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RNC won’t drop party loyalty pledge requirement despite pushback from GOP candidates
The Republican National Committee won’t drop its debate requirement to support the party’s eventual presidential nominee even amid backlash from some GOP candidates who say they’ll refuse to back former President Donald Trump, who has emerged as the early front-runner.Trump's promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions
Donald Trump’s attacks on the justice system after his indictment on federal charges this week are the latest step in a now eight-year campaign by the former president and his allies against the traditions and institutions that have helped maintain American democracy.
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Zelenskyy asks African leaders to push Russia on prisoner release
The delegation began their ‘peace mission’ in Ukraine and plan to visit Russia and meet President Putin on Saturday.
Trump indictment lays bare security risks of storage at Mar-a-Lago
Fresh details about how some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets were handled at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate have appalled national security experts, who warn the scenario p…
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Lawmakers again target military contractors' price gouging
Bipartisan lawmakers from the House and Senate are zeroing in on exorbitant amounts contractors charge the Pentagon.
www.cbsnews.comHow Trump and Johnson, divisive populists with many similarities, ended up on different paths
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have quite a bit in common as two populist iconoclasts in hot water after leaving the top office in their respective nations.
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Millions of Americans’ personal data exposed in global hack | CNN Politics
Millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon have had their data compromised in the sprawling cyberattack that has also hit the US federal government, state agencies said late Thursday.
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Biden allies start to chafe at Democrats’ silent treatment of Trump indictment
One Democratic aide called it "malpractice" to maintain widespread silence in the face of Trump’s attacks.
www.nbcnews.comChina calls hacking report 'far-fetched' and accuses the US of targeting the cybersecurity industry
China's government has rejected as “far-fetched and unprofessional” a report by a U.S. security firm that blamed Chinese-linked hackers for attacks on hundreds of public agencies, schools and other targets around the world.
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GOP Senators demand accountability from Biden after China committed 'flagrant violation of US sovereignty'
Sens. Marco Rubio, Roger Wicker and others are demanding President Biden give Congress an assessment on the Chinese spy balloon that floated across the country in Feb.
GOP, Grassley dig for dirt on Biden amid Trump indictment furor
GOP allies of former President Trump are digging for dirt on President Biden and other Democrats amid the former president’s indictment, this week turning to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who is pu…
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Putin says nuclear weapons transferred to Belarus; Ukraine ‘will be equal to NATO allies’
Kyiv says nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia, something that international organizations say constitutes a war crime.
Biden urges tougher gun restrictions, one year after Uvalde, Texas, school massacre
President Joe Biden has called for new gun-buying restrictions at a summit in Connecticut to mark the first anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre.
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Tucker Carlson slams ‘hysteria’ over Fox News’s Biden ’wannabe dictator’ chyron - Washington Examiner
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed his former employer after it removed the producer who allowed a chyron labeling President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator.” In the fourth episode of his new Twitter show, Carlson addressed a chyron that appeared Tuesday night on Fox News following...
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Russia is highly likely behind Ukraine dam collapse, experts say
It is "highly likely" that the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was caused by explosives planted by Russians, a team of legal experts assisting Ukraine's prosecutors in their investigation said in preliminary findings released on Friday.
At the Heart of the Documents Case: Trump’s Attachment to His Boxes
During former President Donald Trump’s years in the White House, his aides began to refer to the boxes full of papers and odds and ends he carted around with him almost everywhere as the “beautiful mind” material. It was a reference to the title of a book and movie depicting the life of John F...
June 16, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news | CNN
Russia launched a “massive, combined air attack” on Kyiv Friday, Ukrainian officials said, injuring at least six in the region. Further south, at least 23 people were injured in Russian shelling in the city of Kherson, according to Ukrainian authorities.
www.cnn.comA Russian ransomware gang breaches the Energy Department and other federal agencies
U.S. officials say the Department of Energy is among a small number of federal agencies compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments.
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U.S. says Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia will likely take a long time and come at a "high cost"
The U.S. and its allies backing Ukraine are shifting from "crisis mode to a campaign mode," with Washington warning there will be no "easy sprint to the finish line."
www.cbsnews.comBiden is returning to his union roots as his 2024 campaign gears up
Joe Biden opened his 2020 presidential run at a Pittsburgh union hall. The first political rally of his reelection campaign is being held at a union gathering on the other side of Pennsylvania, punctuating just how much the president is counting on labor support to carry him to a second term.
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Ukraine tells African leaders no peace talks with Russia
With Kyiv and Moscow courting the Global South, the African leaders see a chance to mediate in a war that has hit African countries by disrupting grain and other food supplies and aggravating price inflation.
