U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia.
“China will always ensure its energy supply in...
(Headline USA) A standoff in Texas over redrawn U.S. House maps sought by President Donald Trump sharply escalated Sunday when dozens of Democratic legislators left the state to block a vote, followed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott warning them that he will seek their removal from office if they...
(Headline USA) The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, filling the post after President Donald Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr.
Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, was confirmed 50-45. Before...
(Edward Hasbrouck, Antiwar.com) For the second successive year, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has included an ill-considered and unworkable proposal by the Selective Service System (SSS) to try to automatically construct a database of potential draftees from other government records collected for other purposes in the House version...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Secret Service counter-sniper David King is the man who put the final bullet through the would-be Trump assassin during the July 13, 2024, deadly campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
However, King was not the first person to return fire at the alleged would-be assassin, Thomas Crooks....
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Facing sharp scrutiny from the Trump administration over perceived left-wing bias, the Smithsonian Institution said Friday that it had temporarily removed a display on President Donald Trump's two politically motivated impeachments.
The ultimate fate of the display remained uncertain for the foreseeable future, although a Smithsonian...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The video-sharing app TikTok has appointed Erica Mindel, a former Israeli army instructor and former U.S. State Department contractor, to manage its so-called “hate speech” policy, according to a report by The New Arab.
The appointment, confirmed last week, is drawing allegations that the platform is...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has said it would be “very hard” to reach a trade deal with Canada if it recognizes a Palestinian state, suggesting the US’s trade relationship with its neighbor to the north hinges on its stance toward Israel.
“Wow! Canada has just announced that it is...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Judge Aileen Cannon is allowing the Justice Department to keep evidence about the assassination attempt against Donald Trump secret on the grounds that it could harm U.S> national security, she said in a Friday order.
Judge Cannon’s ruling came in response to a motion from the...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Newly declassified intelligence documents indicate that Hillary Clinton, her 2016 presidential campaign managers, and a top member of a George Soros group plotted to fabricate the Trump-Russia collusion campaign to distract the public from Clinton’s email scandal.
Declassified by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US and Japan have been discussing a potential scenario in which the US military would use nuclear weapons in the event of a conflict in East Asia, Kyodo News reported on July 26.
Japan is the only country in the world that has suffered a nuclear attack...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) The US has likely positioned nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time since 2008.
The Times spoke with analysts who said a C-17 transport took off from Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, the US Air Force’s main nuclear storage site. They explained...