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The Allentown Police Department confirmed one person died in the blast that took place at about 9:30 p.m. There is no word on any further injuries. "FBI personnel have responded to the scene of an explosion in Allentown," the agency said in a statement on Twitter.
The Allentown Police Department confirmed one person died in the blast that took place at about 9:30 p.m. There is no word on any further injuries. "FBI personnel have responded to the scene of an explosion in Allentown," the agency said in a statement on Twitter.
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Sep 28 : Hours after United States Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh raved about his love for beer during sexual assault hearing, the Twitter users went berserk making 'beer' trend on the micro-blogging site. During his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about sexual assault allegations levelled by Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh talked at length about his drinking habits as a teen.
Massachusetts' Republican governor calls the accusations made by women against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh "sickening" and deserving of an "independent investigation." Charlie Baker also said Thursday on Twitter that there should be no vote taken in the U.S. Senate on Kavanaugh's nomination until the investigation is completed.
President Donald Trump has long argued that the United States has been taken advantage of by other nations - a "laughing stock to the entire World" he said on Twitter in 2014 - and his political rise was countenanced on the premise that he had the strength and resolve to change that. But at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump got a comeuppance on the world's biggest stage.
On January 2, 2018, Virginia Senator Mark Warner released a tweet saying, "Slandering the Department of Justice's career law enforcement and intel professionals as the 'deep state' - whatever that actually means - is dangerous and unpresidential." It was only one of the more recent uses of the phrase, but one of the first to include the cautionary comment "whatever that actually means."
Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife Heidi were hounded from a D.C. restaurant while dining Monday night by a group of Brett Kavanaugh hecklers protesting the senator's support for the Supreme Court nominee facing allegations of sexual assault, The HuffPost reported . Video footage of the incident, posted on Twitter by an account called "smashracismDC," shows the activists confront Cruz in the restaurant as they chant, "We believe survivors!" In another video clip , a woman claiming to be a survivor of sexual assault asks Cruz what his stance is on Kavanaugh.
STATE SEN. DEAN TRAN may not want to participate in a traditional debate with his Democratic challenger, but it appears one is happening online in slow motion.
What seemed at first like a long-awaited opening to get rid of the "lingering stench" at his Justice Department now poses a quandary for President Donald Trump: Would firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein complicate precarious confirmation proceedings for an embattled Supreme Court nominee? It would, according to Republican allies of the President, who have urged him to hold off on a purge of Justice Department officials until Brett Kavanaugh is safely in place on the high court. For now, Trump appears to have listened, though he has made clear his desire to rid the agency of officials he has deemed disloyal and corrupt.
President Donald Trump, in a series of tweets Friday, deviated from his previously measured comments about the woman who has accused his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, claiming that if the attack she alleges "was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities". In a series of tweets, Trump threw into question the validity of Professor Christine Blasey Ford's accusations in the most direct way since the allegations against Kavanaugh came to light and said his Supreme Court nominee is "under assault by radical left wing politicians."
In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire-Susan Collins's message to President Donald Trump appears to be keep your mouth shut and your Twitter feed silent when it comes to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who's accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. And the Republican senator from Maine, speaking Friday evening at an event at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, said she believes that her GOP colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee should accommodate Ford's request to testify later next week, rather than on Monday as initially requested.
About a week after Hurricane Florence began affecting the Palmetto State, an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 95 is closed due to flooding, along with 190 other roads in the state, per The State . The town of Nichols is underwater , per The Post and Courier.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump introduces his Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday cast doubt on the woman who has accused his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, saying if the attack was "as bad as she says" it would have been immediately reported to police.
Hurricane Florence floodwaters pose toxic public health threat; NC begins long road of recovery; PLUS : Trump Interior Dept. formally rolls back still more methane regulations... Also: Toxic disaster begins after Florence; AL SoS sued for Twitter blocking ; Bad news for 'dark money', good news for voters... Guest: Salon's Heather Digby Parton; Also: Florence fallout made worst by Trump tariffs; Judge allows use of GA's 100% unverifiable touchscreen voting systems in November... Florence wreaks havoc, death in 4 states; Strongest storm of year slams Philippines, Hong Kong; PLUS : Aftermath of Boston-area natural gas pipeline explosions... Guest host Angie Coiro with special guest Chris Hedges on his new book.
People are leaving one-star reviews on Trip Advisor and Google for restaurants run by the viral chef known as "Salt Bae" after he personally served an expensive steak dinner to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. , received widespread criticism after footage went viral of him flamboyantly serving Maduro at an Istanbul branch of his Nusr-Et chain.
"Hey Everybody, no worries!" Angela Bassett tweeted after being mistakenly identified as Omarosa Manigault Newman by The New York Times. 'No worries!': Angela Bassett lets New York Times' Omarosa Manigault Newman mix-up slide "Hey Everybody, no worries!" Angela Bassett tweeted after being mistakenly identified as Omarosa Manigault Newman by The New York Times.
San Francisco, Sep 19 : Electric car maker Tesla has confirmed that it is under probe by the US Department of Justice over its Chairman and CEO Elon Musk's announcement of talking the company private. According to a report in NPR late on Tuesday, Tesla said "it was complying with a Justice Department request for documents".
'I need to spend more time with my husband and our son': Tearful Julie Chen announces she is leaving The Talk 10 days after CBS fired Les Moonves - and hints Carrie Ann Inaba may take her place as fellow co-hosts sob Bravo TV reality show surgeon, 38, and his girlfriend, 32, are charged with drugging and raping two intoxicated women while filming the assaults - and police say there could be up to 1,000 victims Sunny gays: Sesame Street founder who created Bert and Ernie says they are not homosexuals in the wake of show writer revealing he depicted the pair as lovers based on his relationship Mattis says he's going nowhere despite claims Trump is poised to oust him because he is sick of defense chief being called 'the adult in the room' Stormy Daniels calls sex with Trump 'the least impressive I've ever had' and also reveals he had a phone call with Hillary Clinton when she was with him ... (more)
The storm of analysis and commentary over the Kavanaugh matter has reached Cat 5, but one of the standout articles today is Andy McCarthy's National Review column entitled " The End of Civilization ," which takes the story back to its roots in the Bork and Thomas hearings. My modest contribution was a Tweet yesterday posing the question, "Here's a great idea: Let's rerun the Clarence Thomas hearings but this time with 24/7 cable TV 'news' stations and social media! What could go wrong?" Given that all Twitter arguments become thermonuclear over time, over the next several days it wouldn't be surprise if Twitter's servers simply blow up.