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Around the World
US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions
The U.S. military is exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields in the kingdom amid heightened tensions with Iran, the military said Tuesday.
US, Russia agree to extend ‘New START’ nuclear arms treaty
The United States and Russia "agreed in principle" to extend the New START arms treaty by five years, the Kremlin reported on its website Tuesday following a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Declassified U.S. intelligence bolsters Wuhan lab theory in coronavirus outbreak
U.S. intelligence findings recently declassified by the State Department provide fresh evidence for the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic likely began at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China’s sole high-security laboratory that has links to the country’s military.
China President says US may trigger next Cold War
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Monday that US efforts to isolate China may trigger a “new Cold War,” the Washington Times (WT) reports. President Xi made his remarks during a video speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned Tuesday after former PM Matteo Renzi pulled his Italia Viva party out of a deeply divided governing coalition, Sky News reports. Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella has asked Mr. Conte to stay on in a caretaker capacity while he begins consultations with the leaders of the other parties on Wednesday.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
U.S. announces restoration of relations with Palestinians
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday it was restoring relations with the Palestinians and renewing aid to Palestinian refugees, a reversal of the Trump administration’s cutoff and a key element of its new support for a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
IDF chief warns Israel won’t accept return to Iran nuclear deal, offensive military options on table
The head of the IDF warned Tuesday that Israel would not accept a direct return to the Iran nuclear deal and the military was preparing contingency plans in case the Iranians moved closer to producing a nuclear weapon.
Inside the United States
Trump’s Conviction Unlikely Vote Shows
A conviction of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump appeared unlikely as 45 Republican senators voted against holding an impeachment trial.
Judge Bars Biden from Enforcing 100-Day Ban on Deportations After Texas AG Files Federal Lawsuit
A federal judge on Tuesday barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden.
Senate Filibuster’s Future Shaky, Meaning Radical Agenda Could Someday be Imposed by 51-to-50 Vote
Pretty much in every place in the nation’s capital, the majority rules. The lone holdout is the U.S. Senate, which was created to be a slower, more deliberative body. The filibuster slows things down by forcing the 100-member Senate to get 60 votes to move ahead on an issue.
Planned Parenthood victory: Supreme Court nixes rulings that upheld Texas pandemic abortion ban
In a victory for Planned Parenthood, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned two lower court rulings that had sided with GOP officials in banning most abortion procedures in Texas in an effort to conserve medical resources at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Seattle and Portland finally decide they don’t want rioting, but bail reform could hurt clampdown
Leaders in Oregon and Washington are finally pledging an end to near-nightly chaos caused by antifa and other radical groups they gave free rein to while former President Donald Trump was in office.
Declassified! The Russia informant transcript the FBI didn’t want Americans to see
Four days before the FBI secured a surveillance warrant against him in fall 2016, Trump campaign adviser Carter Page repeatedly knocked down the key allegations at the heart of the Russia collusion investigation while talking to a government informant who was wearing a wire.
All border wall construction to be stopped Tuesday night
Construction workers on the U.S.-Mexico border were notified to stop all border wall projects by the end of Tuesday, according to a congressman whose district sits on the international boundary.
Biden issues executive order allowing transgender people to join US military
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that reverses the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people joining the US military, Voice of America reports. Transgender citizens had been allowed to serve in the military and receive transitioning treatment under former President Barack Obama, but new transgender recruits were subsequently banned under former President Donald Trump.
Christian News
Ethiopia: “Urgent” humanitarian crisis now unfolding
Ethiopia is in the midst of a full-blown humanitarian crisis as refugees flee to the border with Sudan and up to two million people face starvation while the government wars against a separatist group in the country’s Tigray region, CBN News reports. Among daily reports of mass killings on both sides is the reported massacre of over 700 Orthodox Christians outside their church in Tigray’s city of Aksum earlier this month.
Worthy Watch
Do you understand why they are going after Trump in a 2nd impeachment? Let MSNBC clarify.
