Biden, Japanese and South Korean leaders pledge unity at Camp David summit

President Biden on Friday hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Camp David for the first-ever stand-alone summit between the three nations’ leaders.  “If I seem like I’m happy, it’s because I am. This has been a great, great meeting,” Biden began at a joint news conference.  Biden […]

Fulton County Sheriff investigating threats against grand jurors after Trump indictment

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is leading an effort to track down the origins of violent threats against the members of the grand jury that handed up an indictment against former President Trump and 18 other co-defendants for actions surrounding Georgia’s 2020 election.   In a statement the Sheriff’s office said that it is “aware that […]

Russia charges U.S. citizen with espionage

A Moscow court on Thursday authorized holding Russian-born U.S. citizen Gene Spector—already behind bars in Russia—on espionage charges.  Spector, who had been an executive at a medical equipment company in Russia, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison last September on accusations he enabled bribes to an aide of former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady […]

Japan’s Prime Minister pledges wildfire aid to Hawaii at Camp David Summit

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Friday’s Camp David summit pledged $2 million in aid to Hawaii amid the massive wildfires on Maui. “First of all, I would like to express my sympathy once again for the devastating damages caused by the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii,” Kishida said in his opening remarks at the summit. […]

Judge dismisses misdemeanor tax charges in Delaware against Hunter Biden

U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika on Thursday dismissed two misdemeanor tax charges in Delaware against Hunter Biden, the President’s son. The judge’s dismissal cam after federal prosecutor David Weiss moved to dismiss the charges in Delaware last week in order to bring charges against Hunter Biden in either Washington DC or California. Last Friday, Attorney […]

Moscow briefly shuts down all 4 major airports amid drone threat

Moscow briefly shut down all four of the city’s major airports early Friday morning amid an alleged drone strike upon the city, according to Moscow’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya. At least seven flights were diverted from Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky airports. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said Friday that Russian air defenses had shot […]

DOJ seeks 33-year prison sentence for Enrique Tarrio

The Department of Justice on Thursday requested a 33-year prison sentence against former Proud Boys chair Henry “Enrique” Tarrio for his role in the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. Tarrio, along with fellow former Proud Boys Joe Biggs, Ethan Nordean and Zachary Rehl, were convicted of seditious conspiracy in May after […]

Trump, Co-Defendant seek to delay 2020 Election trial dates

Attorneys for former President Trump have asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to set the trial date for April 2026 in his federal criminal case surrounding the 2020 election. In a court filing Thursday evening, Trump attorneys urged the judge to reject Special Counsel Jack Smith’s proposed trial date of January 2, 2024, asserting that the […]

U.S. approves F-16s to Ukraine from Denmark and Netherlands

The U.S. has given NATO member nations Denmark and the Netherlands the go-ahead to send F-16s to Ukraine to aid in its war against Russia.  Washington officials said the two nations can send the fighter jets as soon as Ukrainian pilot training is complete. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been asking for F-16s for months. […]

Maui Emergency Management chief resigns, citing health reasons

Herman Andaya, the administer of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, resigned Thursday effective immediately.  His announcement came one day after he defended his decision to sound warning sirens ahead of this past week’s devastating wildfires on Maui. Hawaii has what it says is the largest system of outdoor alert sirens in the world. Maui itself […]

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