The Daily Populous

On Saturday morning, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney became the first Congressional Republican so far to speak out against President Donald Trump’s Friday night decision to commute the sentence of his longtime associate Roger Stone.

“Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president,” Romney tweeted Saturday morning.

The President’s announcement that he would commute Stone’s sentence came just a few days before the Republican political operative was set to enter prison. »

Donald Trump’s initial reaction to the devastating hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico in 2017 were to suggest that the United States sell, or “divest” from the territory, a former acting secretary of Homeland Security said on Friday.

Duke also described to the Times how as Hurricane Maria approached Puerto Rico in the fall of 2017—it would go on to devastate the island, leaving much of it without power for months—other Trump cabinet members derided her for trying to urge the president to take it more seriously.

Duke said that Trump did initially show concern for the suffering of Puerto Rican people after the disaster, but was disturbed by his first instincts on how to react:. »

On hearing of his decision, Diana asked him not to exclude the song as it was one of her favorites by the artist.

“I took it out of the show in honor of Her Royal Highness,” Jackson told Barbara Walters in 1997 of their first meeting.

The first, on September 6, 1997, was that of his friend Diana, Princess of Wales, whose funeral drew 33.2 million viewers. »

US military officials have told them the two bases have been put into lockdown.

Okinawa referendum rejects new US military base but Abe likely to press on Read more.

The marines said on Friday that the troops were taking additional protective measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus and were restricting off-base activities. »