Trump nominees should “steer clear” of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

Trump nominees should “steer clear” of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. “Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” McConnell said in a statement Friday. “Anyone … Read more

Olivia Nuzzi’s Engagement Cancelled Before ‘Sexting’ With RFK Was Exposed: Who Was Her Ex-Fiance?

Olivia Nuzzi’s Engagement Cancelled Before ‘Sexting’ With RFK Was Exposed: Who Was Her Ex-Fiance?

KEY POINTS RFK Jr is the son of Robert Francis Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968 while running for the Democratic nomination for president Nuzzi has become a high-profile American journalist and television pundit. The pair were both in relationships at the time of the alleged messages Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York magazine, … Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on Colorado’s presidential ballot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on Colorado’s presidential ballot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on the Colorado presidential ballot, his campaign told the Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday, despite Kennedy suspending his campaign and endorsing Republican Donald Trump last week. His campaign said Kennedy did not plan to withdraw from Colorado’s ballot and “has encouraged all of his supporters to vote for … Read more

Woke Harleys, Fastest Roller Coasters And Bricked Space Ships In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

Woke Harleys, Fastest Roller Coasters And Bricked Space Ships In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

NASA is contemplating bringing astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams home from the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and flying the Boeing Starliner back empty. There’s just one problem: Boeing removed the Starliner’s autonomous undocking feature from its software. The aerospace manufacturer… Read more… Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more

Robert F. Kennedy qualifies for Colorado ballot as Libertarians fight

Robert F. Kennedy qualifies for Colorado ballot as Libertarians fight

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified for Colorado’s presidential ballot as an unaffiliated candidate, state election officials said Thursday, while an escalating internal dispute about him between state and national factions of the Libertarian Party continues. But the Colorado Libertarians’ separate attempt to designate Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, on the party’s ballot … Read more

Scholz kuschelt mit dem Autokraten – POLITICO

Scholz kuschelt mit dem Autokraten – POLITICO

Exklusiv berichtet der Europa-Experte von POLITICO, Hans von der Burchard, von der am Freitag geplanten Serbien-Reise des Kanzlers. Zusammen mit Vertretern der EU-Kommission soll es dort um einen Deal über Lithium-Lieferungen auch für deutsche E-Auto-Produktionen gehen. Doch das Projekt steht massiv in der Kritik, weil an der rechtsstaatlichen und ökologischen Nachhaltigkeit gezweifelt wird. Wie sich … Read more

Colorado Libertarians fight with national party over RFK Jr. on ballot

Robert F. Kennedy qualifies for Colorado ballot as Libertarians fight

The Libertarian Party and its Colorado affiliate are poised to submit competing presidential tickets for the state’s ballot in November as quarreling among party officials turns into an unprecedented tug-of-war over who gets to pick a party’s candidate. The dispute pits Colorado party officials, who announced last week that they would swap out the Libertarian-nominated … Read more

RFK Jr. names Nicole Shanahan as his running mate

RFK Jr. names Nicole Shanahan as his running mate

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picked a relatively unknown California entrepreneur named Nicole Shanahan to join his long-shot bid for the White House. Shanahan, a lawyer and business owner who grew up amidst poverty in Oakland, California, is also the very wealthy 38-year-old ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Her addition to the … Read more