Amid a national focus on the private messaging platform Signal, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s office is facing questions about Johnston and his advisers’ recent use of the app, which can auto-delete messages, to discuss the Trump administration’s actions. A group chat — called “Strike Force” — was created in the encrypted messaging app for the…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Signal chat furore may push US workers to China’s side, Democrat warns A senior Democrat linked political fallout from US President Donald Trump’s top officials’ use of Signal to…
Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that she’s “not a fan” of preemptive pardons that President Joe Biden is reportedly weighing to issue before he leaves office in January. Politico and NBC News reported last week that Biden is considering issuing preemptive pardons for prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump, including Democratic Senator-elect…
Jamal Simmons, former Vice President Kamala Harris‘ communications director, called for President Joe Biden to resign and make her the president within the next month, during an appearance on CNN‘s State of the Union on Sunday morning. Simmons has worked for several Democratic politicians, including then-Governor Bill Clinton‘s presidential campaign and Al Gore‘s, among others,…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk takes the stage at a rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27. Getty Images The mercurial billionaire’s fawning support of a Republican candidate who promises to roll back environmental progress is a dilemma for a company whose core buyers identify as…
Donald Trump’s odds of securing a second White House term are now better than they were on June 27 prior to his decisive debate against Joe Biden, according to betting website Polymarket. As of 4:20 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Polymarket gave Trump odds of 64.3 percent on victory in November, substantially ahead of Democratic rival…
Kamala Harris is leading Donald Trump in the popular vote according to six opinion polls conducted either after or during Tuesday’s presidential debate between the two rivals in Philadelphia. The Democratic candidate had a lead of between two and five percentage points according to the survey, although several were within the margin of error. On…