In response to a lawsuit by Rolling Stone and National Security Counselors, the Department of Justice has turned over two tranches of FBI documents related to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Rolling Stone’s Freedom of Information Act request, filed hours after the announcement of his death in November 2023, …
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Sen. Lindsey Graham doesn’t want Israel to hold back on its assault in Gaza, comparing the Israeli military’s efforts against Hamas to when the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, killing more than 100,000 civilians. Right now, one million Palestinians — including many women …
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the U.S. is “working to verify” reports that “several Americans were killed” and others were taken hostage in Israel over the weekend. “We have reports that several Americans were killed. We’re working overtime to verify that. At the same time, there are reports …
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Americans have been captured and are being held hostage by Hamas amid the militant group’s attack on Israel that began Saturday, two Israeli ambassadors said, although the number of American hostages remains unconfirmed. Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan said that “dozens” of Americans are being held in Gaza amid a …
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Although the Wagner mercenary forces led by Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin have halted their assault on Moscow, the threat has revealed the fragility of Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s regime, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “What we’ve seen is Russia having to defend Moscow, it’s capital, against mercenaries of its …
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When he decided to return to his country of birth, Myanmar, in 2017, Kyaw Htay Oo knew there was a chance he could end up back in prison. No one who grows up in that country has any illusions about its political stability, or where you might land the next …
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Republican members of Congress who refused to hold then-President Donald Trump accountable for delaying congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine are now criticizing President Biden for not providing more military aid to the nation. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), a fierce opponent of impeaching Trump for trying to extort Ukraine into …
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