Kim Kardashian speaks at criminal justice reform event at the White House

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Kim Kardashian speaks at criminal justice reform event at the White House

 

Kim Kardashian spoke at a criminal justice reform event at the White House.

The mother-of-four, who has been advocating criminal justice reform, was at the event to promote efforts to help those leaving prison return to find work.

She was greeted by US President Trump on arrival and later took the stage to announce a ride-share partnership where ex-prisoners are given gift cards so that they can travel to and from interviews.

Kim said: "Everyone wants the community to be safe, and the more opportunity we have and that they have and the support that we help give them, the safer everyone will be."

While on her way to the event on Thursday afternoon, Kim Kardashian tweeted a video of herself and wrote: 

"I am heading to the White House to speak at the second chance hiring and re-entry event."

She added in another tweet that she was "honoured to be a part of the announcement that the administration and the private sector are stepping up to create opportunities for these men and women to succeed once home."

 

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'Its time to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Trump' - Former FBI Director, Andrew McCabe

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'Its time to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Trump' - Former FBI Director, Andrew McCabe

 

Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday said that the time has come to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.  

During an interview with CNN, Chris Cuomo asked McCabe, "Do you believe that an impeachment inquiry is warranted based on what you understand and what has come out of the Mueller report?" "Absolutely, I think we are clearly there with the results of the special counsel team," McCabe said.

He went on to add, "there are so many witnesses who could provide important essential testimony to Congress that can only be done in the scope of an impeachment inquiry." He said "that action should be taken immediately," and that it is "beside the point" whether the inquiry results in articles of impeachment.

"I think the American people have a right to hear from the witnesses and understand exactly what actions the President engaged in, and they have the opportunity to factor that information into their decisions, their voting decisions, whatever that might be going forward. The time has come to get that information out," he said.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe in March 2018, less than two days shy of his expected retirement on his 50th birthday, when he would have become eligible to receive early retirement benefits. Trump had regularly taunted McCabe and accused him of misleading internal investigators at the Justice Department.

McCabe's dismissal followed an inspector general report that concluded he had misled investigators about his role in directing other officials at the FBI to speak to The Wall Street Journal about his involvement in a public corruption investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

After his firing, McCabe fired back, charging that his dismissal was part of a larger effort by the administration to discredit the FBI and the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

 

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President Trump calls actress Bette Midler a 'washed up psycho' after she shared a fake quote

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President Trump calls actress Bette Midler a 'washed up psycho' after she shared a fake quote

 

This morning, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to call Bette Midler a “washed up psycho” after the actress tweeted a quote falsely attributed to him.

Midler had earlier apologized on Twitter for sharing the fake quote, which called Republicans “the dumbest group of voters in the country.”

'I apologize; this quote turns out to be a fake from way back in ‘15-16. Don’t know how I missed it, but it sounds SO much like him that I believed it was true! Fact Check: Did Trump say in '98 Republicans are dumb?' she Tweeted.

But shortly after her apology, she went on the offensive again and tweeted about the poor fit of the tuxedo he wore while meeting the Queen of England on Monday, praised London’s mayor Sadiq Khan, with whom Trump had a public Twitter feud earlier in the week, and accused Trump of lying about the crowds he met on his visit to the U.K. this week.

See their exchange below....

It’s not the first time Trump has insulted the actress. He has in the past called her “extremely unattractive” and said that she “sucked.” Midler has been a vocal critic of Trump throughout his term, and has often taken to Twitter to share her opinions.

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Trump Tower Fire Left One Dead, US President Speaks

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Trump Tower Fire Left One Dead, US President Speaks

One person was killed and four firefighters were injured on Saturday evening when fire broke out at Trump Tower in New York.

First responders reportedly performed Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on one person, and he was rushed to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, where he later died.

The four firefighters also suffered smoke inhalation in the blaze, but were expected to recover.

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) tweeted that the fire at Trump Tower had been upgraded to a Category 4 alarm fire from a Category 3 fire alarm.

FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro tweeted at about 8 p.m.: “We found fire on the 50th floor of the building. The apartment was entirely on fire.

“Members pushed in heroically, they were knocking down the fire and found one occupant of the apartment who is in critical condition.

“This was a very difficult fire. As you can imagine, the apartment is quite large, we are 50 stories up.

“The rest of the building had a considerable amount of smoke. 200 Firefighters and EMS – emergency medical services – members are on scene.

“We had many floors to search, and stairways, and right now the only civilian injury is to the occupant of that apartment. There are four Firefighters with non-life-threatening injuries.

“The fire is still not considered to be under control because of the smoke conditions on all the floors above.”

President Donald Trump, his wife Melania and son Barron were not in the New York apartment this weekend, where he maintains a three-story penthouse residence.

Trump tweeted at 6:42 p.m. that the fire was under control, as he boasted about the building’s construction.

“Fire at Trump Tower is out. Very confined (well built building). Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!” Trump wrote.

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