Senate Republicans to Block Fill-In for Feinstein on Judiciary Committee
Senate Republicans said they would block Democrats’ plans to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the Judiciary Committee while she recovers from illness. Judiciary is the committee that approves federal judges. Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently acknowledged that Feinstein’s absence had slowed down Democrats’ efforts to confirm President Biden’s nominees. Feinstein last week requested […]
McCarthy, Republicans Prepare to Unveil Debt Ceiling Plan
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was meeting with House Republicans on Tuesday behind closed doors ahead of unveiling their proposal for raising the debt ceiling. According to some reports, House GOP members, including the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, were generally open to the plan McCarthy outlined in a speech Monday on Wall Street. On Monday, McCarthy […]
Taiwan Suspects China of Cutting its Internet Cables
Taiwan’s National Communications Commission, citing its national telecom service, blamed two Chinese ships for cut internet cables. The country’s suspicion is that a Chinese fishing vessel severed one cable roughly 30 miles out at sea, while a Chinese cargo ship cut a second cable. Both incidents are suspected of occurring in early February. The 14,000 […]
Oklahoma Governor Calls for Officials to Resign after “Hanging,” Racist Remarks
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) said Sunday he was seeking the resignations of four county officials caught on tape making racist remarks and referencing “hanging.” The recording was made secretly by a local newspaper. It appears to capture one of the McCurtain County officials complaining about two of the paper’s journalists while referencing “hit men” […]
Russian Judge Upholds American Journalist Evan Gershkovich’s Detention
A Russian judge on Tuesday upheld espionage charges against U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, keeping him behind bars. Gershkovich, who reports for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested on March 29. Russia’s FSB security services said he “was collecting classified information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military industrial complex.” Despite […]
Putin Visits Troops in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his commanders Monday in two regions of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed. The Kremlin said Putin had visited southern Kherson, where he attended a military command meeting, and also dropped in on national guard headquarters in eastern Luhansk. In September, Putin had proclaimed Kherson and Luhansk annexed […]
Police: “Racial Components” in Shooting of Teen who Went to Wrong Address
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said Monday that the police “recognize the racial components of the case” of an 84-year-old white man who shot a 16-year-old teenager who mistook an address. Police released the mugshot of 84-year-old Andrew Lester after charging him with first degree assault. He’s accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl twice, […]
Trump Denied Delay in Sexual Assault Trial
A federal judge in New York on Monday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to delay to delay the start of his sexual assault and defamation trial for one month. Trump attorney Joseph Tacopina had asked for a “cooling off” period following the former President’s unprecedented indictment by a Manhattan grand jury and arraignment on […]
Two Arrested in Chinese “Secret Police” Operation in New York City
Two men have been arrested on charges they helped set up a a secret police outpost in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government, the Department of Justice said Monday. The foreign police outpost was reportedly situated in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood, which borders the Lower East Side. More than three dozen officers with […]
Mass Shooting at Alabama Sweet 16 was 161st This Year
Authorities have identified the four young people who were shot and killed at a sweet 16 birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama over the weekend. Saturday’s mass shooting was the 161st in the U.S. so far this year, as defined by four or more victims killed or wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive. In the two […]
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