John Solomon Reveals Explosive Statements Kept from the American People
Definition of a Dictator in the words of Biden in October
Senator Rand Paul Speaks Out in the Hypocrisy of Incitement
Flashback: “I hope” Democrats Break the Rules to take Down Trump
Fauci says wearing two face masks is ‘common sense’ and ‘likely’ more effective
Tucker Carlson Warns of H.R. 1 Radical Change Coming to America
Democrats Have Released a Roadmap to One-Party Rule
US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions
The U.S. military is exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields in the kingdom amid heightened tensions with Iran, the military said Tuesday.
US, Russia agree to extend ‘New START’ nuclear arms treaty
The United States and Russia "agreed in principle" to extend the New START arms treaty by five years, the Kremlin reported on its website Tuesday following a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Declassified U.S. intelligence bolsters Wuhan lab theory in coronavirus outbreak
U.S. intelligence findings recently declassified by the State Department provide fresh evidence for the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic likely began at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China’s sole high-security laboratory that has links to the country’s military.
China President says US may trigger next Cold War
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Monday that US efforts to isolate China may trigger a “new Cold War,” the Washington Times (WT) reports. President Xi made his remarks during a video speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned Tuesday after former PM Matteo Renzi pulled his Italia Viva party out of a deeply divided governing coalition, Sky News reports. Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella has asked Mr. Conte to stay on in a caretaker capacity while he begins consultations with the leaders of the other parties on Wednesday.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
U.S. announces restoration of relations with Palestinians
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday it was restoring relations with the Palestinians and renewing aid to Palestinian refugees, a reversal of the Trump administration’s cutoff and a key element of its new support for a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
IDF chief warns Israel won’t accept return to Iran nuclear deal, offensive military options on table
The head of the IDF warned Tuesday that Israel would not accept a direct return to the Iran nuclear deal and the military was preparing contingency plans in case the Iranians moved closer to producing a nuclear weapon.
Inside the United States
Trump’s Conviction Unlikely Vote Shows
A conviction of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump appeared unlikely as 45 Republican senators voted against holding an impeachment trial.
Judge Bars Biden from Enforcing 100-Day Ban on Deportations After Texas AG Files Federal Lawsuit
A federal judge on Tuesday barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden.
Senate Filibuster’s Future Shaky, Meaning Radical Agenda Could Someday be Imposed by 51-to-50 Vote
Pretty much in every place in the nation’s capital, the majority rules. The lone holdout is the U.S. Senate, which was created to be a slower, more deliberative body. The filibuster slows things down by forcing the 100-member Senate to get 60 votes to move ahead on an issue.
Planned Parenthood victory: Supreme Court nixes rulings that upheld Texas pandemic abortion ban
In a victory for Planned Parenthood, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned two lower court rulings that had sided with GOP officials in banning most abortion procedures in Texas in an effort to conserve medical resources at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Seattle and Portland finally decide they don’t want rioting, but bail reform could hurt clampdown
Leaders in Oregon and Washington are finally pledging an end to near-nightly chaos caused by antifa and other radical groups they gave free rein to while former President Donald Trump was in office.
Declassified! The Russia informant transcript the FBI didn’t want Americans to see
Four days before the FBI secured a surveillance warrant against him in fall 2016, Trump campaign adviser Carter Page repeatedly knocked down the key allegations at the heart of the Russia collusion investigation while talking to a government informant who was wearing a wire.
All border wall construction to be stopped Tuesday night
Construction workers on the U.S.-Mexico border were notified to stop all border wall projects by the end of Tuesday, according to a congressman whose district sits on the international boundary.
Biden issues executive order allowing transgender people to join US military
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that reverses the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people joining the US military, Voice of America reports. Transgender citizens had been allowed to serve in the military and receive transitioning treatment under former President Barack Obama, but new transgender recruits were subsequently banned under former President Donald Trump.
