United State President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate retired Gen. Keith Kellogg to serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.“Keith has led a distinguished Military and Business career, including serving in highly sensitive National Security roles in my first Administration. He was with me right from the beginning! Together, we will secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!,” Trump said in a statement announcing his decision.During Trump’s first administration, Kellogg served as Chief of Staff and executive secretary to the National Security Council. He previously served in the...
ZUCKERBERG DINES WITH TRUMP IN MAR-A-LAGO TO TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION RENEWAL OF AMERICA
United State President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday dined with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former president who was once banned from that social network.Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump’s second term, said Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to support Trump’s economic plans. The tech CEO has been seeking to change his company’s perception on the right following a rocky relationship with Trump.“Mark, obviously, he has his own interest, and he has his own company and he has his own agenda,” Miller said in...
FBI TO INVESTIGATE U.S CABINET PICKS, APPOINTEES BOMB THREAT
A number of President-elect Donald Trump ‘s most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks,” Trump’s transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating.“Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.The attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting, in which attackers initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses, she said. The tactic has become a popular one...
ELDEST SON OF NORWAY’S CROWN PRINCESS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY OVER RAPE ALLEGATIONS
The eldest son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit was released from custody on Wednesday after his arrest last week on rape allegations, his lawyer said.Marius Borg Høiby, 27, is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon, and the son of Mette-Marit from a previous relationship. He has no royal title or official duties.Borg Høiby was arrested last week in Oslo on a preliminary charge of having had “sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons unable to resist the act,” police said.In Norway, a preliminary charge comes before a formal charge and...
GEORGIA’S GOVERNING PARTY NOMINATES FORMER SOCCER PLAYER AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
The governing party in Georgia on Wednesday picked a former soccer player as its candidate for president following a disputed victory in last month’s parliamentary election that has sparked protests and led to an opposition boycott of parliament.The Georgian Dream party nominated Mikheil Kavelashvili, a 53-year-old former national team and Premier League player, for the mostly ceremonial presidential post. He is all but certain to win the Dec. 14 vote by the electoral college controlled by the ruling party.Georgian Dream retained control of the parliament in the Oct. 26 election, widely seen as a referendum on the country’s effort to join the European Union. The...
ALABAMA A&M PREMATURELY ANNOUNCES DEATH OF FOOTBALL PLAYER AFTER HEAD INJURY, APOLOGIZES FOR DISSEMINATING FALSE INFORMATION
On Wednesday night, the officials at Alabama A&M apologized for erroneously announcing the death of football player Medrick Burnett Jr.According to the HBCU department, the school had made the announcement online calling it “unfortunate occurrence”,that the 20-year-old athlete had died after it was “originally advised by an immediate family member on Tuesday evening.“Upon hearing from a representative from UAB hospital this afternoon, we learned that he remains alive,” the athletic department said Wednesday evening. “We express our immediate regret for disseminating false information however, we hold complete joy in knowing that Medrick remains in stable condition.Burnett was seriously injured during a game...
AUSTRALIAN FATHER ADVOCATES FOR BANNING YOUNG CHILDREN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THEIR PROTECTION
Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social media because his son took his own life after falling victim to an online sextortion scam.Mac Holdsworth died last year at his Melbourne family home at the age of 17 after a 47-year-old Sydney man who purported to be an 18-year-old woman demanded money for an intimate image the boy had shared.Since then, the grieving father has taken his tragic story to around 20 schools to warn students of the risks of social media.“I saw firsthand the damage that social media could do. I saw Mac, my son,...
