Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, called on Sunday for the Senate to change the rules set up for impeachment in order to start President Donald Trump’s trial within days, even if it means the chamber proceeds without receiving articles of impeachment from the House of Representatives. While the Republican controlled Senate seems certain to keep Trump in office, it’s unclear when the impeachment trial will begin and how it will proceed. House Speaker Nancy Pelos

Samsung is expected to unveil its futuristic “artificial human” project at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday. Social media accounts for Samsung’s Neon have teased the mysterious technology ahead of a keynote by Samsung consumer electronics division CEO Hyun-Suk Kim. The leaked videos have since been deleted, but offered a glimpse into the lifelike avatars Neon may be creating. “While films may disrupt our sense of reality, ‘virtual humans’ or ‘digital humans’ will be reality,” Mistry said.

Annuity sales totaled $174.3 billion for the first nine months of 2019, according to the Insured Retirement Institute. “To an economist, an annuity is the most efficient way to create income in retirement,” Finke said. You could have a riskier retirement and it will cost more, or you could have a safer retirement and it will cost less. That’s based on an average of the top five quotes for the purchase of a so-called single premium immediate annuity, according to Finke. “You could have a riskier

Alfonso Cuaron wins Best Director Motion Picture and Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language for “Roma,” a Netflix film, during the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards on January 6, 2019, at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The 77th Golden Globes will be handed out Sunday night, just about a week before the nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards will be announced. However, the Golden Globes, which are handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, don’t always pr

The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike, was returned to Iran on Sunday and driven through thousands of mourners, the official IRIB news agency reported. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets. Soleimani’s body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran. The body of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was kille

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends a debate on the government’s 2019 budget during a parliament session in Madrid on February 13, 2019. Spain’s Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez failed on Sunday in a first attempt to get parliament’s backing to form a government, leaving him two days to secure support to end an eight-month political gridlock. Sanchez has been acting prime minister since a first inconclusive election in April and November did not produce a conclusive result. Earlier this w

Iran condemned Donald Trump on Sunday as a “terrorist in a suit” after the U.S. president threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites hard if Tehran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in retaliation for the killing of military commander Qassem Soleimani. Trump is a terrorist in a suit. Giving no indication of seeking to defuse tensions after the strike he ordered, Trump issued a stern threat to the Islamic Republic. Trump said the United States has “targeted 52 Iranian sites” and that some were “at a very

Somalia’s al Shabaab militant group attacked on Sunday a military base in Kenya used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces and published pictures of masked gunmen standing next to an aircraft in flames. An independent investigator matched the pictures published by the group with satellite imagery to an airfield just outside the base used by military aircraft. “Seven aircraft and three military vehicles were destroyed in the attack,” al Shabaab said in a statement. The al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist al Sh

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani has made the world safer, and that taking no action would have created more risk. “The intelligence assessment made clear that no action – allowing Soleimani to continue his plotting and his planning, his terror campaign – created more risk than taking the action that we took last week,” Pompeo told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “This was a bad guy, we took him off the playing f

Iraq’s parliament passed a resolution Sunday calling for the government to end the presence of foreign troops in the country in the wake of a U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general. The resolution asks Iraq’s government to cancel the request for assistance from the U.S.-led coalition operating in the country against the Islamic State. “The Iraqi government must work to end the presence of any foreign troops on Iraqi soil and prohibit them from using its land, airspace or water for any

Amazon has opened pre-orders for the latest set of Naruto Funko Pop figures. From Naruto, Lady Tsunade, as a stylized POP vinyl from Funko! From Naruto, Naruto Running, as a stylized POP vinyl from Funko! From Naruto, Orochimaru, as a stylized POP vinyl from Funko! Check out the other Naruto figures from Funko!

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A somewhat surprising Call of Duty: Modern Warfare revelation has led to speculation about the Infinity Ward’s plans for 2020. This deal includes post-launch additions as well, with the official website for Modern Warfare saying, “…Each Modern Warfare season will bring a new location to Survival.” There is other evidence of there being 5 Modern Warfare seasons in 2020, too. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. MORE: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Needs a Shipme

Share Tweet Email Copy Link CopiedSince the full roster of DLC characters in the Kombat Pack for NetherRealm Studios’ 2019 Mortal Kombat 11 were revealed in August, Shang Tsung, Nightwolf, the Terminator T-800 and most recently Sindel have all had their time to shine. Now fans are awaiting the appearance of DC Comics’ iconic super villain Joker in Mortal Kombat 11 at the end of the month, but Reddit user SwiftKick97 has posited what it would look like if the upcoming fighter were based on Joaqui

Share Tweet Email Copy Link CopiedIn January 2019, Nintendo announced that development of the highly-anticipated Metroid Prime 4 had been restarted at the legendary Retro Studios. advertisingSpecifically, it is reported that Stephen Dupree is now set to fill the role of principle game designer at Retro Studios after having been away from the company for two years. advertisingRELATED: Retro Studios Was Working on a Musical RPGThis work began with Dupree serving as a contract designer on Retro’s c

Reports are spreading within the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare community of multiplayer cheats going unpunished. Modern Warfare players are asking how someone who they claim is very clearly cheating has not been banned yet. Regardless, many Modern Warfare players don’t view these players as being unbanned as acceptable. advertisingCall of Duty: Modern Warfare is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. MORE: Modern Warfare: How to Get the Helpful Doge CharmShare Tweet Email Copy Link CopiedDr. Disresp

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While Sony is teasing a PS5 reveal for CES and Xbox revealed the Xbox Series X back in December, there’s still relatively little fans know about the consoles. advertisingAccording to two employees of Daedalic, the studio behind the upcoming Lord of the Rings game following Gollum, the Xbox Series X and PS5 will improve over this generation of consoles quite a bit. advertisingRELATED: PS5 to Outsell Xbox Series X in 2020, Predicts AnalystDaedalic Game Developer Martin Wilkes had a little bit more

There are city and empire building/management simulation games – like SimCity. However, simulation games also include driving/racing simulation games, flight sims, sports sims, and combat sims as well. Theme Hospital was a well-designed hospital simulator that didn’t take itself too seriously. The physics of the game, however, are pure simulation game – meaning they are precise and realistic. RELATED: The 10 Best Real Life Simulation Games, According To MetacriticMany reviews claim that there is

For players discovering that they’re near-to-broke, Borderlands 3 has luckily also provided a new (and likely unintended) cash farm. YouTuber Glitching Queen has a new video summarizing the latest cash farm in Borderlands 3. It’s an endlessly repeatable farm that promises a ton of quick cash. With the four VIP doors open, the cash farm is now accessible. Borderlands 3 players will be making money in a matter of minutes and making it fast.