Christian News
Ethiopia: “Urgent” humanitarian crisis now unfolding
Ethiopia is in the midst of a full-blown humanitarian crisis as refugees flee to the border with Sudan and up to two million people face starvation while the government wars against a separatist group in the country’s Tigray region, CBN News reports. Among daily reports of mass killings on both sides is the reported massacre of over 700 Orthodox Christians outside their church in Tigray’s city of Aksum earlier this month.
Worthy Watch
Do you understand why they are going after Trump in a 2nd impeachment? Let MSNBC clarify.
John Solomon Reveals Explosive Statements Kept from the American People
Definition of a Dictator in the words of Biden in October
Senator Rand Paul Speaks Out in the Hypocrisy of Incitement
Flashback: “I hope” Democrats Break the Rules to take Down Trump
Fauci says wearing two face masks is ‘common sense’ and ‘likely’ more effective
Tucker Carlson Warns of H.R. 1 Radical Change Coming to America
Democrats Have Released a Roadmap to One-Party Rule
Around the World
More Protests In Russia After Thousands of Arrests
Supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have called for new protests after thousands were detained in the largest rallies against Russian President Vladimir Putin in years.
Massive Violence Erupts in Netherlands over Curfew
The Netherlands was edging closer to near civil war Monday as police clashed with protestors defying the nation’s first curfew since World War Two.
Davos: China’s Xi urges cooperation to reboot global economy
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said that governments worldwide must do more to work together and put the global economy back on track.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israel halts all commercial flights in bid to keep virus variants at bay
Israel on Monday night shuttered Ben Gurion Airport to nearly all flights until the end of January, amid fears over fast-spreading or vaccine-resistant coronavirus variants entering the country.
Inside the United States
House Sends Impeachment Article Against Trump Amid Tight Security
Donald J. Trump’s political fate was in the hands of Republican senators Monday as the House sent an article of impeachment against the former U.S. President.
Biden to sign executive order requiring government to increase purchase of U.S. made goods
President Biden will sign an executive order Monday to increase government purchases from United States manufacturers.
‘Victory smoke in the Capitol, boys’: Affidavits reveal Capitol rioters trail of videos, media posts
A group of right-wing militia members arrived in Washington bent on breaching the U.S. Capitol and booked a room for two in a motel in Arlington, Virginia, for at least six fellow Oath Keepers.
New Evidence Implicates FBI Higher-Ups in Dishonesty of Anti-Trump Lawyer
For the past year, defenders of the FBI have consistently downplayed the significance of an FBI staff lawyer falsifying evidence in the government’s investigation into Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia. They argue Kevin Clinesmith’s crime of altering a CIA document to obscure the fact that former Trump campaign aide Carter Page worked for U.S., not Russian, intelligence was a rare lapse in judgment by an overworked bureaucrat. It was not, his apologists say, part of any broader conspiracy to conceal exculpatory information from surveillance court judges, who never learned of Page’s history with the CIA before approving FBI warrants to wiretap him as a suspected Russian agent.
Christian News
Nigeria: Abductors release Christian university professor while country leads world for deadly persecution
The deputy vice-chancellor of the Christian Anchor University in Lagos state, Nigeria has reportedly been released after being kidnapped by suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Jan. 18, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. John Fatokun is understood to have been released on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Nevertheless, Nigeria ranks number one on the 2021 World Watch List for countries in which Christians are killed for their faith.
International advocacy group calls for immediate release of Cuban pastor detained on “trumped-up charges”
The international Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) human rights organization has called for the immediate release of a pastor who is in custody in Cuba on what the group says are “trumped-up charges." Cuban pastor Karel Parra Rosabal was arrested in Las Tunas on January 12 apparently because of his involvement with the Apostolic Movement, a network of independent churches that the Cuban government refuses to register, rendering them effectively illegal.
Bombing at California church accused of hateful messaging against LGBT community
The FBI is investigating a bomb blast that broke windows at a California Baptist church that has been subject to protests for what has been described as extremist, hateful messaging against the LGBT community, Religion News reports. El Monte police said the city’s First Works Baptist church building was attacked at 1 am Saturday when an “improvised explosive device” was thrown at it. No one was in the building at the time and no injuries have been reported.
