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Sep 12 2022
News
Election deniers damage U.S. reputation on the world stage, Harris says
Election deniers and elected officials who back rioters from the Jan. 6 insurrection are responsible for eroding the United States’ reputation on the world stage, Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” set to air Sunday.
“Through the process of what we’ve been through, we’re starting to allow people to call into question our commitment to those
PoliticoApr 29 2022
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Mark Kelly Says Listen to Border States, as DHS Draws Fire On Immigration
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas faced a political onslaught this week during his appearances on Capitol Hill. Republican lawmakers grilled the nation's topic public safety official on his record responding to the surge at the border and the Biden administration's move to lift the Title 42 public health order barring certain migrants from seeking asylum.
NewsweekSep 23 2022
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McCarthy unveils House GOP’s big ideas, but challenges ahead
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is heading to Pennsylvania on Friday to directly confront President Joe Biden and the party in power, unveiling a midterm election agenda with sweeping Trump-like promises despite the House GOP’s sometimes spotty record of delivering and governing in Congress.
McCarthy, who is poised to seize the speaker’s gavel if Republicans win control of the House in
Associated PressJun 07 2022
Analysis
What the TSA could teach Congress about gun control
With the country continually in mourning over gun violence — we keep seeing mass shooting after mass shooting after mass shooting — it’s time to find ways to prevent it, lest we remain the “only nation where this regularly happens.” Those solutions needn’t be new, and could perhaps be kind of banal, like the risk-based decision-making behind TSA PreCheck screenings.
The Transportation
VoxSep 11 2022
Analysis
Why Barr is breaking from Trump — and the GOP — over Mar-a-Lago search
Former Attorney General William Barr has emerged as one of the most prominent conservatives to suggest former President Trump may be in serious legal jeopardy over his handling of sensitive materials, underscoring the growing divide between the former president and his onetime staunch ally.
Barr has become a regular presence on Fox News over the past few weeks, weighing in on the FBI
The HillJul 12 2022
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Kremlin says Putin will visit Iran next week
The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tehran next week for a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Iran and Turkey, the so-called Astana format of meetings for Syria-related talks, AP reports.
Driving the news: The White House said Monday that Iran is providing Russia with "hundreds" of unmanned aerial vehicles — including weapons-capable drones for
AxiosJul 23 2022
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Biden administration preps Taiwan for Chinese attack after Ukraine invasion
The Biden administration is planning to bolster U.S. arms production to sustain the war in Ukraine and to support Taiwan in preparing to fend off a future Russian-style invasion from China, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday.
Mr. Sullivan also said the administration is urging Taiwan’s political and military leaders to purchase arms better suited to fighting
Washington TimesAug 02 2022
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China-Taiwan: Tensions spike ahead of Pelosi's expected visit
Taiwan is bracing for a potential show of force from China as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive on the island late Tuesday.
Her visit - which is not backed by the White House - would be the first by such a senior US official in decades.
Pelosi is the third-highest ranking official in the US government and a long-time critic of Beijing.
China has
BBC NewsAug 11 2022
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John Bolton: Iranian man charged in US over alleged assassination plot
An Iranian man has been charged by the US with plotting to kill former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton.
US officials said Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRG), was in Iran and wanted over the alleged plot.
They said Mr Poursafi was likely seeking revenge for the US strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, Iran's most powerful
BBC NewsSep 16 2022
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Biden says not all Republicans are Trumpists. But that position has limits
In recent high-profile speeches, Joe Biden has been performing a high-wire rhetorical act. He is not shying away from the f-word (fascism) – the ultimate condemnation in humanity’s political vocabulary – even if he qualifies that condemnation by calling some on the American right “semi-fascists”.
At the same time, he is putting a lot of effort into separating “extremist Maga Republicans
The Guardian