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Mar 15 2023
News
U.S. to sell nuke-powered subs to Australia in unprecedented deal
The U.S. is preparing to sell three to five nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, an unprecedented step that’s expected to pave the way for Canberra to co-develop and then eventually build its own attack boats in the decades ahead, President Joe Biden announced Monday alongside his allied counterparts.
Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony
Politico
Feb 15 2023
News
Pence plans to resist special counsel subpoena in Jan. 6 probe
Former Vice President Mike Pence plans to challenge a subpoena from the special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 riot, a source familiar with Pence’s plans told NBC News on Tuesday.
Pence’s legal team will fight the subpoena on the grounds that the former vice president was acting in his role as president of the Senate during the joint session of
NBC News Digital
Mar 29 2022
News
Face-to-Face Talks Resume With ‘Fresh Hope for Peace’ in Ukraine
Face-to-face peace talks have resumed as negotiators from Russia and Ukraine met in the Turkish capital Istanbul in a search for common ground that would put an end to the war that has killed thousands and driven millions from their homes.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the delegates, saying that “stopping this tragedy” was up to them.
“We hope that your meetings and
The Epoch Times
Mar 09 2023
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Russia pummels Ukraine with array of high-tech weaponry in nationwide assault
Russia showered Kyiv, Lviv and other major cities across Ukraine with what officials said was an unprecedented array of missiles on Thursday morning, stepping up its assault on the entire country as a sluggish ground war drags on in the east.
A total of 81 missiles were used in a “massive attack” on Ukrainian infrastructure, including six Kinzhal ballistic missiles that have the ability
CNN Digital
Jan 22 2013
News
For GOP, Obama's 'Very Ideological' Speech Not Wearing Well
If President Obama's second inaugural speech did anything for conservatives, it was to reaffirm their suspicion of the president as an unreconstructed liberal with whom they won't find much, if any, common ground during his just-started second term. A day after the president's speech, that view appeared to be hardening.
NPR (Online News)
Oct 04 2022
Analysis
First As Parody, Then As Free Speech: The Onion Goes To The Supreme Court. It's About As Awesome As You'd Suspect.
Premier news source specializing in pataphysics, The Onion, has taken time from its busy schedule of predicting nefarious events to come and debunking the commonly held myth that girls just want to have fun to defend one of the many rights held within the Ninth Amendment — the right to laughter. There’s probably also some free speech sprinkled in for good measure. And Criminal Law. You really
Above The Law
Jul 22 2023
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Slanted Reports on Nebraska Teen Jailed for Burning Remains After Abortion
The New York Times (Lean Left) and many other media outlets showed numerous types of media bias when reporting on a Nebraska teen jailed for illegally concealing human remains after a self-induced abortion, including bias by slant, bias by omission, and bias by viewpoint placement.
In their headlines, numerous media outlets obscured the fact that the teen was jailed for illegally
Julie Mastrine
Mar 13 2023
Analysis
Credit Cards 'Pause' Efforts To Track Gun Purchases After Pushback
Just weeks ago, gun control advocates were doing happy dances as credit card companies prepared to implement a new merchant category code (MCC) that would ease the way, sort of, for tracking gun purchases. Now, under public pressure, financial institutions are backing away from those codes and supporters of self-defense rights are celebrating. It's an illustration of how quickly the high
Reason
Feb 09 2021
News
Biden backs House Democrats' proposed threshold for COVID-19 checks
President Biden said Tuesday he agrees with a proposal from House Democrats to begin phasing out the next round of direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans who make more than $75,000, a key sticking point among some in the party.
Biden signaled his support for the threshold during a meeting with the heads of several major corporations in the Oval Office. He hosted the business
The Hill
Mar 24 2023
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U.S. contractor killed, 5 service members and contractor wounded in suicide drone strike in Syria
The United States launched airstrikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria on Thursday after a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and another contractor were wounded when a suicide drone hit a coalition base in the country's northeast.
The intelligence community believes the drone to have been of Iranian origin, the Defense Department said in a statement. The U.
NBC News Digital