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16/10/2018 - Trump calls Stormy Daniels 'horseface' after judge dismisses her suit
Trump calls Stormy Daniels 'horseface' after judge dismisses her suit
President Donald Trump lobbed a crass insult at Stormy Daniels Tuesday, calling the adult film star "horseface" after a federal judge dismissed her defamation suit against the president.
"Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas," Trump wrote in a tweet that also referenced a news article about the suit being tossed.
She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!" Trump added.
Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti shot right back, calling Trump a "disgusting misogynist and an embarrassment to the United States."
"Bring everything you have, because we are going to demonstrate to the world what a complete shyster and liar you are. How many other women did you cheat on your wife with while you had a baby at home?" he tweeted.
Less than 24 hours earlier, a federal judge dismissed Daniels' defamation lawsuit against Trump on Monday, finding a tweet by Trump to be constitutionally protected speech.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has claimed that she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 and was warned by an unidentified man to keep quiet about it five years later. In April, she worked with a forensic artist to create a sketch of the man, who she said told her to leave Trump alone and suggested that something bad could happen to her. Trump responded by tweeting: "A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!"
Trump has denied any sexual encounter with Daniels.
In a ruling filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Judge James Otero found that the tweet "constitutes 'rhetorical hyperbole' normally associated with politics and public discourse in the United States."
Daniels has filed a separate suit against Trump and Cohen seeking to invalidate a non-disclosure agreement in which Cohen paid her $130,000 to remain silent about the alleged affair before the 2016 presidential election.
Daniels has had crude words of her own for Trump.In her book "Full Disclosure," released earlier this month, Daniels described sex with Trumpas "the least impressive sex I'd ever had" and detailed his sex organs in graphic detail. She later said she regretted "body shaming" him.
October 16, 2018 - US Security Advisor Bolton to meet Lavrov next week: Kremlin
U.S. security adviser Bolton to meet Lavrov next week: Kremlin | Reuters
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton will meet with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow next week, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday.
Ushakov said that Bolton will also meet with Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
October 16, 2018 - Trump gives Saudi Arabia benefit of doubt in Journalist's disappearance
Trump gives Saudi Arabia benefit of doubt in journalist's disappearance | Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump gave Saudi Arabia the benefit of the doubt in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi even as U.S. lawmakers pointed the finger at the Saudi leadership and Western pressure mounted on Riyadh to provide answers.
“I think we have to find out what happened first,” Trump told the Associated Press in an interview on Tuesday. “Here we go again with, you know, you’re guilty until proven innocent. I don’t like that.”
Trump then referred directly to his nomination of Brett Kavanuagh to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ran into trouble in the Senate after several women came forward to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Earlier in a Twitter post, Trump said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman denied knowing what happened in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where Khashoggi vanished two weeks ago after going there to collect documents he needed for his planned marriage.
Turkish officials have said they believe the Saudi journalist was murdered and his body removed, which the Saudis have strongly denied. Khashoggi was a U.S. resident who wrote columns for the Washington Post and he was critical of the Saudi government, calling for reforms.
October 16, 2018 - US General says conditions for Islamist extremism still linger
U.S. general says conditions for Islamist extremism still linger | Reuters
The United States' top military officer said on Tuesday that little progress had been made in dealing with the underlying conditions that have given rise to armed Islamist militants, even as military gains have been made against groups like Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
“Little progress has been made in addressing the underlying conditions that lead to violent extremism,” said Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
U.S.-backed forces and Iraqi militias liberated nearly all of the territory that Islamic State, also known as ISIS, once controlled in Iraq and Syria.
“Challenges remain in our political, our military, our intelligence, and our law enforcement cooperation despite the fact that we’ve had some positive trends and cooperation; clearly there is much more to be done,” said Dunford, who was speaking during a conference countering violent extremism.
One of the issues facing U.S.-backed forces in Syria is the large number of foreign fighters being detained.
The U.S. military says the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters led by the Kurdish YPG militia, is holding about 700 foreign fighters and attempting to repatriate them to their home countries.
Speaking with reporters later on Tuesday, Dunford said the detained foreign fighters came from 40 different countries and progress to try to repatriate them had been slow.
“The challenge has been there’s not only political issues but ... legitimate legal framework issues for addressing this in many of the countries,” Dunford said in a press conference.
He added that none of the more than 80 chiefs of defense from around the world at the conference were able to commit to doing something about the problem.
