The United States should join Israel if it decides to strike Iran's nuclear sites, former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. The Iranian regime launched some 300 drones and missiles against Israel early Sunday morning, stating the attack was a response to the alleged Israeli strike near the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, that killed seven senior Iranian officers on April 1. While Israel hasn't decided if, how and when to retaliate, U.S. President Joe Biden told...
Former president’s comments are being described as a shift in tone days before Republicans vote on a multibillion-dollar aid package. What we know on day 786See all our Ukraine war coverageDonald Trump has said the survival of Ukraine is important to the US, in what Reuters describes as a shift in tone days before Republicans are due to vote on a $61bn aid package in the US House of Representatives. “As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than...
Last week, various Christian nationalists and abortion abolitionists gathered for a discussion on Twitter about how they should respond to former President Donald Trump’s recent statements about abortion, specifically his criticism that a recent court ruling in Arizona went too far and his claim that he would not sign a national abortion ban if he’s […]
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In Umberto Eco's classic novel "Foucault's Pendulum," a group of friends develop a ridiculous conspiracy theory as a game, only to start believing it themselves, with horrible consequences for everyone involved. Now, many Republicans have stumbled into the same trap, promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that will make it harder for them to win in 2024. The latest example comes from Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde, the GOP’s likely nominee against Democratic Sen. Tammy...
A $60 billion aid package for Ukraine that provides about $300 million to bolster the country’s border struck a nerve with several lawmakers increasingly frustrated with the administration's handling of the crisis at the U.S. southern border. On Saturday, the House of Representatives approved spending $60 billion to help Ukraine build up its defense against Russia’s invasion, with a 311-112 vote. Republicans were not unanimous in their approval of the measure, with 101 voting in favor of the aid...
The man who set himself on fire Friday outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump is on trial was described by police as a "conspiracy theorist." Maxwell Azzarello, 37, of St. Augustine, Fla., arrived in New York this week, authorities said. On Friday, he joined other protesters, Trump supporters and media who have been stationed in Collect Pond Park outside the downtown Manhattan courthouse. A New York Times photographer took a picture of Azzarello holding a sign that...
Since 2016, the left smears anyone they disagree with of being a fifth columnist. I just wish they’d cook up some new conspiracy theories.
The jury selection process in former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial has featured moments that are "unprecedented," according to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner.Trump's hush-money trial began with jury selection in Manhattan on Monday, with seven of 18 total required jurors and alternates having been selected by the end of the day on Tuesday. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a 2016 payment to adult-film actress...
Ex-president ‘could not get his head around the idea that Ukraine was an independent state’, former adviser Fiona Hill tells author As president, Donald Trump “made it very clear” that he thought Ukraine “must be part of Russia”, his former adviser Fiona Hill says in a new book about US national security under threat from Russia and China.“Trump made it very clear that he thought, you know, that Ukraine, and certainly Crimea, must be part of Russia,” Hill, senior director for European and...
An ex-member of former President Donald Trump's campaign staff says that she will no longer support Trump due to his recent remarks on abortion rights.Trump, despite having repeatedly celebrated his role in dismantling federal abortion rights by appointing Supreme Court justices who later overturned Roe v. Wade, announced this week that he would be adopting a more moderate position as the November presidential election approaches.The former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee said...
Harris traveled to Tucson on Friday just days after the AZ court's ruling. Donald Trump wrote Friday the state's Supreme Court 'went too far' with ruling but has praised the overturning of Roe and said issue should be left to states. READ MORE: