George Santos doesn't want to be a cheater. His curriculum vitae, however, is largely bogus and false. The Republican seems like a driven man these days. Now a dog could bring him down. Successful businessman on Wall Street. animal rights activists. Son of Brazilian immigrants who fled the Holocaust. This is how the Republican George Santos presented himself to his voters in the US state of New York - and he was convincing. "Santos wants the American dream for everyone,"...
A vote against anti-Semitism or a settling of scores? The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a motion to expel Democrat MK Ilhan Omar from a powerful committee, Republicans accusing him of making anti-Semitic remarks in the past, while Democrats say the decision comes in retaliation for other expulsions in the previous legislature.Ilhan Omar is the third elected Democrat to be stripped of her parliamentary committee seat by Republicans this year. Stripped of her role on the Foreign Affairs...
Status: 01/28/2023 8:04 p.m In the US, the Kulturkampf has reached the financial world: Conservative states are withdrawing hundreds of millions of dollars from big financial firms like BlackRock for allegedly boycotting fossil fuels. By Katrin Brand, ARD Studio Washington Kentucky is horses, bourbon - and energy. Almost 40,000 people work in the energy sector here. Fossil fuels like coal are important, for the economy and for identity. Those who boycott fossil fuels can't do business with Kentucky because Kentucky...
Status: 01/27/2023 08:51 a.m He is an eccentric entrepreneur, conspiracy theorist and he would like to take over the party chairmanship of the US Republicans: Mike Lindell, also known as the "Pillow Man". Today he is standing for election. from Sebastian Hesse, ARD Studio Washington There is hardly an American living room into which the broad-shouldered, cheerful personality with the walrus beard has not already grinned. Mike Lindell flickers across the nation's television screens every night to sell pillows to...
House of Representatives US Republicans occupy the Corona Committee with Corona deniers and conspiracy ideologues Likening the Corona mask to the Star of David: Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who now sits on the House Covid-19 subcommittee © Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP Republicans in the United States have set up a new congressional committee to examine the government's handling of the corona pandemic. The composition of the committee makes you sit up and take notice. The Republican Party in the US...
USA Republicans target Hunter Biden's art deals US President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. photo © Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/dpa This isn't the first time Republicans have targeted the US President's son. This time it's about the works of art by Hunter Biden exhibited in New York - and their anonymous buyers. In the course of their investigations into the family of US President Joe Biden, the US Republicans now want information about the art shops of his son...
US House of Representatives Election deniers, conspiracy tellers, QAnon supporters: How the Republicans occupy the powerful Control Committee The Capitol in Washington: This is also where the House of Representatives is located, to which the House Oversight Committee with the controversial Republicans belongs © Brendan Smialowski/AFP The Oversight Committee is one of the most important committees of the US House of Representatives. The Republicans have now selected their new members for the body - and reached far to the right....
Things are actually going well for the US President - then confidential material from his time as Vice President appears. The Republicans are happy about the distraction from Trump's scandals, the Democrats are struggling to find the right reaction.from Peter Burghardt, WashingtonIn principle, things continue as normal for Joe Biden, there is a lot going on in the world. Chancellor Olaf Scholz was on the phone on Tuesday, then Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte stopped by the Oval Office. Condemning...
George Santos, who was exposed as an imposter, has been sitting in the US Congress for the Republicans for two weeks. Whether there will be more is uncertain, because more and more demands for his resignation and new revelations are increasing the pressure. But a leading Republican plans firmly with Santos. Kevin McCarthy's marathon speaker election in the US Congress has eclipsed a Republican whom many eyes had previously focused on. George Santos is now a sworn member of the...
Tick tock, tick tock, goes the US debt clock. Washington may have to take "extraordinary measures" as early as next week to avoid a default by the United States, US Finance Minister Janet Yellen warned on Friday, sharply raising tension on this contentious issue between Republicans and Democrats to raise the " debt ceiling.In a letter addressed to the new Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, the Secretary of the Treasury stressed that her department "is preparing...