Supreme Court rejects Nevada church protesting coronavirus worship restrictions
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Nevada church protesting Gov. Steve Sisolak's coronavirus worship restrictions.
Christian advocacy group: Biden’s executive order targets people of faith
A Christian advocacy group has said one of President Joe Biden’s first executive orders is an “assault on biological reality” that negatively targets people of faith and faith-based organizations that provide social services, Christian Today reports. The Family Research Council (FRC) said the president’s Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation may result in Christians having to violate their consciences and even lose government contracts for failure to comply.
Worthy Watch
CNN’s Jim Acosta: Trump supporters, Fox News remain ‘a threat to our democracy’
Media Promotes the Unfinished Business of the Arab Spring!
Explosive Investigation in Covid-19
Tucker Carlson Exposes ICE emails to stop deportations
Sen. Rand Paul Wants Investigation into Election Fraud
Antifa Targets Tahoma in Washington
Antifa Targets ICE in Portland
How the Australian Press Views the U.S. Media
America’s Great Purge (and Israel)
More Protests In Russia After Thousands of Arrests
Supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have called for new protests after thousands were detained in the largest rallies against Russian President Vladimir Putin in years.
Massive Violence Erupts in Netherlands over Curfew
The Netherlands was edging closer to near civil war Monday as police clashed with protestors defying the nation’s first curfew since World War Two.
Davos: China’s Xi urges cooperation to reboot global economy
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said that governments worldwide must do more to work together and put the global economy back on track.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israel halts all commercial flights in bid to keep virus variants at bay
Israel on Monday night shuttered Ben Gurion Airport to nearly all flights until the end of January, amid fears over fast-spreading or vaccine-resistant coronavirus variants entering the country.
Inside the United States
House Sends Impeachment Article Against Trump Amid Tight Security
Donald J. Trump’s political fate was in the hands of Republican senators Monday as the House sent an article of impeachment against the former U.S. President.
Biden to sign executive order requiring government to increase purchase of U.S. made goods
President Biden will sign an executive order Monday to increase government purchases from United States manufacturers.
‘Victory smoke in the Capitol, boys’: Affidavits reveal Capitol rioters trail of videos, media posts
A group of right-wing militia members arrived in Washington bent on breaching the U.S. Capitol and booked a room for two in a motel in Arlington, Virginia, for at least six fellow Oath Keepers.
New Evidence Implicates FBI Higher-Ups in Dishonesty of Anti-Trump Lawyer
For the past year, defenders of the FBI have consistently downplayed the significance of an FBI staff lawyer falsifying evidence in the government’s investigation into Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia. They argue Kevin Clinesmith’s crime of altering a CIA document to obscure the fact that former Trump campaign aide Carter Page worked for U.S., not Russian, intelligence was a rare lapse in judgment by an overworked bureaucrat. It was not, his apologists say, part of any broader conspiracy to conceal exculpatory information from surveillance court judges, who never learned of Page’s history with the CIA before approving FBI warrants to wiretap him as a suspected Russian agent.
Christian News
Nigeria: Abductors release Christian university professor while country leads world for deadly persecution
The deputy vice-chancellor of the Christian Anchor University in Lagos state, Nigeria has reportedly been released after being kidnapped by suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Jan. 18, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. John Fatokun is understood to have been released on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Nevertheless, Nigeria ranks number one on the 2021 World Watch List for countries in which Christians are killed for their faith.
International advocacy group calls for immediate release of Cuban pastor detained on “trumped-up charges”
The international Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) human rights organization has called for the immediate release of a pastor who is in custody in Cuba on what the group says are “trumped-up charges." Cuban pastor Karel Parra Rosabal was arrested in Las Tunas on January 12 apparently because of his involvement with the Apostolic Movement, a network of independent churches that the Cuban government refuses to register, rendering them effectively illegal.
