At the NATO summit in Vilnius, the United States allied itself with Germany, the greatest appeaser of the Western alliance. As a result, there were no breakthroughs in the decisions of the summit despite promising pronouncements going on for months. The overwhelming goal of the summit seemed to be the prevention of any possibility of escalation with Russia. This is a constant goal throughout the war. William Burns, head of the CIA, is regularly meeting with Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russian intelligence, to discuss escalation, or what Russians would consider escalation.
Hunter Biden’s plea agreement with the Justice Department appeared to unexpectedly crumble during an initial hearing on the case on Wednesday. Biden, 53, made his first federal court appearance in Wilmington, Del., where he was set to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes. But U.S. District Judge Maryellen...
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing the federal government to release more information related to UFO sightings and other unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). The House Oversight subcommittee on national security will dig into the issue during a hearing on Wednesday featuring David Grusch, a whistleblower who has accused the government of withholding information related...
A federal judge has voided the court martial conviction of former Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who left his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was then captured and held by the Taliban for five years. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton on Tuesday issued a 63-page ruling granting summary judgment in favor of Bergdahl, who was...
President Biden on Wednesday announced he will nominate former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration. O’Malley, who was governor from 2007 to 2015, ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. He had also served as mayor of Baltimore and was first elected in 1999. “Since Day...
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has been tapped by President Biden to be the top ranking officer in the service amid the holdup on military promotions in the Senate. Biden’s nomination of Allvin to be Air Force chief of staff was submitted to the Senate on Tuesday, according to a notice from the chamber....
A campaign watchdog group is alleging a $500,000 donation to a super PAC backing Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s (R) 2024 presidential bid may have violated campaign finance laws. The Campaign Legal Center said in a complaint filed this week with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that PassionForest, “an obscure, eleven-month-old company whose only known activity...
A jury in London acquitted actor Kevin Spacey on charges of sexual assault Wednesday, his latest court victory after a series of men have accused him of misconduct. During Spacey’s trial, which took four weeks, he had argued he was a “big flirt” but did not assault anyone. Accusations in the trial included three men...