Supreme Court’s conservative majority to decide direction of law on race, elections and religious freedom this month | CNN Politics
As the Supreme Court races to issue all outstanding opinions by a self-imposed early July deadline, there is little doubt that the conservative majority is prepared to continue the right-ward trajectory on areas of the law.
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Chinese president Xi Jinping stresses cooperation in meeting with Bill Gates
Xi saying he was happy to see Gates, who he called an “old friend,” after three years without meeting during the pandemic.
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Sheldon Whitehouse says age issue is something Biden will "have to deal with" on campaign trail
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse appears on "The Takeout" with CBS News' Major Garrett.
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Continue reading...Trump says Ukraine will receive more weapons after US pause on shipments
The US president says he is "not happy" with Russia's Vladimir Putin and that Ukraine is "getting hit very hard".
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Continue reading...How King Charles will help rebuild the shaken UK-France friendship during the state visit
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Continue reading...Why Trump’s undeniable winning streak is drawing a barrage of negative coverage
Donald Trump has just had the best few weeks of his presidency.
No question. No argument. Period, end of paragraph.
It began with a bold gamble to send pilots to destroy Iran's nuclear sites.
Then Trump managed to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Iran.
TRUMP’S ACHIEVEMENTS EMBOLDEN HIM TO BE EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE
Meanwhile, as Trump delayed his sky-high tariffs, the stock market hit record highs.
And he won a $16-million settlement from CBS's parent company in his lawsuit against unfair editing by "60 Minutes." That means he has now...
Continue reading...No question. No argument. Period, end of paragraph.
It began with a bold gamble to send pilots to destroy Iran's nuclear sites.
Then Trump managed to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Iran.
TRUMP’S ACHIEVEMENTS EMBOLDEN HIM TO BE EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE
Meanwhile, as Trump delayed his sky-high tariffs, the stock market hit record highs.
And he won a $16-million settlement from CBS's parent company in his lawsuit against unfair editing by "60 Minutes." That means he has now...
Indonesian volcano spews massive ash cloud as it erupts again
Following a series of eruptions three weeks ago, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has begun spewing hot ash and lava again.
Continue reading...Texas floods death toll climbs to more than 100
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Continue reading...First malaria treatment for babies approved for use
Until now, there had only been a vaccine for older children which carried an overdose risk for the young.
Continue reading...Russian minister sacked by Putin found dead
On Monday morning a presidential decree stated that Starovoit had been dismissed from his post.
Continue reading...Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy?
Following the Texas floods some Democrats have warned about the "consequences" of President Trump's cuts to the federal workforce.
Continue reading...Trump says U.S. will send more weapons to Ukraine, after halting some shipments
President Trump said Monday his administration will send more defensive weapons to Ukraine amid its war with Russia, days after pausing some weapons shipments.
"We're going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves," Mr. Trump told reporters during a White House event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night.
The president said the shipments will consist of "defensive weapons, primarily," saying Ukraine is "getting hit very hard" and "so many people are dying in that mess."
The United...
Continue reading..."We're going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves," Mr. Trump told reporters during a White House event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night.
The president said the shipments will consist of "defensive weapons, primarily," saying Ukraine is "getting hit very hard" and "so many people are dying in that mess."
The United...
Elon Musk connects with indie Andrew Yang on billionaire former Trump ally's third party push
As Elon Musk moves forward with forming a third party in hopes of rocking the nation's longstanding two-party system, the world's richest person is reaching out to a one-time presidential candidate who has started his own independent party.
Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who spent the first four months of President Donald Trump's second administration as a special White House advisor steering the recently created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spoke with Andrew Yang, Fox News has confirmed.
A source familiar with the...
Continue reading...Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who spent the first four months of President Donald Trump's second administration as a special White House advisor steering the recently created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spoke with Andrew Yang, Fox News has confirmed.
A source familiar with the...
Israeli prime minister answers whether he is worried about being jailed in NYC by Zohran Mamdani
After Zohran Mamdani, New York City's leading mayoral candidate, pledged to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city, Netanyahu responded to questions about whether he's worried.
In December, Mamdani, who identifies as a democratic socialist and is the Democratic Party’s nominee for New York City mayor, said, "as mayor, New York City would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu."
"This is a city that our values are in line with international law. It’s time that our actions are also," Mamdani said, referring to the International...
Continue reading...In December, Mamdani, who identifies as a democratic socialist and is the Democratic Party’s nominee for New York City mayor, said, "as mayor, New York City would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu."
"This is a city that our values are in line with international law. It’s time that our actions are also," Mamdani said, referring to the International...