In a report earlier this year, the State Department warned that Islamic State, al Qaeda and its affiliates have adapted by dispersing and becoming less vulnerable to military action after the United States and its partners made “major strides” against the armed Islamist groups.
Islamic State, al Qaeda and their affiliates “have proven to be resilient, determined and adaptable, and they have adjusted to heightened counterterrorism pressure in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and elsewhere,” the report said.
“Perhaps the greatest challenge facing us today is the danger of complacency,” Dunford said.
In a sign of the threat militant groups posed, the U.S. military said on Tuesday an air strike killed 60 militants from the Islamist al Shabaab group in Somalia.
October 16, 2018 - US offers $10 Million for information leading to Mexican Drug Lord's arrest
U.S. offers $10 million for information leading to Mexican drug lord's arrest | Reuters
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a news conference with other law enforcement officials to announce enforcement efforts against Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
The United States on Tuesday announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of leading Mexico's powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which the Justice Department considers to be one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world.
The reward for information leading to the arrest of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, is one of the highest offered by the U.S. State Department’s Narcotics Rewards Program, and doubles a previous $5 million reward offered for information leading to his capture announced in March.
In August, Mexico offered its own reward of 30 million pesos ($1.6 million) for information leading to the arrest of Oseguera, who has risen to become Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord since Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was extradited to the United States.
The State Department is also offering $5 million rewards for information leading to the arrests of other high-ranking members of the cartel, which has operations on four continents.
The Justice Department also announced it had unsealed 15 indictments against members of the cartel who are accused of conspiring to import drugs into the United States and laundering more than $100 million.
“More investigations are ongoing and I expect that there will be many more indictments. We will be relentless against this organization and their affiliates,” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters.
“They are in our crosshairs. This cartel is a top priority,” Sessions added.
Two of the indictments are against people who have already pleaded guilty to U.S. authorities, and three concern people who have been arrested by Latin American authorities and are awaiting extradition.
Others, including Oseguera, remain at large, according to the Justice Department.
The Treasury Department has also designated 63 people and firms connected to the cartel for sanctions since April 2015.
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is believed to traffic at least five tons of cocaine and five tons of methamphetamine into the United States each month, and operate more than 100 meth labs in Mexico, Sessions said.
Trump calls Stormy Daniels 'horseface' after judge dismisses her suit
President Donald Trump lobbed a crass insult at Stormy Daniels Tuesday, calling the adult film star "horseface" after a federal judge dismissed her defamation suit against the president.
"Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas," Trump wrote in a tweet that also referenced a news article about the suit being tossed.
She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!" Trump added.
Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti shot right back, calling Trump a "disgusting misogynist and an embarrassment to the United States."
"Bring everything you have, because we are going to demonstrate to the world what a complete shyster and liar you are. How many other women did you cheat on your wife with while you had a baby at home?" he tweeted.
Less than 24 hours earlier, a federal judge dismissed Daniels' defamation lawsuit against Trump on Monday, finding a tweet by Trump to be constitutionally protected speech.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has claimed that she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 and was warned by an unidentified man to keep quiet about it five years later. In April, she worked with a forensic artist to create a sketch of the man, who she said told her to leave Trump alone and suggested that something bad could happen to her. Trump responded by tweeting: "A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!"
Trump has denied any sexual encounter with Daniels.
In a ruling filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Judge James Otero found that the tweet "constitutes 'rhetorical hyperbole' normally associated with politics and public discourse in the United States."
Daniels has filed a separate suit against Trump and Cohen seeking to invalidate a non-disclosure agreement in which Cohen paid her $130,000 to remain silent about the alleged affair before the 2016 presidential election.
Daniels has had crude words of her own for Trump.In her book "Full Disclosure," released earlier this month, Daniels described sex with Trumpas "the least impressive sex I'd ever had" and detailed his sex organs in graphic detail. She later said she regretted "body shaming" him.
October 16, 2018 - US Security Advisor Bolton to meet Lavrov next week: Kremlin
U.S. security adviser Bolton to meet Lavrov next week: Kremlin | Reuters
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton will meet with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow next week, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday.
Ushakov said that Bolton will also meet with Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
October 16, 2018 - Trump gives Saudi Arabia benefit of doubt in Journalist's disappearance
Trump gives Saudi Arabia benefit of doubt in journalist's disappearance | Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump gave Saudi Arabia the benefit of the doubt in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi even as U.S. lawmakers pointed the finger at the Saudi leadership and Western pressure mounted on Riyadh to provide answers.
