Author: Mike Brest
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Russia and China veto US-backed UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire
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Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-backed United Nations Security Council resolution that called for an “immediate and sustained ceasefire” in Gaza on Friday. Eleven countries voted in favor of the resolution, while those two, along with Algeria, voted against it, and there was one abstention. This was the fourth attempt by the Security Council to…
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Biden deploying 3,000 troops to fortify Europe amid Russia-Ukraine standoff
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President Joe Biden has decided to deploy thousands of troops to and within Europe amid the Russia-Ukraine standoff. Biden’s decision, which the Pentagon announced on Tuesday, comes as the United States continues to attempt to thwart off a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine as the former has amassed a military buildup of more than 100,000…
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‘Ruthless group’: Pentagon wary of working with the Taliban moving forward
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The highest officials within the Department of Defense expressed wariness about a continued relationship with the Taliban following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Both Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said during a Wednesday press conference at the Pentagon that although the two sides worked together to secure Hamid Karzai International…
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US life expectancy drops to lowest level in nearly two decades amid pandemic
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Life expectancy in the United States fell to its lowest level in 2020 dating back nearly two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s early data released on Wednesday. U.S. life expectancy came in at 77.3 years for 2020, the lowest it’s been since 2003. There was a drop of 1.5 years…
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Trump and Gab CEO accounts compromised during large-scale hack of alternative social media platform
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Social media platform Gab, a Twitter alternative known for its far-right demographic, was hacked and two of the people whose accounts were “compromised” include former President Donald Trump and the CEO of the company, Andrew Torba. Distributed Denial of Secrets, a group similar to WikiLeaks, collected more than 70 gigabytes of data from the platform…
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Rush Limbaugh, longtime conservative talk radio personality, dies at 70
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Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio personality who was the bane of Democratic presidents and who built an audience of millions of listeners on the right, has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 70. Limbaugh died Wednesday morning at his home in Palm Beach, Florida, his wife, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, announced on his…
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National Guardsmen banished to garage allowed back in Capitol after Congress unites in rage
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Congress joined in a united front on President Biden’s first full day in office. All it took was a controversy involving thousands of National Guardsmen being relegated during their breaks to a parking garage. Lawmakers across the political spectrum reacted with outrage as reports Thursday evening came in about the soldiers being forced to vacate congressional grounds…
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Rep. Lauren Boebert again denies providing Capitol tours days before siege
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A freshman House Republican, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, is denying an accusation that she led tours of the Capitol in the days leading up to the insurrection earlier this month. Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee claimed Boebert, a Republican, gave a tour to “a large group” in the days leading up the riot…
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‘Banning free speech’: President Trump pushes back on Twitter ban
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President Trump condemned Twitter shortly after the social media platform banned him permanently. “As I have been saying for a long time, Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and the Radical Left in removing my account from their platform, to silence me –…
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Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley will object to Electoral College results
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Sen. Josh Hawley said he will object to the Electoral College certification during a joint session of Congress scheduled for Jan. 6, giving House Republicans the senator they need to put into action their longshot to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The announcement, shared to social media Wednesday morning, is sure to give President Trump a boost…
