Friday, May 17, 2024

Politics

FBI: Pipe Bombs At RNC, DNC Were Planted Night Before Riot

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two pipe bombs left at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees, discovered just before thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Ca...

Moscow Court Puts Navalny’s Allies Under House Arrest

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Friday put the brother and several allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest for two months as authorities sought to sty...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Blamed A Deadly Forest Fire On ‘Rothschild Inc’ And Lasers From Space

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Among the many posts being unearthed amid renewed scrutiny of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s social media history is one in which the new congresswoman implicated “Roth...

Capitol Police Bolstering Travel Security For Lawmakers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol Police are stepping up security at Washington-area transportation hubs and taking other steps to safeguard traveling lawmakers as Congress continues t...

UN Chief Sees ‘Hope’ For Israel-Palestinian Peace Progress

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday “there are reasons to hope” for progress toward ending the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict after yea...

UN Chief Calls For Regulating Social Media Companies

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief called Thursday for global rules to regulate powerful social media companies like Twitter and Facebook. Secretary-General Antonio ...

Biden Faces Scrutiny Over Reliance On Executive Orders

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and aides showed touches of prickliness Thursday over growing scrutiny of the new president’s heavy reliance on executive orders in his first ...

Biden Opens ‘Obamacare’ Window For Uninsured As COVID Rages

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered government health insurance markets to reopen for a special sign-up window, offering uninsured Americans a haven as the sp...

Taliban Violence Raises Questions About US Troop Withdrawal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Thursday said the Taliban's refusal to meet commitments to reduce violence in Afghanistan is raising questions about whether all U.S. troops will ...

Former Obama Aide To Be Tapped As Iran Envoy, Angering Hawks

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A top national security aide to former President Barack Obama is expected to be tapped as U.S. envoy for Iran this week, several people familiar with the matter s...

Sarah Sanders Raises $1M For Arkansas Governor Campaign

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders raised more than $1 million in the first four days of her bid for Arkansas governor, her campaign said Thu...

Man Who Wore Horns At Riot Willing To Speak At Trump’s Trial

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PHOENIX (AP) — The lawyer for an Arizona man who took part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns is offering to hav...

Biden Rescinds Abortion Restrictions On US Foreign Aid

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday rescinded a regulation that barred U.S. foreign aid from being used to perform or promote abortions. His decision, while expected,...

Pelosi Wants Security Money To Face ‘Enemy’ Within House

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WASHINGTON (AP) — More money is needed to protect lawmakers from threats of violence coming from an “enemy” within Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, a startling a...

Negev Social Activist Brings Tons Of Vegetables To Bnei Brak In Solidarity Gesture

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the negative media attention given to Bnei Brak in the wake of the rioting which followed aggressive police action to enforce health regulations in th...

NBC Removes Story On Biden Official’s Ties To $500,000 In AIPAC Donations

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — NBC has removed a report about hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby group, by a top Biden security official’s family foun...

Sacked Worker From Keystone XL Project Vents Frustration On Social Media

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — One of Joe Biden's first acts as president was to issue an executive order cancelling the Keystone XL oil and gas pipeline project approved by his predecessor....

In Wyoming, Cheney Faces Blowback For Vote To Impeach Trump

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — When Liz Cheney, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, decided to vote to impeach a president from her own party, she knew she'd cause...

Biden Seen Likely To Keep Space Force, A Trump Favorite

WASHINGTON (AP) — To the last moments of his presidency, Donald Trump trumpeted Space Force as a creation for the ages. And while President Joe Biden has quickly undone other Trump...

Ultra-Orthodox Unrest Threatens Netanyahu Re-Election Hopes

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JERUSALEM (AP) — As he seeks reelection, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned to a straightforward strategy: Count on the rock-solid support of his ultra-Orthodox p...