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Pentagon refuses to censor political speech of troops or prohibit their membership in extremist groups US National Guard troops are seen outside the Capitol Hill building on January 11 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Getty Images)
The US military has refused to prohibit its members from joining extremist groups and also declined to say clearly whether refusing to view President Joe Biden as the legitimate... |
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Three white men convicted of killing Arbery attend pretrial In this AFP file photo taken on January 18, 2021, a demonstrator holds a sign at the Glynn County Courthouse as jury selection begins in the trial of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia.
The three white men who have been convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have appeared in federal... |
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US Navy vessels fired on mystery drone swarms media The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd arrives in San Diego, California, United Staes. © US Navy Handout via Reuters
United States Navy vessels were forced to fire on unidentified drones off the coast of Southern California after they were swarmed by mystery UAVs in 2019, according to... |
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US closer to civil war than most would like to believe, new analysis warns Donald Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Getty images)
The United States is "closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe," warns Barbara F Walter, a political science professor and member of a key CIA advisory... |
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Retired generals warn of lethal chaos in US military after 2024 vote Riot damage can be seen after the Jan. 6 events at the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, U.S. February 2, 2021. © REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski
Three retired US Army generals have argued that a civil war might break out if the Pentagon does not weed out "potential mutineers" as there is a high chance... |
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Three US Democratic lawmakers test positive for COVID-19 US Senator Cory Booker speaks as US Senator Elizabeth Warren listens at the first US 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, US, June 26, 2019.
Three Democratic US lawmakers have announced that they have breakthrough coronavirus infections amid a nationwide surge... |
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Shooting spike cancels Mississippi towns holiday parade A Mississippi town has canceled its annual Christmas parade because of an increase in shootings.
"Theyre shooting like 30 or 40 rounds at one time. Thats what I call a war," Crawford Mayor Willie Parson told WCBI-TV.
Authorities have said that only one person has been injured so far, but a number... |
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Trump rejects US boycott of Olympics in China Former US President Donald Trump
Former US President Donald Trump has rejected the idea that the United States should boycott the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, days after China warned that Washington and its allies will "pay the price" for their diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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Manchin puts the nail in the coffin Bidens $1.75 trillion spending bill US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) walks to a Democratic policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, US, on December 16, 2021. (Reuters photo)
US Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Bidens hopes of passing a $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill, said on Sunday... |
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Texas building its own wall on Mexico border: Governor Children hold on to a border wall fence from the Mexico side of the US-Mexico border between New Mexico and Chihuahua state on December 9, 2021 in Sunland Park, New Mexico. (Photo by AFP)
Texas has begun building its own "wall" of huge steel bars on the border with Mexico, its Republican governor... |
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Maxwell, Epstein lured victims with promise of bright future: Prosecutors People gather to protest human trafficking at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse where the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is being held on November 29, 2021 in New York City. (AFP photo)
Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of acting as a pimp for disgraced pedophile Jeffery Epstein by procuring... |
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US hypersonic weapon test fails third time in a row FILE PHOTO. A B-52H Stratofortress is pictured carrying an AGM-183A missile. © US Air Force / Giancarlo Casem
The US military didnt succeed in conducting a test of a hypersonic missile prototype, with the munition failing to decouple from its carrier aircraft. This is the third failure in a... |
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Supreme Court showdown looms as appeals court reinstates Bidens vaccine mandate for large businesses Demonstrators protest outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. (Photo by AFP)
A federal appeals court has reinstated US President Joe Bidens controversial vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandate for large companies-- a requirement that has been decried as "an unlawful... |
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Top security official: US exit from Iran nuclear deal disastrous US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (Photo by AFP)
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has strongly criticized the previous administration of president Donald Trump over its "disastrous" withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action... |
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Trump: Israel losing absolute power over Congress Former US President Donald Trump (AP file photo)
Former US President Donald Trump said that Israels "absolute power over Congress" had declined under the administration of Barack Obama and has slid further under the administration of Joe Biden.
