In yet another attempt to fray Western nerves, Russia has invented what it describes as an emerging Ukrainian dirty bomb plot. This latest invention attests both to the Kremlin’s expansive imagination and to its strategy to boost Western fears of escalation. The latest invention? Gen. Igor Kirillov, head of Russian anti-WMD forces, claims that “operational information” […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is finding himself increasingly isolated in the political arena as voters abandon his centrist political party ahead of snap parliamentary elections in France. In a desperate bid for relevance just days before voters go to the polls for the first round of elections Sunday, Macron proclaimed that if either the far-left […]
The fate of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her police officer boyfriend in 2022, is now in the hands of 12 jurors. They will determine whether she intentionally struck her boyfriend with her SUV and left him to die in the cold, or if law enforcement officers framed her, as her lawyers...
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) proposed barring the use of defense funds for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. Rosendale filed an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, his office announced Tuesday. The amendment states that the bill would defund “assisted reproductive technology that includes any infertility treatments or technologies including IVF to ensure human...
The National Weather Service (NWS) is experiencing a vast network outage disrupting numerous operational functions as extreme weather continues to grip the country. The “widespread network outage” began on Monday at approximately 5:30 p.m. E.D.T. and has continued into Tuesday, a spokesperson from NWS said in a statement. The outage has hampered NWS’s ability to...
Former President Trump last week in Wisconsin called President Biden “weak, failed and incompetent” and said he “doesn’t have a clue.” In Philadelphia on Saturday, Trump called Biden the “ worst president in the history of our country” and suggested he was spending several days at Camp David “sleeping…because they want to get him good...
Voters in New York’s 16th Congressional District will head to the polls Tuesday to determine whether progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) will remain in his seat or if centrist George Latimer, who has the backing of high-profile figures like Hillary Clinton, will replace him. The explosive and expensive fight has put competing special interests, outside spending, and personal attacks front...
The House Ethics Committee moved to expand its investigation into Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) on Tuesday, over claims that she misused office funds and violated campaign finance laws. The committee first opened a probe into Cherfilus-McCormick in December to determine whether the congresswoman “may have violated campaign finance laws and regulations in connection with her...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill Monday that bans people from intentionally releasing balloons into the air in a new conservation effort. The bill intends to minimize the number of balloons flying over the ocean and washing ashore. According to the legislation, starting July 1, people who are caught intentionally releasing balloons could...