Barbara Charline Jordan famed as Barbara Jordan was an American lawyer, educator as well as politician. She was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement and she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. She was best known for her eloquent opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon, and as the first African-American as well as the first woman to deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. Moreover, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. She also worked as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, which recommended reducing legal immigration by about one-third, which is frequently cited by American immigration restrictionists....
Trevor Lawrence is a collegiate American football quarterback. At present, he is playing for the Clemson Tigers. Moreover, he was one of the most highly rated quarterback recruits ever, with multiple recruiting experts calling him a "once in a generation" type of player. As a junior in 2016, he was The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Player of the Year after completing 250 of 406 passes for 3,904 yards and 51 touchdowns. Trevor Lawrence Puts Clemson Back in the National Championship Game. The Clemson quarterback took the Tigers 94 yards in four plays late in the fourth quarter to defeat Ohio State, 29-23, in the semifinal of the College Football Playoff. ...
James Richard Perry famed as Rick Perry is an American politician who served as the 14th United States Secretary of Energy from 2017 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served three full terms as the 47th Governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015. On 17th October 2019, he reported to President Trump that he intended to resign as Secretary of Energy at the end of the year. He left the office on 1st December 2019....
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. She was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016 on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Line. Twitter permanently banned Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's Republican opponent on Friday after she accused the Minnesota congresswoman of treason and wrote on the platform that Omar should be hanged. Danielle Stella, a candidate hoping to challenge Omar for her Minnesota seat in the 2020 election, tweeted earlier this week, "If it is proven @IlhanMN passed sensitive info to Iran, she should be tried for #treason and hanged."...
Joel Schiffman is an American entrepreneur as well as a financer. Moreover, he is famous for being the boyfriend of the popular news anchor Hoda Kotb. As of now, he works as a vice president and director of the financial group. He is also well-known as a Senior Relationship Manager of National Accounts For Columbia Management in New York City. Recently, Hoda Kotb is engaged to Joel Schiffman. ...
Danica Sue Patrick known as Danica Patrick is an American former retired professional racing driver. She dropped out of high school to pursue a career as a race driver. She is known as the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing. She is the only one lady who got victory in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 in an IndyCar Series race. She is the sponsors of GoDaddy.com and has a fan club called the Danica Maniacs. She finished second at the Formula Ford Festival, the highest-ever finish by either a woman or an American in the event. In August 2019, she launched a weekly podcast called Pretty Intense in which she discusses success and spirituality with guests....
Michael Rubens Bloomberg famed as Mike Bloomberg is a famous American politician, businessman, as well as an author. He has joined The Giving Pledge, whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their wealth. He is the co-founder, CEO, and owner of Bloomberg L.P., global financial services, software, and mass media company that bear his name, and is known for its Bloomberg Terminal, a computer software system providing financial data widely used in the global financial services industry. He served as the 108th mayor of New York City, holding office for three consecutive terms, beginning his first in 2002. His final term as mayor ended on 31st December 2013. He announced on 24th November 2019, that he was seeking that Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 presidential election. As of November 2019, his net worth was estimated at $58 billion which makes him the 9th richest person in the United States and the 14th richest person in the world. His recent campaign makes absolutely no sense. He has finally scratched the presidential itch he’s had for nearly a decade. He enters a race without much voter appeal. Only 2 percent of Democratic primary voters favor him according to the RealClearPolitics national polling average. He is already shifting leftward to match up with the modern Democratic Party’s leanings. He apologized for the “stop-and-frisk” policy of the New York City Police Department during his mayoralty in an effort to court African American voters. The differences between Donald Trump’s 2016 improbable candidacy and what Bloomberg is trying to pull off are telling. Previously in March, he said he wouldn’t run because he was “clear-eyed about the difficulty of winning the Democratic nomination in such a crowded field.” ...
A British socialite is named for Ghislaine Maxwell. Moreover, she is the youngest child of publishing tycoon and fraudster Robert Maxwell. She moved to the United States after her father's death in 1991 and became a close associate of financier and subsequently convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She has faced allegations of sexually trafficking underage girls for Epstein and others, charges she emphatically denies. In 2012, she founded the ocean-advocacy group The TerraMar Project. The organization announced closure on 12th July 2019, a week after the sex trafficking charges brought by New York federal prosecutors against Epstein became public. On 10th August 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead suicide by hanging. Prince Andrew secretly met Ghislaine Maxwell inside Buckingham Palace; two weeks after her paedo ex Jeffrey Epstein was placed under new investigation by US cops. The Duke of York admitted in his “car crash” Newsnight interview that he saw Maxwell during the summer, but denied discussing Epstein. Two days after the Palace meeting, a carefree Maxwell, 57, was seen at a £1,000-a-night Swiss hotel. It comes as Epstein’s ex-masseuse told how she was recruited by alleged pimp Maxwell then raped by Epstein on his island. Maxwell, 57, is accused of being Epstein’s pimp who introduced Andrew to “sex slave” Virginia Roberts - now Virginia Giuffre. The FBI wants to quiz Maxwell over her links with Epstein. She has not been seen since August; five days after his jail death....
Catherine Mary McKenna famed as Catherine McKenna is a Canadian Liberal politician. She was elected to represent the riding of Ottawa Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. Moreover, she has also served as Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the Cabinet headed by Justin Trudeau and was then moved to Minister of Infrastructure and Communities in the reshuffle following the 2019 federal election. Catherine McKenna will no longer be environment minister following a cabinet shuffle on Wednesday, where she was appointed a minister of infrastructure and communities. Jonathan Wilkinson will take over in this role. McKenna moves to infrastructure while Fortier takes on a new role. ...
Keith Lionel Urbahn famed as Keith Urban is a New Zealand-Australian country music singer, songwriter, musician as well as a record producer. He released his self-titled debut album in the year 1991. He made his solo American debut in 1999 with a second eponymous album. He is well-known for his roles as a coach on the Australian version of the single competition named ‘The Voice’. He is famous as a judge on ‘American Idol’. He has his own signature line of guitar and accessories. Overall, he has released a total of nine studio albums (one of which was released only in Australia), as well as one album with The Ranch. Keith Urban is ready to rock the 107th Grey Cup halftime show. Keith Urban had Saturday as he prepared for a night of rehearsals and relaxation prior to playing Sunday’s Grey Cup halftime show. Urban admitted he doesn’t really know much about the Canadian Football League (CFL), but that wasn’t going to put a damper on what he expects will be a great halftime show. And while he doesn’t know what to expect on the 101-meter long field, he does know what to expect from the crowd....