He also said that the majority of American Jews vote... |
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Democrats miss year-end deadline on $1.75 trillion Biden bill US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) talks to reporters as he leaves the US Capitol in Washington, US, December 15, 2021. (Reuters photo)
The US Senate steered toward an end-of-year recess on Friday as Democrats were unable to pass President Joe Bidens $1.75 trillion domestic investment program and major... |
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US Senate approves Biden nominee Nicholas Burns as China envoy Nicholas Burns, the Biden administrations nominee for ambassador to China, speaks at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Oct. 20. (Photo by NYT)
The US Senate on Thursday voted to back the nomination of long-time American diplomat Nicholas Burns to... |
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Poll: Americans think Biden is making inflation worse US Democratic President Joe Biden
American voters are worried about inflation and most of them believe that the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden is making it worse, according to a new poll.
The Fox Business poll, released on Thursday, found that when it comes to rising prices, twice... |
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US develops tool to predict Chinas response US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks participates in a discussion with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command leadership, Hawaii, December 14, 2021 © Reuters / US Air Force; Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase
The US military has constructed a tool to help it predict which actions will upset China... |
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US Navy tests laser weapon in Middle East The USS Portland conducts a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on a static surface training target while sailing in the Gulf of Aden, on December 14, 2021. (Via US Naval Forces Central Command)
The US Navy has conducted test-firing of a high-energy laser weapon to destroy a floating target... |
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Blinken cuts short Southeast Asia tour after COVID-19 case in his entourage US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the international airport in Jakarta on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, on his first stop of a three-nation tour across Southeast Asia. (AP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has cut short his trip to Southeast Asia after a journalist part of his official entourage... |
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Surveillance mercenaries: US lawmakers call for sanctions on Israels NSO Group Military-grade spyware maker, NSO Group, has faced many scandals with product traced to high-profile phone hacks. (Reuters)
Some Democratic lawmakers have called on the Joe Biden administration to impose financial sanctions on controversial Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and other surveillance companies... |
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Biden calls for action on gun violence prevention on Sandy Hook anniversary US President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden has called on Congress to act on gun violence prevention in remarks commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre where 20 students and six staff members were killed.
More than 3,000 children and teens have been shot... |
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Capitol police arrest dozens of protesters in DC demanding new legislation This screenshot of a video posted on Twitter shows US Capitol police taking away a demonstrator protesting for new legislation to aid low-wage workers, Jan.14, 2021, Washington, DC.
US Capitol Police have arrested more than 70 protesters demonstrating outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, demanding... |
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71% of Americans support Bidens travel apartheid against Africa US President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the National Institutes of Health, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens at right. (AP photo)
A new poll shows a vast majority of people in the United States... |
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US JCPOA exit most disastrous foreign policy miscalculation since Iraq war: Washington Post Former US president Donald Trump shows a signed presidential memorandum reinstating anti-Iran sanctions on May 8, 2018. (File photo by AP)
A new article published in The Washington Post has described former US president Donald Trumps withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially called the... |
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US appeals court rules against Biden administrations bid to terminate remain in Mexico policy Central American asylum seekers are detained by the US Border Patrol after they crossed into the United States from Mexico on April 29, 2021 near Yuma, Arizona. (Getty images)
A US appeals court has ruled against a renewed effort by President Joe Bidens administration to terminate the Trump-era "remain... |
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Senator Graham urges Republican colleagues to let US default on debt US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the defense departments budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 17, 2021. (Photo by Reuters)
US Senator Lindsey Graham has urged Republican colleagues not to help Democrats raise the debt ceiling,... |
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Muslim staff in US Congress seek action against Islamophobia US Representative Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., -- the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress in 2018 -- at a news conference on Capitol Hill on July 15, 2018. (AP file photo)
Scores of Muslim congressional staff members have condemned US Representative... |
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Bidens so-called Summit for Democracy lacks clear purpose: Experts US President Joe Bidens so-called ‘Summit for Democracy, which convenes on Thursday and Friday, has elicited cold response. (Illustration by Global Times)
US President Joe Bidens so-called ‘Summit for Democracy, which convenes on Thursday and Friday, while eliciting halfhearted response... |
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