Sorry to put a damper on anyone’s plans to welcome our alien overlords, but according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, U.S. intelligence believes that the two objects shot down over North America this weekend were balloons with terrestrial origins. Schumer said he was briefed by National Security Advisor Jake …
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The College Board, the group that publishes Advanced Placement (AP) exams, accused Florida‘s Education Department, under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ leadership, of “slander” over comments that its proposed curriculum for a pilot AP African American Studies course “lacks educational value.” The College Board also refuted reports that it caved to …
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Another day, another high-altitude object shot down over the skies of North America, this time over Lake Huron. On Sunday, hours after a Federal Aviation Administration bulletin restricting the airspace over Lake Michigan was issued and cancelled, Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin tweeted, “The object has been downed by pilots from …
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Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys turned over more documents marked classified to federal prosecutors in December and January, CNN reports, as an investigation into whether Trump mishandled sensitive government records trudges ahead. In December, Trump’s legal team found pages marked classified while going through boxes at his Mar-a-Lago residence, per …
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Bernie Sanders is living, as he puts it, in a “two-fold world.” “On the one hand, I’m trying to do what I can in a bipartisan way,” he explains in the conference room of his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday afternoon. He brandishes a paper-clipped stack of printouts in my …
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U.S. fighter aircraft shot down an unidentified, high-altitude airborne object, which violated Canadian airspace on Saturday, according to U.S. and Canadian officials. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the object be downed on Saturday. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) fired at the object while it was above …
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President Joe Biden ordered the military to shoot down a “high-altitude” object flying over Alaska on Friday afternoon, the White House announced. John Kirby of the National Security Council said the Defense Department had been tracking the object, which was smaller than the alleged Chinese spy balloon that made its …
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former PresidentDonald Trumpand his role in Jan. 6, 2021 after losing his bid for re-election, ABC News confirmed. The move by Jack Smith, the special counsel, is likely to set up a battle over executive privilege, which …
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On the stormy evening of Jan. 5, 2021 on a stage at Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C., Cindy Chafian warmed up the crowd. “Are you all pissed? Are you ready to fight back? Tomorrow we’re going to make history!” Chafian — a right-wing activist who helped organize D.C. rallies that …
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The FBI discovered more classified material during a search of Mike Pence‘s home on Friday, according to the Associated Press. The search came after an aide found around a dozen classified documents in the Indiana home of the former vice president last month. Devin O’Malley, a Pence adviser, said the …
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