Month: June 2023

FORT HAMILTON ARMY BASE OBSERVES CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY FORT HAMILTON – The U.S. Army garrison at Fort Hamilton has a new commander, following last Friday’s biennial military change of command ceremony. Lt. Col. Harold Morris relinquished command to Lt. Col. John “Rocky” Rhodes in a 50-minute ceremony in a time-honored tradition in the military community that consists of the inspection of the troops, with glorious colors, a cannon salute and a water salute by New York’s Bravest. – the FDNY Incoming commander Lt. Col. John “Rocky” Rhodes will lead the New York City Recruiting Battalion, whose more than 300…

[1/4]Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he greets supporters at Salgado Filho International Airport, on the day the Electoral Justice begins the trial to determine his political rights, as he arrives in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Diego Vara/Archive… Read more BRASILIA, June 27 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was staring into the political abyss on Tuesday when a justice of the federal electoral court (TSE) voted to ban him from office until 2030 for anti-democratic abuse of power during difficult elections last year. . The vote by Benedito Goncalves, the…

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday expressed some doubt that former President Donald Trump is the best Republican candidate to defeat President Joe Biden and take back the White House next year. In an interview with CNBCMcCarthy initially said Trump could beat Biden in November 2024. “Yes, he can beat Biden,” said McCarthy, who added that “Trump’s policies are better and simpler than Biden’s.” Asked whether Trump can win the general election given two criminal cases in which he is a defendant, McCarthy noted that he may not be the strongest option. “Can he win this election?…

CNN plays a tape of Trump that appears to show classified military documents Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email to receive exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Despite his big lead in a crowded Republican primary field, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he doesn’t know if Donald Trump is the “strongest” candidate to take on President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. In an interview with CNBC, McCarthy said that Trump can beat Mr. Biden, but that he is not sure another Republican could not do better. Later in…

CNN — Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been interviewed by federal investigators as part of the special counsel’s probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN with the meeting The meeting between Giuliani, his lawyer Robert Costello and investigators took place in recent weeks. The sources declined to say what the investigators’ questions focused on during the meeting, which was not previously reported. Special counsel Jack Smith has not announced any charges stemming from his investigation into efforts to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election,…

NEW YORK (AP) – Yusef Salaam, who as a child was part of a group of teenagers wrongfully accused, convicted and imprisoned for the rape of a woman jogging in Central Park, took a major lead Tuesday in a primary democrat for a city council. seat in New York. Salaam faces two veteran politicians, New York Assembly members Al Taylor, 65, and Inez Dickens, 73, in the race for a seat that represents part of Harlem. Incumbent and Socialist Democrat Kristin Richard Jordan dropped out of the race in May, but remained on the ballot. The contest came more than…

Florida officials confirmed Tuesday that the state organized the chartered flights that brought the migrants to Sacramento last Monday and Friday, generating indignation of the California authorities. The Florida Division of Emergency Management’s statement came a day after California’s attorney general said it was considering legal action over the flights, which it said could amount to a “state-sanctioned kidnapping.” The Florida Division of Emergency Management said in the statement that the state’s relocation program was voluntary, noting that there was verbal and written consent indicating that the migrants wanted to go to California. Florida has faced pushback from officials in…

In top Harlem political news, Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam is expected to win the Democratic primary for City Council in one of the most watched races in New York City. As he walked into his victory party Tuesday night, the sense of change in Harlem was palpable. Salaam, who has never been elected before, is on track to defeat two sitting lawmakers who ran for the same City Council seat for District 9 in Harlem. “What has happened in this campaign has restored my faith in knowing that I was born for this,” Salaam said. Some considered Inez Dickens…