Ein Frachtschiff steht am Hafen von Long Beach, Kalifornien. Joe Klamar | AFP | Getty Images Laut einer CNBC-Untersuchung lehnten Spediteure im Oktober und November US-Agrarexportcontainer im Wert von Hunderten von Millionen Dollar ab und schickten stattdessen leere Container nach China, um sie mit rentableren chinesischen Exporten zu füllen. Die Federal Maritime Commission hat Petitionen…

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reminded Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday that he had lost the Senate and could no longer take the chamber hostage. During an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Senator Schumer said, “He’s not the majority leader, he’s the minority leader, and he’s not going to prevail.” Video: “He’s not the…

Leon Black, Chairman, CEO and Director of Apollo Global Management, LLC, speaks at the Milken Institute’s 21st Global Conference on May 1, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Leon Black, CEO of Apollo Global Management, paid Jeffrey Epstein $ 158 million for financial advice from 2012 to 2017 despite knowing Epstein pleaded…

No more passive-aggressive handshakes for French President Emmanuel Macron as Joe Biden is already working to rebuild US relations with France. The White House issued a display of Biden / Macron’s appeal to PoliticusUSA: “President Joseph R. Biden Jr. spoke to President Emmanuel Macron of France today to express his desire to strengthen bilateral ties…

U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, the United States, Jan. 19, 2021. Erin Scott | Reuters Senator Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said Sunday that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate was constitutional and that Trump’s alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol insurrection was a…

In the summer of 1800, the enslaved blacksmith Gabriel Prosser planned a slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia. Information about the uprising was leaked and foiled. Prosser and 25 of his followers were captured and hanged. At the request of the NAACP in 2006, then-Governor of Virginia, Tim Kaine, informally apologized to Prosser and his supporters,…

President Donald J. Trump stops to speak to reporters as he boards Marine One and departs from the South Lawn at the White House. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump had planned earlier this month to oust Jeffrey Rosen as acting attorney general and replace him with…

The newly authorized and exempted Dr. Anthony Fauci said Saturday that he was happy to work for a president who doesn’t repeatedly spew out misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s foremost infectious disease expert said he had been forced to correct misinformation from Donald Trump on several occasions, which left him in an awkward…

Schumer said the Senate will “continue to do other business,” such as confirming candidates for the executive branch and working on a coronavirus relief package, before the trial begins the week of February 8th. On the previous Friday, Biden announced that he would support a later hearing to allow his administration to “get operational”. Schumer…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) neutralized Mitch McConnell’s ability to interfere with Biden by denying his request for filibuster protection. Video: Majority Leader Chuck Schumer rejects Mitch McConnell’s plan to protect the Filibuster and hamper the Biden agenda. pic.twitter.com/guhW2D66l8 – Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 22, 2021 Majority Leader Schumer said in the Senate:…