An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with guests on state TV the possibility of Russia attacking two members of the NATO military alliance. State TV host Vladimir Solovyov, one of the most-prominent figures in Kremlin-backed media, made the comments on channel Russia-1. A video of the discussion was shared on X, formerly Twitter, […]
Category: Domestic
Senate passes $95 billion Natonal security bill
The White House issued a press release Tuesday night announcing that President Joe Biden would sign the National Security package bill that passed the Senate, into law on Wednesday. “Tonight, a bipartisan majority in the Senate joined the House to answer history’s call at this critical inflection point,” Biden said. “Congress has passed my legislation […]
Pelosi calls on Israel’s Prime Minister to resign
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an “obstacle” to peace and called on him to resign this week. Pelosi made the comments in an interview recorded Monday with Irish broadcaster RTE’s Six One News. She argued that Netanyahu’s response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas has been “terrible.” […]
Trump gag order hearing contentious
Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argued that former President Trump’s alleged gag order violations pose a “very real threat” to the trial. Prosecutor Chris Conroy made the statement as Tuesday’s proceedings got underway in the New York vs. Trump trial. He handed out copies of 10 social media posts that he says […]
Mass protestor arrests made at NYU and Yale
Protests over the war in Gaza have taken hold at a handful of elite US universities as officials scramble to defuse demonstrations. Police moved to break up an encampment at New York University (NYU) on Monday night, making a number of arrests. Dozens of students were arrested at Yale earlier in the day, while Columbia […]
SCOTUS to hear arguments over homeless tents
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the most consequential case in decades concerning the rights of people experiencing homelessness. In Grants Pass v. Johnson, the Supreme Court will decide whether it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment to fine, ticket, or jail someone for sleeping outside on public property if they have […]
Does Biden exaggerate or outright lie?
One consistent aspect of President Joe Biden‘s time in the White House has been his tendency to exaggerate stories about his past. Biden’s tendency to exaggerate, which goes back decades, typically involves stories with an element of truth that get stretched with new and often hard-to-believe details. Biden sometimes gets called out via fact checks, […]
Opening statements in Trump trial to begin
The stakes are high for Manhattan’s District Attorney Alvin Bragg as he begins his historic prosecution of a former president today. Its success or failure seemingly hinges on an untested legal theory – whether a state prosecutor can invoke a federal crime that was never proven. Ambrosio Rodriguez, a former prosecutor who says he is […]
Hillary says Trump models himself after Putin & Xi
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton predicted that should former President Donald Trump win a second term in November, he could pursue violent ends to his opposition in politics and in the media. Clinton appeared on the podcast Defending Democracy in an episode that aired Friday, where she spent the majority of the nearly 45-minute […]
Zelensky says Ukraine has chance with $60B Aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday thanked U.S. political leaders for approving an aid package to Ukraine over the weekend, saying the newfound aid will give the country a chance at “victory” as the country defends itself from Russia. “I think this support will really strengthen the armed forces, I pray, and we will have […]
Migrant Whack-A-Mole; Texas blocks, CA accepts
A record surge of illegal border crossings in recent years has fuelled the debate over immigration and border security, emerging as a key voter concern ahead of the US presidential election in November. While the border crisis has mostly centred on Texas, where Republican Governor Greg Abbott has waged a fight with President Joe Biden […]
NY AG Letitia James wants Trump’s bond revoked
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday asked that a judge void former President Donald Trump’s bond in his civil fraud case, questioning whether the company that issued it has the funds to back it up. In a 26-page filing ahead of a pre-scheduled hearing on Monday, James expressed concern about whether Knight Specialty […]