NY v Trump: Judge denies motion for mistrial amid Stormy Daniels testimony
Former President Trump’s defense attorneys are moving for a mistrial amid the testimony of pornographic actress Stormy Daniels. Defense attorney Todd Blanche, after court’s lunch break, told Judge Juan Merchan that Daniels’ testimony Tuesday morning was prejudicial. Merchan said a mistrial was not warranted, and stated that he was doing everything he could to control […]
Biden Condemns Antisemitism at Holocaust Memorial
President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that the threat of antisemitism is growing, in remarks honoring the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, as his support for Israel’s assault on Gaza divides his Democratic Party.[#item_full_content]
Republicans urge Biden to prevent French company from collaborating with Russian nuclear company
Two influential Republican U.S. lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to prevent a French company from working on civil nuclear power projects with Russia’s state-owned nuclear company Rosatom, saying doing otherwise would help fund Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. In a letter seen by Reuters, Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of […]
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Recoup UNRWA Funds
Bipartisan members of Congress are seeking a refund on U.S. aid that was given to a controversial United Nations agency this year.[#item_full_content]
Cardona grilled over Biden student loan handouts for campus anti-Israel agitators ‘breaking the law’
President Biden’s Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona was grilled on Capitol Hill Tuesday on whether U.S. taxpayers would foot the student loan bills for anti-Israel agitators “breaking the law” at college campuses. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., asked Cardona that because he has “been proudly volunteering the taxpayers to […]
Philadelphia Set to Clear Homeless Encampment, ‘Drug Market’
Philadelphia will clear a homeless encampment Wednesday out of an area that is known as the center of the city’s opioid crisis, a fulfillment of a campaign promise of recently elected Mayor Cherelle Parker.[#item_full_content]
Trump: Vice President Picks Don’t Sway Elections
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday the top qualification for his vice president pick is whether that person would be “a good president,” adding that he’s not expecting much of a bump in votes from his choice.[#item_full_content]
Trump Mediating Rep. Greene, Speaker Johnson Impasse
Former President Donald Trump is not only making public statements in support of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., but he is trying to mediate between the speaker and the Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., threat to file a notice to vacate.[#item_full_content]
Ukraine busts up Russia’s Zelenskyy assassination plot in massive ‘failure’ of Putin’s spies
Ukrainian authorities have arrested two colonels from the Ukrainian forces who had allegedly collaborated with Russians to plot the assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “The attempt was planned under the supervision of employees of the 5th department of the FSB as a gift to Vladimir Putin for the inauguration,” Ukrainian Secret Service SBU said […]
With monsoon season on horizon, coming weeks could prove critical for outcome of Burmese war
In the jungles of southeastern Burma’s Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country’s ruling junta to try to reclaim Myawaddy, a critical trading outpost on the Thai border. What happens in the next few weeks in the scramble for Myawaddy and other […]