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☆ Trump begged Jared and Ivanka to join him for his campaign launch — but both refused, New York Post reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump tried to persuade Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to join his 2024 launch, per the NY Post. Both Ivanka Trump and Kushner have long signaled that they're done with politics. But Kushner and Ivanka Trump have long signaled they are not keen to rejoin the fray of politics. Ivanka Trump is "done" with Washington, DC, another source told CNN. In early September, Kushner told Sky News that he's "enjoying the private sector" too much to jump back in.

☆ Pence blasts Trump over January 6 in harshest comments yet: 'He endangered me and my family'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence blasted Trump's words and actions on January 6, 2021, in a new interview. Pence was "angered" when Trump targeted him in a tweet while Pence was barricaded in the Capitol. He said Trump endangered him and his family with his statements that day. In another excerpt cited by ABC News, Pence said: "The president's words were reckless and his actions were reckless." He continued by saying that Trump's comments at the rally before the riot started "endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building."

☆ Judge fined a group of Trump lawyers $50k each for filing meritless and mistake-strewn lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A group of Trump lawyers was fined over a failed case alleging a vast pro-Clinton conspiracy. The judge called it a "deliberate use of the judicial system to pursue a political agenda." On Friday, Judge Donald Middlebrooks slammed the failed case, describing it as "a deliberate use of the judicial system to pursue a political agenda." In particular, Trump's lawyers accused Dolan of being the source of the dossier's infamous claims of an encounter between Trump and prostitutes in a Moscow hotel. But the case failed to establish this, and made several basic errors in the process, Middlebrook said.

☆ A Maryland Republican who lost his race by 300K votes says he won't concede
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Maryland Republican said he won't concede election despite trailing by more than 300,000 votes. Peroutka alleged "odd and suspicious" election activity but provided no specifics. Maryland state board of elections said it has seen no sign of suspicious incidents. In the Maryland attorney general race he campaigned on issues of gun rights, protection of the elderly and the "pre-born," border security, and opposing health mandates, per his website. There have been a wealth of independent fact checks, lawsuits, and election investigations, none of which have succeeded in uncovering evidence of widespread election fraud in the 2020 election.

☆ Putin won't attend the G20 in person, sending his foreign minister instead
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Putin said he won't go to the G20 in person, though he may give a speech by video, officials said. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation in Bali, Russia said. While Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation in person, Putin may give a speech by video at the event being held in Bali later this month, state-owned news agency TASS reported. Unlike Russia, Ukraine is not a member of the G20 group of nations, but has been invited by host nation Indonesia. Zelenskyy later said that he will attend the summit, likely via video link-up, Ukrainian state broadcaster Suspilne reported on Tuesday.

☆ Russia paid Iran for its suicide drones by sending a plane full of $140 million in cash and captured Western weapons, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia paid for Iranian drones with 140 million Euros cash and captured Western weapons, per Sky News. The Western weapons could be reverse-engineered by Iran, Sky's source said. The Western weapons Iran reportedly received could be instrumental for Iran's own weapons development systems. But, the source told Sky, the captured Western weapons will now "probably be reverse-engineered and used in future wars." In mid-October a Russian defense official was caught on a hot mic saying it was an open secret that the Kremlin had indeed imported Russian drones.

☆ The House member who received Elon Musk's first vote for a Republican lost her seat after only 5 months
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The GOP candidate whom Elon Musk says got his first Republican vote lost her race. Musk said he voted for Mayra Flores in the June special election she won in Texas. Texas GOP Rep. Mayra Flores lost her seat in the state's 34th Congressional District to Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez by a wide margin. "I voted for Mayra Flores – first time I ever voted Republican," he said in June, adding: "Massive red wave in 2022." It's unclear who Musk voted for in this election, though on Monday he tweeted to advocate voting Republican in Congressional races.

☆ Zelenskyy says he'll boycott the G20 summit if Putin goes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Zelenskyy said he won't go to the G20 summit if Putin goes, according to Ukrainian media. Both Zelenskyy and Putin are invited, though neither has committed to attending. Unlike Russia, Ukraine is not a member of the G20 group of nations, whose next meeting is scheduled for November 14 and 15 in Bali, Indonesia. But Indonesia's ambassador to Russia, Jose Tavares, told Russian state-run news agency TASS in October that Putin was still invited. "Even if other countries would put pressure on us, we have our own position," Tavares said.

☆ Signals that Russia might abandon a crucial occupied city are likely a trap, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian sources suggested that its forces are about to retreat from the strategic city of Kherson. Western intelligence — and some statements from Russia — have noted moves suggesting that Russia may be about to abandon the city, a strategic and symbolic prize should Ukraine reclaim it. Russian soldiers guard an area as a group of foreign journalists visit in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, May 20, 2022. "While there's some commotion and movement going on, it's not decisive," Kateryna Stepanenko, an ISW Russia analyst, told The Hill. "It doesn't appear that Russians have at this moment entirely given up Kherson city."

