Biden Blames Trump Voters For Virginia Defeat
With his approval ratings plummeting in opinion polls, U.S. President Joe Biden rushed to deny that his Democratic Party’s shock loss in the Virginia governor’s race was a verdict on his presidency.
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Pentagon: China on track for 1,000 warheads by 2030, blowing past earlier estimates
The Chinese military is rapidly building up its strategic missile forces and is on track to deploy up to 1,000 warheads by 2030 — nearly four times the previous estimates, the Pentagon acknowledged in its annual report on Chinese military power made public Wednesday.
Republican Looks As If He Will Win the Virginia Governor’s Race In Setback For Biden
Results show Republican Glenn Youngkin leading in the Virginia governor’s election, widely seen as a referendum on U.S. President Joe Biden.
US flies B-1B bomber over Persian Gulf, Red Sea
The United States has confirmed that on Saturday it flew a B-1B strategic bomber over the Red Sea, and over the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, Voice of America (VOA) reports. The B-1B Lancer bomber was accompanied by fighter jets from Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, and also flew over Egypt’s Suez Canal.
Poland Votes To Build Wall Near Belarus
Poland’s parliament has voted to build a controversial anti-migration wall on its border with Belarus to halt an influx of people fleeing war, persecution, and poverty.
US, EU settle dispute over tariffs on steel, aluminum
The European Union and the United States have reached an agreement to rein in tit-for-tat tariffs that date back to the Trump administration, officials announced on Saturday.
Myanmar Military Frees Pastors Jailed For Prayer Rally
Three Kachin Baptist pastors detained for organizing prayers for peace are among more than 5,000 inmates freed in Myanmar, also known as Burma, church sources say.
Trump announces social media company, mobile app, merger deal
Former President Donald Trump will helm a social media start-up apparently aimed at supplanting Facebook and Twitter, the new Trump Media & Technology Group announced Wednesday evening.
White House floats new tax plan to get enough Senate Democrats behind trillion dollar spending bill
The White House is considering new tax-increase plans to get enough Democrat senators to pass President Biden’s stalled multi-trillion dollar, social services and climate change package.
House holds Steve Bannon in criminal contempt, refers matter to Justice Department
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to hold former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress following his refusal to cooperate with the House’s investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.
FBI File Concludes There Was No Trump-Alfa Bank link
Special counsel John Durham has obtained the complete FBI investigative file on the bureau’s conclusion that there was no secret internet communication channel in 2016 between then-candidate Donald Trump and Alfa Bank, a large Russian lender controlled by Kremlin-tied billionaire oligarchs.
FBI raids DC home of Putin-allied Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska
A mansion in Washington, D.C., reportedly belonging to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is being raided by the FBI, the agency confirmed Tuesday.
Court Documents Show FBI With Soros-Backed Group Undermined Trump Presidency
Court documents show a group funded by U.S. billionaire and philanthropist George Soros and other donors met agents of America’s top law enforcement agency to investigate discredited allegations that Russia helped secure the election victory of President Donald J. Trump.
January 6 select committee will move to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
The Democrat-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach said Thursday that it is moving to hold former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for not complying with the panel’s subpoena.
US and Israel consider options on Iran, “We have to prepare for a world where Iran doesn’t have constraints on nuclear program”
The United States and Israel have announced they are considering alternative options for dealing with Iran in the event the Islamic regime refuses to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal and comply with the limits on uranium enrichment set out in the 2015 agreement, AP reports. After former president Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran, the Islamic regime began enriching uranium to levels exceedingly far above the amount agreed to in the deal.
US to rejoin UN Human Rights Council following Trump withdrawal
The United States is rejoining the controversial UN Human Rights Council (HRC) amid concerns that China has used America’s three-and-a-half year absence to grow its influence and power, AFP reports. Former President Trump withdrew the US from the Council in June 2018 to protest what UN Ambassador Nikki Haley described as the body’s “disproportionate focus and unending hostility toward Israel” which is “clear proof that the council is motivated by political bias, not by human rights.”
Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad’s fortunes, U.S. views shift
Israel will keep the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in a 1967 Six-Day War, even if international views on Damascus change, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday.
‘Build Back Better World:’ U.S. races to counter China’s ‘predatory’ Belt and Road initiative
America and its allies are scrambling to establish a global infrastructure funding mechanism to counter the trillions of dollars China has spent to build projects and buy influence through what U.S. officials describe as Beijing‘s “mercantilist” and “predatory” Belt and Road development lending initiative.
Donald Trump to Iowa crowd: ‘We’re going to take America back’
Former U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the political stage in Iowa Saturday night at a rally held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.
Gallup: Trust in the media drops to lowest level since 2016 election
The Gallup polling firm reported Thursday that Americans’ trust in the media to report the news with fairness, accuracy and fullness has dropped to its lowest level since the 2016 presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.