Today in History: July 23, 2018

Today's Highlight in History: On July 23, 1829, William Austin Burt received a patent for his "typographer," a forerunner of the typewriter. In 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, New York, at age 63. In 1914, Austria-Hungary presented a list of demands to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; Serbia's refusal to agree to the entire ultimatum led to the outbreak of World War I. In 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the pro-Axis Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason.

People Versus Established Order: Contradiction Sharpens In New York And Elsewhere

Does the stunning victory of a 28-year-old Latino bartender in New York last week over a 10-term Democratic lawmaker bear any resemblance to AAP's victory under a political novice, Arvind Kejriwal in February 2015. He thrashed Narendra Modi's resurgent BJP and a Congress Chief Minister entering her fourth term? Of course, there are a thousand differences in detail but these are dwarfed by a basic similarity there is popular resentment with establishments everywhere.

Tragedy as elderly man, 71, is killed as he tried to cross a busy Sydney motorway

Thai boys speak for the first time: Soccer team who feared death as they sat trapped in a cave for 17 days thank their rescuers and reveal they've already ordered their favorite meal - a KFC 'He wanted to go out like Bonnie and Clyde': Cops shoot dead 16-year-old armed and suicidal football star after his mother called 911 on him for locking her in a garage Was Russia listening? Hack of Democratic Party came right after Trump urged Moscow to 'find Hillary Clinton's 30,000 missing emails' John McCain calls on Trump to CANCEL summit in Helsinki 'unless he is prepared to hold Putin accountable for election tampering' after 12 Russian agents are charged in Mueller investigation Father of New York socialite who was found dead at the bottom of a 27-story trash chute believes his daughter was 'murdered' amid bitter divorce with her construction boss husband Frank Sinatra's first wife Nancy dies ... (more)

Former New York Senate leader cross-examined at trial

Former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos, right, and his wife Gail leave Federal Court, Friday, July 6, 2018, in New York. Skelos, a former New York state Senate leader took the witness stand at his corruption trial on Friday, telling jurors that he used his connections to try to get his sometimes-erratic behaving son employment but insisting it was never in exchange for political favors.

Dani Garavelli: We can mock Trump’s visit, but remember serious issues at stake

The six-metre-high inflatable Trump Baby has its first London outing at a disused playground in Islington. Picture: Andrew Aitchison/Getty Knockabout stunts to humiliate Donald Trump during his UK visit are great as long as we remember the serious issues at stake, writes Dani Garavelli Last week, on US Independence Day, Therese Okoumo staged the perfect protest against Donald Trump's policy on separating immigrant children from their parents.

Geordie Shore’s Chloe Ferry goes barefoot AGAIN as she puts on a…

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Kennedy III is serenaded by his step-daughter-to-be and walks around barefoot at relaxed wedding rehearsal with ex-spy fiancA e, as famous friends like Susan Sarandon join the fun That stinks! White apartment complex manager calls 911 on black family simply because one of them turned up to the communal pool wearing SOCKS Producers of Chicago on Broadway launch investigation after long-time cast member committed suicide because 'directors bullied him and tried to get him to quit with grueling rehearsals' We're ready to go in: Dive team are all set for Thai cave rescue as rescuers ask for more time to build up the boys' strength The 12 Thai cave boys: Brave young footballers include 14-year-old who speaks four languages and 15-year-old who is not on the team but went on the trip to hang out with his best friend Elon Musk sends engineers from his Boring Company to ... (more)

Judge tosses DNC lawsuit, suggests lack of jurisdiction

Donald Trump's campaign won the technical knockout of a lawsuit filed by two Democratic National Committee donors and a DNC staffer who accused it of colluding with Russian to publish compromising information about the Clinton campaign on WikiLeaks that included details about their lives. U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle in Washington dismissed the year-old lawsuit in a ruling issued late Tuesday, but did so in a way that would allow the men to refile elsewhere.

On July 4, Americans celebrate their union, rue divisions – Wed, 04 Jul 2018 PST

With backyard barbecues and fireworks thundering across night skies, Americans are celebrating Independence Day by participating in time-honored traditions that express pride in their country's 242nd birthday. But this quintessential American holiday will also be marked with a sense of a United States divided for some - evidenced by competing televised events in the nation's capital.

The New Norm The Left Needs to Face Reality: Trump is Winning

From Michael Goodwin of the New York Post , 'Trump is winning.' As the LEFT loses their mind with there never ending, all consuming resistance of Trump they have failed to notice the obvious, the economy is great, black unemployment at all time lows, Hispanic unemployment at all time low, female unemployment at all times low, consumer confidence is through the roof, the Trump tax cuts have worked, the Mueller witch hunt has gone no where, the DOJ's IG report supported a Comey firing, polls show parents are most to blame for minors crossing the border not Trump, the polls are also increasingly trending upward for President Trump.

Protesters flood US cities in opposition of immigration policy

They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: "No more children in cages," and "What's next? Concentration Camps?" In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands of marchers gathered Saturday across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, in the latest act of mass resistance against President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

Queen is ‘refusing to have knee surgery so she does not miss royal engagements’

Sunday scorcher! Health warnings for tens of millions of Americans as 'relentless' record-breaking temperatures grip the country and are expected to last through the WHOLE holiday week 'I'm never going to move on, especially at this moment in my life': Meghan McCain says she will 'never forgive' Trump for his personal attacks on her father as he battles terminal brain cancer 'Stuttering John' Melendez says that Secret Service pays a visit to his house a day after he was patched through to the President on Air Force One and blames Jared Kushner Parents outraged after celebrity-friendly $45,000-a-year Manhattan school reveals plans to separate children in different classrooms based on race 'You better shoot straight': Defiant congresswoman Maxine Waters responds to people giving her death threats over Trump feud, and warns there is 'nothing like a wounded animal' 'I never really thought it ... (more)