☆ Putin says he hasn't decided on a 2024 presidential run, a power move that a Russia expert says is how he keeps opposition 'off balance'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Putin still hasn't decided if he'll run for president in 2024, his spokesperson said. Western officials have suggested the Ukraine war has weakened his position, per The Times of London. But keeping people guessing is standard practice for Putin, a Russia expert told Insider. It's a standard move for him, an expert in Russian politics said, that keeps his opposition guessing. Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine based on "incredibly faulty information," an official told the paper.

☆ Russian lawmaker who called for an end to Ukraine war injured in mysterious circumstances, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian lawmaker Anatoly Karpov received serious head injuries outside the State Duma, per multiple reports. A string of Russian officials have died in mysterious ways since the invasion of Ukraine began. Karpov's spokesperson Albert Stepanyan denied he had been injured at all, saying: "There was no attack ... there are no injuries," state media outlet TASS reported. He was taken to the neurocritical care unit at the Sklifosovsky Institute in Moscow with a fractured femur and severe head injuries, per RIA Novosti. "In the end ordinary people are the victims," he continued.

☆ Former US ambassador says Putin using a nuke would spell 'the end of the Russian military'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A former US ambassador said Russian use of nukes in Ukraine would "end" Putin's military. Putin recently said he wouldn't use nuclear weapons, following earlier hints that he would. US intelligence learned that senior Russian military leaders recently held discussions over using a tactical nuclear weapons, as The New York Times reported. Russia is estimated to have around 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons amid an even larger stockpile of bigger, strategic nukes. "They also know that there would be a devastating military response against Russian forces if they did it," he said.

☆ Putin's rumored god-daughter, who fled Russia, said she could be 'in big trouble' and was cut off from friends and family
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A prominent Russian media star who fled the country posted saying she is in "big trouble." In her Telegram post on Saturday, Sobchak wrote: "My thoughts are with my family, who I have been separated from." Possibly, in big trouble." In her most recent post referring to her situation, Sobchak decried a backlash she had received in Russian media, as Russian newspaper Kommersant reported. Possibly, in big trouble.

☆ Donald Trump Jr posts 'Paul Pelosi Halloween costume' image mocking hammer attack on House Speaker's husband
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump Jr. shared a joke image mocking the attack on Paul Pelosi. He retweeted an image late Sunday night that shows a hammer lying on top of a pair of white underpants with the comment: "Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready." Trump Jr. wrote: "The internet remains undefeated … Also if you switch out the hammer for a red feather boa you could be Hunter Biden in an instant." San Francisco Police said Paul Pelosi was "violently assaulted" in the couple's California home early on October 28. Paul Pelosi was hospitalized with a fractured skull and is expected to make a full recovery, Pelosi's office said.

☆ Conservatives and anti-vaxxers are frantically lobbying Elon Musk to lift Twitter bans on their idols after he took over
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An assortment of conservatives are lobbying Elon Musk to undo Twitter bans on prominent allies. Musk has said he opposes permanent bans and plans to roll back moderation on Twitter. But Twitter is enforcing legal sanctions on the networks in the EU and UK which prevents people seeing their content. Twitter has said it never shadowbans anybody, though Musk said Friday he was "digging in" to the allegations. Evolutionary biologist and podcaster Bret Weinstein, who has long questioned COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, also called for Musk to reinstate anti-vaxxer Dr Robert Malone.

☆ Jet lands with smashed windshield and broken nose after extreme weather that left passengers in terror
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A passenger plane was forced into an emergency landing by extreme weather over South America. The Airbus A320 landed in Paraguay with a broken nose cone and a smashed windshield, images show. The plane hit "extreme and unforeseen weather conditions," according to the Chilean officials, who did not give precise details. According to Paraguayan news outlet Telefuturo, the flight had resumed its journey after an initial diversion to avoid the weather. Dramatic images broadcast by Telefuturo show the aircraft with a large portion of its nose cone broken off, its windshield shattered and equipment dangling from its base.

☆ Putin's rumored god-daughter, a star of Russian media, fled the country after an order for her arrest
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian media star with strong ties to Putin fled the country, per multiple reports. Ksenia Sobchak, rumored to be Putin's god-daughter, is in Lithuania, an official there said. Ksenia Sobchak left Russia and entered Lithuania using an Israeli passport late on Tuesday, state-controlled media outlet TASS reported, citing unnamed law-enforcement officials. Putin has since described Sobchak as a mentor, and Ksenia has long been rumored to be Putin's god-daughter. Putin has clamped down hard on Russian media outlets in the last years, an effort that has, as of the invasion of Ukraine, all but silenced independent journalism in the country.

