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Apr 20 2021
News
Worse than the Cold War? US-Russia relations hit new low.
Russia’s relations with the West, and the United States in particular, appear to be plumbing depths of acrimony and mutual misunderstanding unseen even during the original Cold War.
After years of deteriorating relations, sanctions, tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions, and an escalating “information war,” some in Moscow are asking if there even is any point in seeking renewed dialogue
Christian Science MonitorAug 12 2021
News
Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
The Taliban have taken the strategically important city of Ghazni, the 10th provincial capital to fall to the militants in less than a week.
Afghan security forces arrested Ghazni's governor and his deputy after they fled the city.
Ghazni is on the major Kabul-Kandahar motorway, linking militant strongholds in the south to the capital, Kabul.
Taking Ghazni is thought to
BBC NewsJun 26 2020
News
Judge sets July 14 surrender date, immediate home confinement for Roger Stone
A federal judge has ordered longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone to prison on July 14 and into home confinement until then, citing Stone's own evidence of medical issues that he cited to request a delay of his June 30 surrender date to begin a 40-month jail term.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied Stone's request to delay the start of his sentence until Sept. 3, instead giving Stone
PoliticoNov 23 2021
Opinion
Kyle Rittenhouse and the scary future of the American right
In the apocalyptic imagination of the American far-right, violence plays a central role. The right’s radical extremists believe that mainstream American institutions have been rotted from within, undermined by the nefarious influence of Blacks, Jews, and liberals. White Americans are justified — maybe even obligated — to take up arms to protect their people and their culture.
VoxJun 06 2014
News
Obama Makes Move To Close Gitmo
President Barack Obama is moving ahead with his push to close the Guantanamo Bay prison despite the uproar over the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for a captured American soldier, an administration official said Thursday. ...
HuffPostAug 29 2021
Analysis
Condemning Beijing’s Latest Assault on Freedom of the Press
In an escalating campaign to suppress freedom of speech, China’s communist authorities have arrested and charged 11 Chinese citizens for allegedly providing The Epoch Times with information documenting draconian virus lockdown measures.
The 11 citizens face up to life in prison if convicted, according to the Chinese Communist Party’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate.
The Epoch
The Epoch TimesMar 06 2021
News
Kentucky May Soon Restore Voting Rights To 200,000 People With Felony Convictions
For most of 2020, Savvy Shabazz traversed the state of Kentucky to help register Kentuckians like him, with prior felony convictions that had left them permanently barred from voting. All the while, he kept one eye on his cellphone, waiting for a call that would allow him to register and cast a ballot in November too.
After winning election in 2019, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D)
HuffPostApr 07 2015
News
Report: Bergdahl Definitely Deserted To Turn Himself Over to The Taliban, Other U.S. Enemies
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was traded in a prisoner swap by the Obama administration for five top Taliban commanders last summer, has been charged with desertion and misbehaving in front to the enemy under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He faces life in prison if he is convicted.
TownhallMay 09 2018
News
Trump says US detainees in North Korea have been freed
President Trump on Wednesday said three U.S. prisoners in North Korea have been freed and are returning to the United States with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The HillDec 13 2018
News
Trump says he never directed Cohen to break the law, claims lawyer has liability
President Trump argued Thursday that he never told Michael Cohen to break the law, just one day after his former lawyer was sentenced to three years in prison for campaign finance and tax violations.
Washington Times