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Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
By JON MICHAEL RAASCH
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren took an accidental tumble while on the Senate floor. Moseying around atop the Senate chamber's blue carpet floors Warren can be seen on video deep in thought. She then halts and attempts to lean back on a desk at the front of the chamber. Suddenly, it tilts over and sends the senator crashing onto the desk. Lawmakers immediately run over to help the Massachusetts Democrat off the historic desk. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., were the first on the scene offering a helping hand to the 76-year-old lawmaker. Warren's office did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment. The incident happened late on Wednesday evening as the Senate worked to get President Donald Trump's nominees confirmed. The video was first circulated by conservative Washington Reporter editor Matthew Foldi on Thursday afternoon. 'Elizabeth Warren just ate s*** on the Senate floor,' he wrote. Soon many right-wing pundits began predictably piling on. 'Senator down!,' Eric Daugherty, a commentator wrote. 'Senator Elizabeth Warren plummets to the floor during a Senate vote. She was trying to lean. It ended poorly.' The Senate is in its final days of work before breaking for August recess. The stumble happened late at night as GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune pushed votes to confirm Trump appointees. Late night votes are a sign that the White House's pressure on the Senate to stay in D.C. and vote on administration roles has lawmakers working overtime. On Thursday the Senate continued blazing ahead with nominations. Republicans approved Cheryl Mason to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs. The Senate also confirmed Gadyaces Serralta to be Director of the United States Marshals Service and
Daily Mail
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Embarrassing moment as Elizabeth Warren takes nasty tumble in front of the entire Senate
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren took an accidental tumble while on the Senate floor. Moseying around atop the Senate chamber's blue carpet floors Warren can be seen on video deep in thought. She then halts and attempts to lean back on a desk at the front of the chamber. Suddenly, it tilts over and sends the senator crashing onto the desk. Lawmakers immediately run over to help the Massachusetts Democrat off the historic desk. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., were the first on the scene offering a helping hand to the 76-year-old lawmaker. Warren's office did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment. The incident happened late on Wednesday evening as the Senate worked to get President Donald Trump's nominees confirmed. The video was first circulated by conservative Washington Reporter editor Matthew Foldi on Thursday afternoon. 'Elizabeth Warren just ate s*** on the Senate floor,' he wrote. Soon many right-wing pundits began predictably piling on. 'Senator down!,' Eric Daugherty, a commentator wrote. 'Senator Elizabeth Warren plummets to the floor during a Senate vote. She was trying to lean. It ended poorly.' The Senate is in its final days of work before breaking for August recess. The stumble happened late at night as GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune pushed votes to confirm Trump appointees. Late night votes are a sign that the White House's pressure on the Senate to stay in D.C. and vote on administration roles has lawmakers working overtime. On Thursday the Senate continued blazing ahead with nominations. Republicans approved Cheryl Mason to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs.
South China Morning Post
15-07-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Mount Fuji rescue, Trump's pick for Singapore envoy, Mahathir turns 100: 7 Asia highlights
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP's coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing Two Americans have had to be rescued from Japan's Mount Fuji in separate incidents before the official climbing season began, prompting renewed calls for tougher penalties on rule-breaking hikers who endanger themselves and drain local resources. Anjani Sinha at his Senate confirmation hearing. Photo: C-Span US President Donald Trump's ambassador-nominee to Singapore, orthopaedic surgeon Anjani Sinha, has drawn online backlash following a grilling at his confirmation hearing, with Senator Tammy Duckworth accusing him of not doing his 'homework'.
