Michael Smerconish in a political commentator who hosts a radio show on Siriux XM and a weekly show on CNN. Today, Smerconish delivered a segment on this CNN show with the chyron “Trump on a Roll.” He’s basically making the case that Trump seems to gaining steam, not losing it as his 2nd term goes...
Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images The director of national intelligence had previously said Iran was not building nuclear weapons Tulsi Gabbard says Iran could produce nuclear weapons “within weeks”, months after she testified before Congress that the country was not building them. The US Director of National Intelligence said...
US President Donald Trump will decide whether or not the US gets directly involved in the Iran-Israel conflict within the next two weeks, the White House has said. In a White House press briefing, Press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a message directly from Trump: “Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations...
As we’ve been chronicling here at Hot Air for weeks, things have not been running very smoothly behind the scenes at the DNC. First there was the blowup over David Hogg’s plan to primary some moderate Democrats. That eventually led to Hogg being unelected in a do-over vote (they claimed the initial vote violated the...
Navtej Johal BBC News, Midlands correspondent CCTV shows the moments before Bhim Kohli was fatally attacked An elderly man who was racially abused before being fatally attacked had told police he witnessed an assault on another Asian man yards from his home two weeks earlier, the BBC has found. Bhim Kohli had been walking his...
Goalkeeper Owen Goodman has returned to Crystal Palace on completion of his season-long loan with the Dons. The 21-year-old kept 24 clean sheets in 54 appearances in all competitions for the club. He kept a clean sheet in each of his final four appearances – all 1-0 victories – culminating in the play-off final victory...
Steve Rosenberg Russia editor PAVEL BEDNYAKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty It’s 2:30am. Inside the Kremlin walls I’m wandering alone through the vast grounds trying – and failing – to find my way out. I spot a checkpoint, approach and show my passport. “Nyet vykhoda!” [“No exit!”] replies the guard. He points in the opposite direction. I walk...
Cameron Weldon BBC News, South West BBC Myra Hunter said she was left feeling that nobody from housing provider Sanctuary cared A woman living in a block of flats in Devon said she and a number of other residents were unable to leave their block for nine weeks due to a damaged lift. Myra Hunter,...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for Syria’s transitional authorities to be supported, warning that the country could be only weeks away from “potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions”. At a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he defended President Donald Trump’s decision last week to lift sanctions...
Yet another Exeter Community Lottery player is celebrating a £250 cash win – the sixth such win in the last six weeks. The lucky player won the prize in last weekend’s draw while raising money for the Exeter Central Fund, which distributes funds to a range of different good causes in the city.  In April...
The skies over northern California have been filled with toxic smoke of one description or another this past year, from lithium-ion storage facilities to now an oil refinery fire that has just erupted this morning. I read a Xweet earlier that said the area was ‘snakebit,’ and you could certainly look at it that way....
The Colombian government says 15 police officers and 12 soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks it blames on armed groups. President Gustavo Petro accused the Gulf Clan criminal gang and other armed groups of targeting members of the security forces in revenge for the recent killing of several of...
The US military says it has hit more than 800 targets since launching sustained air and naval strikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen on 15 March. In a statement on Sunday summarising recent operations, US Central Command said it had “killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders”. Washington has said it is...
A busy Paignton seafront road will be closed for up to six weeks as engineers work to repair a huge hole under the ground. Torbay Council confirmed the void, discovered under Sands Road, is much larger than first thought. Engineers said the hole on the surface of the road is 1m (3ft) across, but is...
Derbyshire fast bowler Harry Moore has been ruled out for at least eight weeks with a back injury. The 17-year-old suffered the injury in a pre-season friendly math against the South Asian Cricket Academy in late March. Moore, a product of the club’s academy who became Derbyshire’s youngest debutant when he played against Worcestershire in...