USMNT rumors: Pepi to PSV, Pulisic to Milan, Adams to Villa
Today's USMNT rumors include PSV winning the race to sign Ricardo Pepi. AC Milan is interested in Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams has been linked with Aston Villa.USMNT rumors: Ricardo Pepi to PSVIt looked like Feyenoord was in pole position to sign Ricardo Pepi from Augsburg. However, PS...
2023-06-09 21:23
Trump boasts about having non-declassified papers in bombshell recording: ‘I have a big pile’
Donald Trump made the stunning admission that he held onto “secret” military information that he hadn’t declassified. “As president, I could have declassified, but now I can’t,” Mr Trump said during the meeting in 2021 after he left office, according to a transcript obtained by CNN. In the meeting, Mr Trump spoke about a classified Defence Department document regarding a supposed attack on Iran. The recording was obtained by prosecutors, in which Mr Trump states that he didn’t declassify the document he’s speaking about. On Thursday, Mr Trump was indicted on seven counts in the probe led by special counsel Jack Smith into the ex-president’s handling of classified documents. The indictment hasn’t been made fully public, meaning it’s not clear if any of those charges relate to the recording from 2021. But the recording does show that Mr Trump was aware that the documents he had brought with him from the White House after leaving office on 20 January that year were still classified. In public, Mr Trump has argued that all of the files he took to Florida had been declassified and he has claimed that the investigation is a witch hunt and an attempt to hinder his 2024 campaign to return to the White House. It was reported last week that prosecutors had procured the audio recording, which was made in 2021 at Mr Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey resort with two individuals working on the autobiography of Mr Trump’s final White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in addition to aides to the former president, such as Marco Martin, a communications staffer. The transcript implies that Mr Trump is showing the document he’s speaking about during the conversation. CNN reported that several sources have said that the sound from the recording includes the rustling of papers, indicating that Mr Trump may have been moving the document around. But’s it’s not clear if it was the document regarding Iran. “Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this,” Mr Trump said. “This was done by the military and given to me.” At the time, Mr Trump was complaining about the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley. The meeting took place not long after a story published by The New Yorker outlined how Gen Milley told the Joint Chiefs during the last days of Mr Trump’s time in office to make sure that the then-president not give any illegal orders and that Gen Milley should be made aware if there were any concerns. “Well, with Milley – uh, let me see that, I’ll show you an example. He said that I wanted to attack Iran. Isn’t that amazing? I have a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. Look. This was him,” Mr Trump said, the transcript shows. “They presented me this – this is off the record, but – they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him. We looked at some. This was him. This wasn’t done by me, this was him.” “All sorts of stuff – pages long, look. Wait a minute, let’s see here. I just found, isn’t that amazing? This totally wins my case, you know. Except it is like, highly confidential. Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this,” Mr Trump added. “Secret” and “confidential” are both degrees of classified information. Federal prosecutors have probed Mr Trump’s handling of classified information and his obstruction of the investigation. Mr Trump’s attorney said the 45th president was summoned by the Department of Justice to appear in court on Tuesday in Miami. Mr Smith, the Special Counsel, is also investigating Mr Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Mr Smith was appointed in November to lead the Department of Justice’s documents and election probes by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
2023-06-09 21:22
Canada loses 17,300 jobs in May, jobless rate rises to 5.2%
TORONTO Canada's economy lost a net 17,300 jobs in May, entirely in full-time work, and the jobless rate
2023-06-09 21:22
NY Skies Start Clearing as Rain in Sight: Smoky Air Latest
The skies in the eastern US are starting to become clearer, after smoke from the worst wildfires in
2023-06-09 20:56
Rising Profit Estimates Mask South Africa’s Frail Equity Outlook
Analysts have raised the earnings outlook for South Africa’s main equity index to an almost 11-year high. Money
2023-06-09 20:52
Hawaii's governor, a former ER doctor, helps man injured in car accident -- for the second time in three weeks
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green assisted a man who was injured after falling from the bed of a pickup truck Thursday, marking the second time in three weeks the former emergency room physician responded to a roadside emergency.
2023-06-09 20:49
Legendary Mozambican ruby sells for record price
The world's largest ruby, described it as a "once-in-a-lifetime" jewel, fetches $34.8m at auction.
2023-06-09 20:27
Canada wildfires: Smog spreads south as east coast sees relief
The smog in New York and Washington lifts a little but the US South may now see more smoke.
2023-06-09 20:24
Trump indictment – live: Donald Trump indicted on seven counts in classified documents probe
Donald Trump was indicted on seven charges relating to the storage of classified national defence documents dating from his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. The 45th president of the United States will now appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday, his lawyer has since confirmed. Should he ultimately be convicted, he could face a maximum combined sentence of 100 years in prison. Following the latest dramatic development to place his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in jeopardy, Mr Trump insisted on Truth Social: “I am an innocent man”. “The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” he seethed in a separate post. The Department of Justice has been investigating the potential violation of the Espionage Act for some time but has so far not made any comment on the indictment. Mr Trump’s rivals for the nomination have rallied behind him by criticising the “weaponisation of federal law enforcement”. One of those is Florida governor Ron DeSantis, whose campaign has meanwhile been accused of sharing fake AI images of Mr Trump embracing Dr Anthony Fauci, in the hope of discrediting him. Read More What is an indictment? Here’s what Donald Trump is facing Will Donald Trump be arrested and jailed after classified documents indictment? Trump indicted in classified documents case in a historic first for a former president Trump indicted: What to know about the documents case and what's next
2023-06-09 18:58
Smoke from Canada's wildfires has reached as far as Norway
The smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada, which has already blanketed parts of the US and placed around 75 million people under air quality alerts, has reached as far as Norway, according to scientists in that country.
2023-06-09 18:56
Biden set to project a business-as-usual attitude after Trump indictment
The last time former President Donald Trump was indicted, his successor left the White House the next day intent on going about his schedule without wading into the matter.
2023-06-09 17:20
New York-listed IHS in Shareholder Standoff Over Governance
IHS Holding Ltd.’s annual meeting devolved into a tense standoff over investor power on Wednesday after the African
2023-06-09 16:55