The National
14-07-2025
- Politics
- The National
Mike Waltz faces grilling in bid to become next US envoy to UN
Mike Waltz, the nominee for US ambassador to the UN, will appear at Capitol Hill this week in what is expected to be a contentious confirmation hearing focusing on American foreign policy and his conduct while national security adviser. President Donald Trump removed Mr Waltz from that role in May, following revelations that he had added a journalist to a Signal chat group in which military plans to bomb the Houthis in Yemen were being discussed. Mr Waltz's move to the UN was widely seen as a demotion, particularly given the Trump administration's disdain for many of the world body's functions. The administration also accuses the UN of anti-Israel bias. Mr Waltz, who retired from the National Guard at the rank of colonel and served three terms as Republican congressman, did not have to go through a confirmation process to become national security adviser. Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee running Tuesday's confirmation hearing, predicted Mr Waltz would face tough questioning. 'It will be a brutal, brutal hearing,' she told CBS in May. 'He's not qualified for the job, just by nature of the fact that he participated in this Signal chain.' Mr Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to work as interim national security adviser. If confirmed, Mr Waltz will be joined by Morgan Ortagus at the UN. She until recently served as deputy special envoy to the Middle East and was overseeing the Lebanon portfolio. 'Morgan Ortagus has joined the US Mission to the United Nations to advise on policy, and she continues to liaise with the White House and senior officials in Washington,' a State Department representative told The National. Mr Waltz would replace former president Joe Biden's UN envoy, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who faced backlash for vetoes of humanitarian resolutions for Gaza. Since resuming office on January 20, Mr Trump has withdrawn US participation in the UN Human Rights Council, continued the suspension of funding for the Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, and initiated a review of the UN cultural agency Unesco. Mr Trump has also declared US intentions to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organisation.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump's ‘Unqualified' Friend Humiliated During Senate Confirmation to Key Ambassador Post
President Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador to Singapore faced a heated grilling in his Senate confirmation hearing in which he struggled to answer questions about the city-state. It took barely ten minutes for Dr. Anjani Sinha—who is not an expert in global affairs or trade, but an orthopaedic and sports surgeon who owns a chain of practices on the East Coast—to reveal his apparent lack of knowledge about Singapore as he melted down live on television, in a clip that has now gone around the world. Facing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Indian-born Florida-based doctor boasted he was a 'lifelong bridge builder.' Seemingly unconvinced that this, or his background, made Dr. Sinha qualified for such a crucial post, Illinois Democrat Sen. Tammy Duckworth went to town. Duckworth asked Dr. Sinha if he knew the size of the United States trade surplus with Singapore. Dr. Sinha initially guessed $80 billion, before revising it to $18 billion. Duckworth informed him it was actually $2.8 billion. Not a great start. Next, Duckworth asked Dr. Sinha about Trump's looming 10 percent tariff on Singaporean goods, and how he would sell it to Singapore. Dr. Sinha meandered through half-sentences before landing on a shrug: 'The dialogue is not closed. The door is not closed.' Smelling blood, Duckworth pressed harder. 'When is Singapore going to be the ASEAN chair?' she asked, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc. Dr. Sinha didn't know. It's 2027, he was informed by Duckworth. 'What does holding the chairmanship entail for Singapore? Can you name one thing?' Duckworth pressed. At first, Duckworth's question was met with silence—before Dr. Sinha responded with incoherent filler, leading the combat-veteran senator to unload on the gormless clinician. 'I just feel you are not taking this seriously,' she snapped. 'You think this is a glamour posting—that you're going to live a nice life in Singapore—when what we need is someone who can actually do the work.' Describing him as 'unqualified' for the key role, she went on: 'You are not currently prepared for this posting, period, and you need to shape up and do some homework.' The exchange detonated on Singaporean social media, where the BBC reported that one viewer quipped Sinha was 'more Embarassador than ambassador.' Another asked whether Trump's tariff or Trump's envoy was the bigger insult. Yet despite his real-time humiliation, the nominee's prospects remain very much alive. Republican Lindsey Graham—who introduced Sinha as 'a friend of President Trump for over a decade'—controls the committee's gavel, and the GOP's Senate majority means party-line votes can still hand the surgeon the keys to America's most strategic outpost in Southeast Asia. Donald Trump hailed Sinha as a 'highly respected entrepreneur' when he nominated him in March. The U.S. Department of State went further still, saying in May that with 'his deep social and cultural ties to the Indo-Pacific region, Dr. Sinha is uniquely positioned to relate to its key stakeholders [and] his appreciation for Singapore's role as a financial him well qualified to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Singapore.' The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.
