An emboldened Donald Trump bragged about the “great American comeback” in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, in a speech resembling an 81-minute re-election rally that prompted the most powerful woman in Congress to rip up her copy of the speech on national television. The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said she tore up the address, which he delivered on the eve of the verdict in his impeachment trial, because she couldn’t find “one page with truth on it”. In the UK, The Independent can exclusively reveal that NHS hospitals have been ordered to create secure coronavirus testing … Continue reading An emboldened Donald Trump bragged about the “great American comeback” in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night

British boxer April Hunter has been praised for posting a defiant picture of herself kissing her female partner in the Maldives, where homosexuality is illegal, in support of LGBT rights.  The Newcastle-based boxer took the romantic holiday photo while swimming in the Indian Ocean country last month.  Writing on Twitter, the polling expert Dave Wasserman thinks that the result isn’t quite as bad for Biden as it looks. Meanwhile, the potentially historic nature of Buttigieg’s lead hasn’t been lost on some: “It is said that a single man or woman of courage makes a majority,” Mr Schiff said. “Is there … Continue reading British boxer April Hunter has been praised for posting a defiant picture of herself kissing her female partner in the Maldives

Asked whether she had made up her mind about a certain presidential candidate, the Iowa woman replied: “I don’t know yet, I’ve only met him three times.” It is an old joke in the small Midwestern state, otherwise known as the country’s largest exporter of corn and pork, and it reveals a lot about the personal connection that anyone with designs on the Oval Office is expected to make here. It reflects too the seriousness with which Iowans take their responsibility to identify America’s next leader. There were no immediate reports of any casualties despite dozens of ambulances and fire … Continue reading Asked whether she had made up her mind about a certain presidential candidate, the Iowa woman replied: “I don’t know yet, I’ve only met him three times.”

A man has transformed his 4×4 truck into a mobile travel home costing almost £20,000. Tim Johnson, 38, based in Alaska, had been using a run-down vehicle to explore the country until last year when he upgraded to a 1996 Ford F350. Yet the new superpower putting a wedge between Britain and America is also the source of the new coronavirus that was declared a global threat by the World Health Organisation on Thursday. Authorities believe it came from a so-called wet market — where caged live animals including civet cats and snakes are on offer for their meat — … Continue reading A man has transformed his 4×4 truck into a mobile travel home costing almost £20,000