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Feb 10 2014
News
Francois Hollande Halts Same-Sex Parenting Law After Huge Pro-Traditional Family March
In the wake of tens of thousands of people participating in pro-traditional family protests in France and throughout Europe, French President François Hollande backed down from submitting a new family-law bill to parliament that would make legal “assisted procreation for lesbian couples” and “surrogate motherhood for gay men” who want children. According to France24, a source in Prime Minister
Breitbart NewsMar 25 2020
News
When Will It Be Safe to Loosen Coronavirus Lockdowns?
Governments prepare for the long haul as authorities grapple with how much economic pain countries can endure.
As the new coronavirus spreads across the world, governments and scientists are bracing for a monthslong siege rather than a swift victory—one marked by shifting strategies and potentially prolonged economic disruption.
Sweeping restrictions and unprecedented lockdowns
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 22 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden Sets Target of Cutting US Emissions up to 52% by 2030
On Thursday, President Joe Biden will commit the United States to cutting its greenhouse emissions 50% to 52% by 2030 in remarks kicking off his climate summit event with world leaders. The target, aimed at slowing climate change, is non-binding unless approved by Congress. Yet Biden hopes it pushes other countries to submit more ambitious plans to the United Nations as part of the Paris
Washington Times Associated Press BloombergJan 15 2015
News
At Least 2 Killed in Antiterror Raid by the Belgian Police
Belgium stepped up its efforts against suspected terrorists on Thursday with police raids, arrests and a heightened alert level across the country. Two suspects were killed in a gun battle near the German border, and the authorities said that a man suspected of links to last week’s deadly terror attacks in Paris had been arrested in southern Belgium.
The gun battle happened in Verviers
New York Times (News)Jul 02 2019
News
Tanks for Trump's July 4th Celebration Spotted
President Donald Trump isn't taking "no tanks" for an answer on the Fourth of July.
He said Monday that a display of U.S. military tanks will be part of a special event he's headlining July 4 in Washington, D. C., and photographers have spotted at least two M1A1 Abrams tanks and two Bradley Fighting Vehicles on flatcars in a railyard at the southeastern edge of Washington.
Newsmax (News)Jul 02 2019
News
Trump plans tanks and flyovers at Fourth of July celebration in Washington
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to display battle tanks on Washington’s National Mall as part of a pumped-up Fourth of July celebration that will also feature flyovers by fighter jets and other displays of military prowess.
The military hardware is just one new element in a U.S. Independence Day pageant that will depart significantly from the nonpartisan, broadly
ReutersJul 27 2020
News
National security adviser Robert O'Brien tests positive for Covid-19
Robert O’Brien, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, has tested positive for Covid-19, making him the highest profile Trump official to get the virus, an administration official confirmed.
It’s unclear how O’Brien was exposed to the coronavirus or how much in-person contact he’s had recently with Trump. Anyone who is near the president is tested regularly for the disease
PoliticoAug 01 2014
Opinion
Clueless in Gaza
John Kerry is upset by heavy criticism from Israelis — left, right and center — of his recent cease-fire diplomacy. But that’s only half the story. More significant is the consternation of America’s Arab partners, starting with the president of the Palestinian Authority. Mahmoud Abbas was stunned that Kerry would fly off to Paris to negotiate with Hamas allies Qatar and Turkey in talks that
Charles KrauthammerApr 26 2019
News
Morality in an Age of Materialism
Notre-Dame and Sri Lanka — why such a disparity in our reactions?
On April 15, 2019, just before 18:20 CEST, a structure fire broke out beneath the roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris. By the time it was extinguished, some 15 hours later, the building’s spire and most of its roof had been destroyed. Though its upper walls were severely damaged, extensive damage to the interior was
The American SpectatorMay 20 2021
Fact Check
Eric Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Joe Biden’s White House doesn’t travel
In a falsehood-filled attack on President Joe Biden’s administration, Eric Trump wrongly claimed that the White House under Biden is not traveling — to the border, overseas, or anywhere.
"There’s no fight coming out of the White House," Trump, the second son of former President Donald Trump, told Fox News host Sean Hannity May 18. "There’s no one there. They don’t travel. They don't go
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