“I think we have to find out what happened first,” Trump told the Associated Press in an interview on Tuesday. “Here we go again with, you know, you’re guilty until proven innocent. I don’t like that.”
Trump then referred directly to his nomination of Brett Kavanuagh to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ran into trouble in the Senate after several women came forward to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Earlier in a Twitter post, Trump said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman denied knowing what happened in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where Khashoggi vanished two weeks ago after going there to collect documents he needed for his planned marriage.
Turkish officials have said they believe the Saudi journalist was murdered and his body removed, which the Saudis have strongly denied. Khashoggi was a U.S. resident who wrote columns for the Washington Post and he was critical of the Saudi government, calling for reforms.
October 16, 2018 - US General says conditions for Islamist extremism still linger
U.S. general says conditions for Islamist extremism still linger | Reuters
The United States' top military officer said on Tuesday that little progress had been made in dealing with the underlying conditions that have given rise to armed Islamist militants, even as military gains have been made against groups like Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
“Little progress has been made in addressing the underlying conditions that lead to violent extremism,” said Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
U.S.-backed forces and Iraqi militias liberated nearly all of the territory that Islamic State, also known as ISIS, once controlled in Iraq and Syria.
“Challenges remain in our political, our military, our intelligence, and our law enforcement cooperation despite the fact that we’ve had some positive trends and cooperation; clearly there is much more to be done,” said Dunford, who was speaking during a conference countering violent extremism.
One of the issues facing U.S.-backed forces in Syria is the large number of foreign fighters being detained.
The U.S. military says the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters led by the Kurdish YPG militia, is holding about 700 foreign fighters and attempting to repatriate them to their home countries.
Speaking with reporters later on Tuesday, Dunford said the detained foreign fighters came from 40 different countries and progress to try to repatriate them had been slow.
“The challenge has been there’s not only political issues but ... legitimate legal framework issues for addressing this in many of the countries,” Dunford said in a press conference.
He added that none of the more than 80 chiefs of defense from around the world at the conference were able to commit to doing something about the problem.
In a report earlier this year, the State Department warned that Islamic State, al Qaeda and its affiliates have adapted by dispersing and becoming less vulnerable to military action after the United States and its partners made “major strides” against the armed Islamist groups.
Islamic State, al Qaeda and their affiliates “have proven to be resilient, determined and adaptable, and they have adjusted to heightened counterterrorism pressure in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and elsewhere,” the report said.
“Perhaps the greatest challenge facing us today is the danger of complacency,” Dunford said.
In a sign of the threat militant groups posed, the U.S. military said on Tuesday an air strike killed 60 militants from the Islamist al Shabaab group in Somalia.
October 16, 2018 - US offers $10 Million for information leading to Mexican Drug Lord's arrest
U.S. offers $10 million for information leading to Mexican drug lord's arrest | Reuters
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a news conference with other law enforcement officials to announce enforcement efforts against Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
The United States on Tuesday announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of leading Mexico's powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which the Justice Department considers to be one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world.
The reward for information leading to the arrest of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, is one of the highest offered by the U.S. State Department’s Narcotics Rewards Program, and doubles a previous $5 million reward offered for information leading to his capture announced in March.
In August, Mexico offered its own reward of 30 million pesos ($1.6 million) for information leading to the arrest of Oseguera, who has risen to become Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord since Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was extradited to the United States.
The State Department is also offering $5 million rewards for information leading to the arrests of other high-ranking members of the cartel, which has operations on four continents.
The Justice Department also announced it had unsealed 15 indictments against members of the cartel who are accused of conspiring to import drugs into the United States and laundering more than $100 million.
“More investigations are ongoing and I expect that there will be many more indictments. We will be relentless against this organization and their affiliates,” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters.
“They are in our crosshairs. This cartel is a top priority,” Sessions added.
Two of the indictments are against people who have already pleaded guilty to U.S. authorities, and three concern people who have been arrested by Latin American authorities and are awaiting extradition.
Others, including Oseguera, remain at large, according to the Justice Department.
The Treasury Department has also designated 63 people and firms connected to the cartel for sanctions since April 2015.
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is believed to traffic at least five tons of cocaine and five tons of methamphetamine into the United States each month, and operate more than 100 meth labs in Mexico, Sessions said.