Bombing at California church accused of hateful messaging against LGBT community
The FBI is investigating a bomb blast that broke windows at a California Baptist church that has been subject to protests for what has been described as extremist, hateful messaging against the LGBT community, Religion News reports. El Monte police said the city’s First Works Baptist church building was attacked at 1 am Saturday when an “improvised explosive device” was thrown at it. No one was in the building at the time and no injuries have been reported.
Supreme Court rejects Nevada church protesting coronavirus worship restrictions
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Nevada church protesting Gov. Steve Sisolak's coronavirus worship restrictions.
Christian advocacy group: Biden’s executive order targets people of faith
A Christian advocacy group has said one of President Joe Biden’s first executive orders is an “assault on biological reality” that negatively targets people of faith and faith-based organizations that provide social services, Christian Today reports. The Family Research Council (FRC) said the president’s Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation may result in Christians having to violate their consciences and even lose government contracts for failure to comply.
Worthy Watch
CNN’s Jim Acosta: Trump supporters, Fox News remain ‘a threat to our democracy’
Media Promotes the Unfinished Business of the Arab Spring!
Explosive Investigation in Covid-19
Tucker Carlson Exposes ICE emails to stop deportations
Sen. Rand Paul Wants Investigation into Election Fraud
Antifa Targets Tahoma in Washington
Antifa Targets ICE in Portland
How the Australian Press Views the U.S. Media
America’s Great Purge (and Israel)
Around the World
Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?
Around 1 million people in the Kurdish-governed region of Al-Hasakah in Syria's northeast have again had their water supply cut off — as they have around 20 times in the past 12 months.
Biden speaks with Macron, agrees to coordinate on Iran nuclear deal
French President Emmanuel Macron and new US President Joe Biden agreed Sunday to coordinate on Middle East Peace issues and the Iran nuclear deal, the Elysee palace said.
7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Near Chilean Antarctic Base
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Antarctica, with authorities issuing a tsunami warning for Chile's Eduardo Frei base on the frigid continent, emergency officials said.
Norway Raises Concern Over Vaccine Jabs for the Elderly
Norway expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine on elderly people with serious underlying health conditions after raising an estimate of the number who died after receiving inoculations to 29.
China authorizes coastguard to fire on foreign vessels in disputed waters of East China and South China Seas
China has passed a law that for the first time explicitly allows its coastguard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested waters around China even more volatile.
Taiwan denounces incursion of air defense zone by Chinese fighter jets, bombers
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defense identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan's air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the incursion, the island's Defence Ministry said.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Could an Israeli mutation undo Israel’s mass vaccination campaign?
Israel’s mass vaccination campaign running in parallel with an active coronavirus outbreak may lead to “evolutionary pressure” on the virus, resulting in an Israeli variant that could be resistant to or have certain advantages over the vaccine.
TV: Mossad chief to meet Biden, set out terms for overhaul of Iran nuclear deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to dispatch Mossad chief Yossi Cohen to Washington in the coming weeks to lay out Israel’s demands of the Biden administration for any new version of the Iran nuclear deal, Channel 12 news reported Saturday night.
Inside the United States
Several Republican Senators Oppose Convicting Trump For Violence
Chances that former U.S. President Donald J. Trump would be convicted in an impeachment trial diminished Sunday as a growing number of Republican Senators rallied behind him.
Thousands of National Guard members to stay in Washington DC into March
Thousands of National Guard members will remain in Washington D.C. through March, according to the National Guard Bureau.
‘Dark Money’ Helped Pave Joe Biden’s Path to the White House
President Joe Biden benefited from a record-breaking amount of donations from anonymous donors to outside groups backing him, meaning the public will never have a full accounting of who helped him win the White House.
Biden vows to ‘codify’ Roe v. Wade on 48th anniversary of abortion ruling
While more than 62 million lives have been lost to abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the Biden administration announced on the judgment’s 48th anniversary Friday that it will back abortion with a codified federal law in the event the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the ruling.
Biden Signs Executive Orders On Food Stamps, Stimulus Checks, Federal Unions, Minimum Wage
President Joe Biden on Friday signed two more executive orders that covered a range of issues including coronavirus relief, food stamps, federal unions, and an increase in the federal minimum wage.