☆ Democratic Rep. who signed withdrawn letter on Ukraine said nobody told them it was getting released: CNN
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A controversial letter went out without those who signed it knowing, per a Rep. who spoke to CNN. 30 progressive Democrats signed a letter urging diplomacy with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Unnamed aides to other members of Congress told CNN the same thing. In withdrawing the letter, Jayapal said it "was drafted several months ago, but unfortunately was released by staff without vetting." The anonymous member who said that Jayapal's office did not check back with signatories before the letter's release told CNN that the "timing is terrible."

☆ Trump should testify to the Jan. 6 committee because he has 'nothing to hide,' his lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump lawyer Alina Habba said he should have "no problem" testifying to the January 6 committee. The committee's subpoena demanded a wide range of Trump's communication records that would cover any exchanges he had while the Capitol was under attack. It asks Trump to submit documents by November 4 and then sit to testify around the middle of the month. On Newsmax — where chyrons echoed Trump by calling it a "political witch hunt" — Bolling outlined how Trump might respond. Former White House strategist Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after he refused the committee's subpoena.

☆ Video shows Biden mispronouncing Rishi Sunak's name, celebrating 'Rashi Sanuk' becoming the UK's first prime minister from an Asian background
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Welcoming news of the UK's first prime minister of Asian background, Biden called him "Rashi Sanuk." "Just today, we've got news that Rashi, Rashi Sanook is now the prime minister," he told the audience at a White House event marking the Hindu festival of Diwali. A short video of the gaffe can be seen here:Sunak's leadership sets notable firsts for the UK — the country's first prime minister of an Asian background, and its first Hindu prime minister. Sunak's Hindu parents, the children of an Indian family, were born in colonial Kenya and Tanzania before emigrating to the UK. At a White House event earlier in October, he asked after congresswoman Jackie Walorski, who died two months earlier.

☆ New UK PM Rishi Sunak is a child of privilege, married into almost $1 billion in tech money, and takes over a country struggling to afford heating
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Rishi Sunak will soon become the new prime minister of the UK. It's a union that made Sunak the first frontline UK politician to enter The Sunday Times' annual wealth listing. Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murthy, celebrating the British Asian Trust at the British Museum on February 2022. But despite his attempts to portray a down-to-earth image, the British public has had numerous reminders that Sunak has a very different experience with money than most people. His supporters, including British chancellor Jeremy Hunt, argue that Sunak's experience in finance and at the treasury make him the right man for the job.

☆ Rishi Sunak named UK's next prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Rishi Sunak is due to become the UK's next prime minister after an internal election by MPs. He established himself as the clear leader among Conservative MPs after Liz Truss resigned. Sunak is set to be the country's third prime minister in two months. At almost exactly that deadline, Mordaunt announced her withdrawal in a tweet, saying "Rishi has my full support"A change of prime minister in the UK does not automatically prompt a general election. Sunak will be the fifth Conservative prime minister in a row, and the first non-white prime minister of the UK.

☆ Russian state TV host under investigation after he said Ukrainian children should be drowned and burned in their 'monstrous little houses'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia Today host Anton Krasovsky was suspended after calling for Ukrainian children to be killed. Krasovsky aimed his comments at Ukrainian children who saw the Soviet Union as occupiers in the 1980s. Krasovsky replied: "Just drown those children, drown them," before going on to describe Ukrainians as having "piece of shit little houses." "There are masses of awful, monstrous little houses, they shit all over the Carpathian Mountains," he went on. "God, those grannies would spend their burial savings to get raped by Russian soldiers," he added.

☆ Russia kept Ukrainian prisoners in open-air cages and used mock executions to extract information, witnesses tell NYT
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A witness told NYT of open-air cages; another spoke of being put through a mock execution. Serhii was reported as living in Balakliya, a town south of Kharkiv city that was recaptured on September 8. Serhii described being out with his brother and a friend when Russian soldiers detained them, the paper reported. The soldiers stripped them, beat them and subjected them to interrogation to try to extract information on the positions of Russian forces, he told the paper. The three were held in a basement and released two weeks later, the paper reported him as saying.

☆ Zelenskyy says Russia wired a hydroelectric dam to explode and flood 80 towns in region it may have to abandon
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine accused Russia of planting mines along a key hydroelectric dam. Zelenskyy said Russia may blast the dam and cause a great flood it would seek to blame Ukraine for. Downstream from the dam is the occupied Kherson region, where Ukraine has made steady advances. Zelenskyy said he has received information that mines were placed at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. Russian at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station on the Dnipro River in Kherson region, southern Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022.

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