×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Media. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×host slammed Sen. (D-N.J.) for his supposed silence on allegations of against Virginia Lt. Gov. . Just one problem: Booker hadn’t been silent. Hours before Hannity’s show aired, Booker addressed the allegations on :Booker said allegation against Virginia’s Lt Gov. Fairfax is “deeply, deeply disturbing,” and the accuser should be commended for coming forward.“I have not read the allegations but it takes tremendous courage for someone to come forward in the way that she did.”— Manu Raju (@mkraju)AdvertisementCory...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Media. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×host slammed Sen. (D-N.J.) for his supposed silence on allegations of against Virginia Lt. Gov. . Just one problem: Booker hadn’t been silent. Hours before Hannity’s show aired, Booker addressed the allegations on :Booker said allegation against Virginia’s Lt Gov. Fairfax is “deeply, deeply disturbing,” and the accuser should be commended for coming forward.“I have not read the allegations but it takes tremendous courage for someone to come forward in the way that she did.”— Manu Raju (@mkraju)AdvertisementCory...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×WASHINGTON ― Sen. ’ televised town hall on economic inequality drew about 1.7 million live viewers during an online broadcast Monday night.The panel-discussion-style event, called exceeded the viewership of Sanders’ first live town hall on in January.AdvertisementThe broadcast provided the Vermont independent with an opportunity to expand his new alternative media revue beyond “Medicare for all” to the broader issue of economic inequality, which he maintains that commercial media outlets frequently...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×WASHINGTON ― Sen. ’ televised town hall on economic inequality drew about 1.7 million live viewers during an online broadcast Monday night.The panel-discussion-style event, called exceeded the viewership of Sanders’ first live town hall on in January.AdvertisementThe broadcast provided the Vermont independent with an opportunity to expand his new alternative media revue beyond “Medicare for all” to the broader issue of economic inequality, which he maintains that commercial media outlets frequently...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost World News. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementMilitares brasileros desfilan por las calles de Río festejando el triunfo de Bolsonaro y la gente los vitorea. Qué pesadilla. — Diego Iglesias (@IglesiasDiego)AdvertisementAdvertisementIt was still too early for an afternoon beer when I passed the first vendor doling out ice-cold cervejas along São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on a Brazilian summer day in late November.AdvertisementPaulista, which splits one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, was closed thanks to a mid-week holiday, storefronts...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost World News. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementMilitares brasileros desfilan por las calles de Río festejando el triunfo de Bolsonaro y la gente los vitorea. Qué pesadilla. — Diego Iglesias (@IglesiasDiego)AdvertisementAdvertisementIt was still too early for an afternoon beer when I passed the first vendor doling out ice-cold cervejas along São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on a Brazilian summer day in late November.AdvertisementPaulista, which splits one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, was closed thanks to a mid-week holiday, storefronts...WW…

SwampthingThe vice president’s trusted chief of staff is young, handsome, talented and rich. He’s also got some skeletons.1.‘I Am Not a Liar’was threatening Mike Pence’s chances of ever becoming president, and that was unacceptable. It was the spring of 2017. Special counsel Robert Mueller had just launched his investigation into the possibility of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Trump associates were scrambling to lawyer up, Pence included. And a group of the vice president’s close friends and advisers were growing fearful that everything Pence had worked for was about to...…SwampthingThe vice president’s trusted chief of staff is young, handsome, talented and rich. He’s also got some skeletons.1.‘I Am Not a Liar’was threatening Mike Pence’s chances of ever becoming president, and that was unacceptable. It was the spring of 2017. Special counsel Robert Mueller had just launched his investigation into the possibility of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Trump associates were scrambling to lawyer up, Pence included. And a group of the vice president’s close friends and advisers were growing fearful that everything Pence had worked for was about to...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Despite a reportedly intense White House investigation to unmask the individual who spilled ’s private daily schedules to the media, a defiant leaker has popped up again to reveal the president is still spending about half of his days in unstructured “executive time,” Axios reported.Axios said last week that the president spent about — about 300 hours — in the three months since the midterm elections in “,” according to copies of his .AdvertisementSources told Axios that the term is a euphemism for the time...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Despite a reportedly intense White House investigation to unmask the individual who spilled ’s private daily schedules to the media, a defiant leaker has popped up again to reveal the president is still spending about half of his days in unstructured “executive time,” Axios reported.Axios said last week that the president spent about — about 300 hours — in the three months since the midterm elections in “,” according to copies of his .AdvertisementSources told Axios that the term is a euphemism for the time...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost News. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisementreported that White House press secretary released a statement Tuesday saying Trump “condemns all acts of violence against any individual or group of people ― including members of the press. We ask that anyone attending an event do so in a peaceful and respectful manner.” The statement asked people to direct all questions of security to the Trump campaign.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says in a statement, "President Trump condemns all acts of violence against any individual or group of...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost News. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisementreported that White House press secretary released a statement Tuesday saying Trump “condemns all acts of violence against any individual or group of people ― including members of the press. We ask that anyone attending an event do so in a peaceful and respectful manner.” The statement asked people to direct all questions of security to the Trump campaign.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says in a statement, "President Trump condemns all acts of violence against any individual or group of...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President told the crowd at his rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday that he got special permission from the El Paso Fire Department to let 10,000 people inside the El Paso County Coliseum.El Paso Fire Department spokesman Enrique D. Aguilar told that not only did the fire department not give Trump special permission, but the Coliseum had about 6,500 people in it during the president’s rally. Aguilar says that number was at capacity and well within its standard allowance.AdvertisementThe spokesman added that “it...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President told the crowd at his rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday that he got special permission from the El Paso Fire Department to let 10,000 people inside the El Paso County Coliseum.El Paso Fire Department spokesman Enrique D. Aguilar told that not only did the fire department not give Trump special permission, but the Coliseum had about 6,500 people in it during the president’s rally. Aguilar says that number was at capacity and well within its standard allowance.AdvertisementThe spokesman added that “it...WW…

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SubscribeShareCloseWhenever President Donald Trump is questioned about why the United States has nearly three times more coronavirus cases than the entire European Union, or why hundreds of Americans are still dying every day, he whips out one standard comment. We find so many cases, he contends, because we test so many people. The remark typifies Trump’s deep distrust of data: his wariness of what it will reveal, and his eagerness to distort it. In April, when he refused to allow coronavirus-stricken passengers off the Grand Princess cruise liner and onto American soil for medical...…SubscribeShareCloseWhenever President Donald Trump is questioned about why the United States has nearly three times more coronavirus cases than the entire European Union, or why hundreds of Americans are still dying every day, he whips out one standard comment. We find so many cases, he contends, because we test so many people. The remark typifies Trump’s deep distrust of data: his wariness of what it will reveal, and his eagerness to distort it. In April, when he refused to allow coronavirus-stricken passengers off the Grand Princess cruise liner and onto American soil for medical...WW…