‘A Trap?’ Clinton’s Russia collusion research started much earlier, made Steele nervous
Efforts by Hillary Clinton supporters to craft the Russia collusion narrative to vilify Donald Trump began earlier than previously reported and eventually involved an "indiscreet" effort to buy foreign video footage that made even dossier author Christopher Steele uncomfortable, according to newly declassified FBI memos.
Biden Rescinds Trump Order Banning Chinese Communist Involvement In US Power Grid
The executive order, which executes key tenets of President Biden’s climate change agenda, was released on the former Veep’s first day in office.
Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?
Around 1 million people in the Kurdish-governed region of Al-Hasakah in Syria's northeast have again had their water supply cut off — as they have around 20 times in the past 12 months.
Biden speaks with Macron, agrees to coordinate on Iran nuclear deal
French President Emmanuel Macron and new US President Joe Biden agreed Sunday to coordinate on Middle East Peace issues and the Iran nuclear deal, the Elysee palace said.
7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Near Chilean Antarctic Base
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Antarctica, with authorities issuing a tsunami warning for Chile's Eduardo Frei base on the frigid continent, emergency officials said.
Norway Raises Concern Over Vaccine Jabs for the Elderly
Norway expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine on elderly people with serious underlying health conditions after raising an estimate of the number who died after receiving inoculations to 29.
China authorizes coastguard to fire on foreign vessels in disputed waters of East China and South China Seas
China has passed a law that for the first time explicitly allows its coastguard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested waters around China even more volatile.
Taiwan denounces incursion of air defense zone by Chinese fighter jets, bombers
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defense identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan's air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the incursion, the island's Defence Ministry said.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Could an Israeli mutation undo Israel’s mass vaccination campaign?
Israel’s mass vaccination campaign running in parallel with an active coronavirus outbreak may lead to “evolutionary pressure” on the virus, resulting in an Israeli variant that could be resistant to or have certain advantages over the vaccine.
TV: Mossad chief to meet Biden, set out terms for overhaul of Iran nuclear deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to dispatch Mossad chief Yossi Cohen to Washington in the coming weeks to lay out Israel’s demands of the Biden administration for any new version of the Iran nuclear deal, Channel 12 news reported Saturday night.
Inside the United States
Several Republican Senators Oppose Convicting Trump For Violence
Chances that former U.S. President Donald J. Trump would be convicted in an impeachment trial diminished Sunday as a growing number of Republican Senators rallied behind him.
Thousands of National Guard members to stay in Washington DC into March
Thousands of National Guard members will remain in Washington D.C. through March, according to the National Guard Bureau.
‘Dark Money’ Helped Pave Joe Biden’s Path to the White House
President Joe Biden benefited from a record-breaking amount of donations from anonymous donors to outside groups backing him, meaning the public will never have a full accounting of who helped him win the White House.
Biden vows to ‘codify’ Roe v. Wade on 48th anniversary of abortion ruling
While more than 62 million lives have been lost to abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the Biden administration announced on the judgment’s 48th anniversary Friday that it will back abortion with a codified federal law in the event the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the ruling.
Biden Signs Executive Orders On Food Stamps, Stimulus Checks, Federal Unions, Minimum Wage
President Joe Biden on Friday signed two more executive orders that covered a range of issues including coronavirus relief, food stamps, federal unions, and an increase in the federal minimum wage.
‘A Trap?’ Clinton’s Russia collusion research started much earlier, made Steele nervous
Efforts by Hillary Clinton supporters to craft the Russia collusion narrative to vilify Donald Trump began earlier than previously reported and eventually involved an "indiscreet" effort to buy foreign video footage that made even dossier author Christopher Steele uncomfortable, according to newly declassified FBI memos.
Biden Rescinds Trump Order Banning Chinese Communist Involvement In US Power Grid
The executive order, which executes key tenets of President Biden’s climate change agenda, was released on the former Veep’s first day in office.