China is clearly developing the capability to attack at some point, but deciding to do so would be a political choice, Gen Mark Milley told the BBC. China says Taiwan is a breakaway province that must be re-unified with the mainland, by force if necessary. It has accused the US of supporting Taiwan’s independence, and […]
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US giving $820M in new Ukraine Aid, Including Missile Systems
The U.S. announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia’s heavy reliance on long-range strikes in the war. All told, the U.S. has committed more than $8.8 billion in weapons and military training to Ukraine, whose […]
FBI is investigating criminal reaction to Roe ruling as potential domestic terrorism
The FBI is investigating ideologically motivated “suspicious criminal or potentially violent” reactions to the reversal of Roe v. Wade as potential acts of domestic terrorism, according to documents obtained by Yahoo News, prompting concerns from civil liberties experts that pro-abortion-rights Americans will be swept up in the FBI’s dragnet for exercising their First Amendment right […]
Dem Dilemma – Jail Trump or run against him?
The House of Representatives’ Select Committee investigating January 6, 2021 continues to hear testimony revealing previously unknown details about the events that led to the Capitol riot. As the live hearings progress, speculation has mounted about the possibility of bringing charges against former President Donald Trump. This raises a key question for Democrats: how indictments […]
AOC says pro-life Democrats should not be elected
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., suggested in an Instagram video Saturday night that pro-life Democrats should no longer serve in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. The conservative-leaning court overturned the landmark 1973 abortion ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which centered on a Mississippi law that banned abortion after […]
Biden now calls for dropping filibuster to put abortion rights into law
President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support making an exception to the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to pass most legislation — in order to codify abortion rights and the right to privacy through legislation passed by Congress. However, despite Biden’s newly announced support for the filibuster carveout, […]
Supreme Court deals major setback to Biden’s green campaign
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has lost some of its power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court represents a major setback to President Joe Biden’s climate plans. Environmental campaigners have reacted with dismay, one calling the ruling “judicial overreach”. The case against the EPA was brought by […]
Biden’s ‘Ultra-Maga’ campaign backfiring
Critics have slammed President Joe Biden’s use of the phrase “ultra MAGA” in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark abortion rights ruling Roe v. Wade. Some on social media argued that Biden’s use of the attack line was a form of bad messaging and that the president should instead refer […]
Joe Biden’s Approval Rating Plummets Internationally
Confidence in Joe Biden has declined sharply around the world since his first year in office, even as global views of the United States continue to improve following record lows under Donald Trump, a recent survey has found. Among more than a dozen publics in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific, median […]
‘Catastrophe’ from global food shortage imminent warns UN chief
The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around the globe. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war in Ukraine has added to the disruptions caused by climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and inequality to produce an “unprecedented global hunger crisis” already affecting […]
Biden ramps up US military across Europe
President Joe Biden is ramping up U.S. military deployments across Europe in the coming months, the White House announced Wednesday. According to a White House fact sheet, Biden has ordered additional bases, soldiers or assets to be set up in Poland, Romania, the U.K. and the Baltics. Poland will receive a permanent headquarters for the […]
Subway restaurant worker killed for putting too much mayo on customers sandwich
An employee at a Subway restaurant in Atlanta was shot and killed Sunday after a customer got upset about a condiment on his sandwich, Atlanta Police said. Police were called to the restaurant near Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta shortly after 6:30 p.m., a news release from the police department said.Officers found two employees shot, […]