Monday, January 20, 2020

'The Super Bowl for the Second Amendment': Gun rights advocates rally in Virginia

USA-GUNS/RALLY

Several thousand activists — mostly white and male, many armed and some with messages of support for President Donald Trump - mobilized in Virginia's capital for an annual rally they characterized as more urgent after recent state Democrat plans to pass gun-control legislation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/virginia-gun-rights-rally-1.5432969?cmp=rss

Hundreds of Central American migrants cross river into Mexico

Mexico Central America Migrants

Hundreds of Central American migrants waded across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico Monday in a new test of U.S. President Donald Trump's Central America strategy to keep them away from the U.S. border.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/migrant-caravan-crosses-into-mexico-1.5433707?cmp=rss

SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in successful astronaut escape test

SPACE-EXPLORATION/SPACEX

SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in the next few months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly after liftoff Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/spacex-crew-capsule-escape-1.5433125?cmp=rss

Puerto Ricans demand answers after discovery of disaster aid in warehouse

Puerto Rico Quake Protest

Dozens of demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the governor's mansion in Puerto Rico's capital to demand the resignation of the U.S. territory's governor and protest the recent discovery of apparently forgotten disaster supplies amid ongoing earthquakes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/puerto-rico-warehouse-controversy-1.5433597?cmp=rss

Trump legal team calls impeachment 'dangerous perversion' of Constitution in legal brief

Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did "absolutely nothing wrong," calling the impeachment case against him flimsy and a "dangerous perversion of the Constitution."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-impeachment-legal-brief-1.5433243?cmp=rss