an appearance on the Republican National Committee’s Real America YouTube show, former president Donald Trump raised the relative strengths of the two largest nuclear powers while mocking his successor, President Joe Biden, as being “pushed around” because he has kept US forces from directly engaging with Russia’s invasion force in Ukraine for fear of inciting an atomic confrontation.
Oliver O’Connell10 March 2022 04:45
House approves $13.6bn in aid for Ukraine and European allies
The US House passed a massive spending bill on Wednesday night to rush $13.6bn in aid to Ukraine and European allies battered by the Russian invasion.
Top Democrats were forced to abruptly drop their plan to incorporate fresh funds to battle the Covid-19 pandemic.
Congress had to race the clock to pass a spending bill by Friday when government funding is set to expire and prevent a government shutdown.
The House plans to pass a second bill to extend government funding through Tuesday so that the Senate has enough time to vote on it.
Read the details in this report by Shweta Sharma:
Namita Singh10 March 2022 04:38
Louisiana governor vetoes new congressional map without new Black district
Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards vetoed a new congressional redistricting plan passed by the Republican-dominated legislature lacked second majority Black district.
The Democratic governor’s decision sets up a showdown with the Republican-dominated Legislature that passed the plan in a recent special session.
The lawmakers are expected to attempt a veto override.
Namita Singh10 March 2022 04:34
Florida House passes election police bill
The Republican-controlled Florida House passed a voting law package aimed at creating a police force dedicated to pursuing election crimes.
The bill was backed by Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, who called for an election police unit in a speech last year where he referenced unspecified cases of fraud. Such allegations have become popular in parts of the GOP that have embraced former President Donald Trump’s false claims that his reelection was stolen due to widespread fraud.
The bill would establish an Office of Election Crimes and Security under the Florida Department of State that would review fraud allegations and conduct preliminary investigations.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on 24 February 2022 in Orlando, Florida
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Namita Singh10 March 2022 04:12
Disciplinary action sought against Trump’s ‘Kraken’ ex-lawyer Sidney Powell
The Texas agency responsible for regulating the legal profession has asked a judge to impose disciplinary measures against attorney Sidney Powell, the Republican litigator and conspiracy theorist who pushed to overturn former president Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
According to court documents released on Tuesday, the Texas state bar Commission for Lawyer Discipline accused Ms Powell of “professional misconduct” in violation of five separate violations of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.
Andrew Feinberg has the details.
Oliver O’Connell10 March 2022 04:00
Has Biden quietly pushed back student loan payments again?
Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly directed companies that service federal student loans to avoid sending out notices that payments will resume in May, a potential sign that the White House could extend a Covid-19 pandemic freeze on repayments and interest that has given millions of Americans dramatic financial relief over the last two years.
The administration announced a “final” extension of the pause in August, with payments to resume in February. The president extended the pause again in December, with repayments to continue on 2 May.
Namita Singh10 March 2022 03:53
‘RNC subpoena has nothing to do with getting private donor information’
The House Select Committee defended issuing subpoena to fundraising vendor saying it was done “to help investigators understand the impact of false, inflammatory messages in the weeks before 6th January”.
Issuing a statement, the panel said: “Between Election Day 2020 and January 6th, the RNC and the Trump campaign solicited donations by pushing false claims that the election was tainted by widespread fraud.
“These emails encouraged supporters to put pressure on Congress to keep President Trump in power.”
Namita Singh10 March 2022 03:43
Republican National Committee sues Jan 6 committee over RNC vendor subpoena
The Republican National Committee sued the House Select Committee investigating 6 January attack on the US Capitol riots, seeking to block its subpoena of an RNC vendor.
In the lawsuit filed before the US District Court in the District of Columbia, the RNC said that the panel’s subpoena of Salesforce was “overboard” and “seeks sensitive and proprietary data.”
“The RNC has sued to stop the January 6th Committee from unlawfully seizing confidential information about the internal activities of the Republican Party and millions of its supporters which is completely unrelated to the attack on the Capitol,” it said in a statement.
Read the details in this report by Eric Gracia:
Namita Singh10 March 2022 03:34
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