U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday denied whistleblower allegations that the Justice Department, FBI and IRS interfered with U.S. Attorney David Weiss’ investigation of Hunter Biden. “As I said at the outset, Mr. Weiss, who was appointed by President Trump as the U.S. attorney in Delaware and assigned this matter during the previous administration, […]
Category: Domestic
‘Wagner Group’ staging violent Coup in Russia
The Russian military was thrown into disarray after the leader of a private mercenary group rebelled against the Kremlin on Friday, marking the greatest challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s leadership in over two decades. Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led his troops out of Ukraine and into a key city south of Moscow, dealing a […]
Would you eat ‘cell-cultivated’ fake meat ?
When I told friends and family I was reporting on the first chicken meat grown from animal cells, their first comment was “Eww.” Their second comment was: “How does it taste?” The short answer (you’ve probably heard this sentence before in other contexts): Tastes like chicken. The longer answer, which folds in the “Eww” response, […]
Sub debris on ocean floor could provide clues
Investigators continue to scour the ocean floor for any insight into how a “catastrophic implosion” killed all five passengers of a Titanic-bound submersible that suddenly lost communication with its mother ship last weekend, officials said. A dayslong international search effort concluded Thursday after debris from the Titan submersible was found about 1,600 feet from the […]
Rep. Adam Schiff Censured in Congress
The House took the rare step Wednesday of censuring one of its own members, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, over his criticisms of then-President Donald Trump and his role in leading the first impeachment inquiry into the former president. The 213-209 party-line vote came exactly one week after a similar effort to censure Schiff, D-Calif., was […]
Missing Tourist Sub’s Oxygen Now Depleted
Coast Guard officials’ estimation of when the missing Titanic submersible would run out of oxygen has passed. The missing OceanGate submersible, which left for its expedition to view the Titanic wreckage on Sunday morning, disappeared roughly one hour and 45 minutes after its dive began. The vessel is intact with 96 hours of oxygen, but […]
John Durham is testifying at House Hearing
Former Special Counsel John Durham is testifying in an open House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, just weeks after releasing a report that found the Justice Department and FBI never should have launched the Trump-Russia investigation. Durham’s first public testimony comes after he testified behind closed doors before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence […]
Biden calls Xi ‘A Dictator’ fueling Chinese anger
President Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator” on Tuesday, sparking an angry reaction from Beijing in a sudden flare-up after talks between the two superpowers aimed at easing their geopolitical animosity. Speaking at a campaign fundraiser in California, Biden suggested that Xi was embarrassed because he did not know about the alleged Chinese […]
‘Banging Sounds’ heard in tourist sub search
News that noises have been picked up in the hunt for a missing submersible has offered a glimmer of hope that the five men on board are alive. The sounds were recorded by sonar buoys in a massive rescue operation, which is racing against time to find the Titan in the middle of the Atlantic […]
NY DA Bragg sued for not sharing Trump records
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is facing two lawsuits for his failure to comply with state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for information about his office’s possible communication with the Justice Department, White House and Democrat lawmakers with regard to Bragg’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump. In March, Bragg indicted Trump on 34 […]
Feds charge Hunter Biden; he will plead guilty
Hunter Biden has reached a deal with prosecutors that would see him plead guilty to a trio of crimes but likely avoid jail time, according to new Justice Department filings. The president’s son has been under investigation for years for tax and financial allegations, as well as for paperwork for purchasing a handgun where he […]
‘Race against time’ to find Titanic Tourist Sub
Search teams are racing against time to find an advanced submersible named Titan, which was carrying five people near the wreckage of the Titanic at a depth of about 12,500 feet. The identities of three of the passengers aboard the submersible have been confirmed: Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate; French submersible pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet; and […]