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A National Guard member is in jail for leaking classified documents
Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old US Air Force National Guard soldier, has been arrested on charges of leaking classified documents to opposition groups. Teixeira is accused of leaking documents that included details of US President Joe Biden’s visit to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in April. Teixeira had received a “top secret security clearance” in 2021, meaning…
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A member of the National Guard has been arrested for leaking classified documents
US President Joe Biden has travelled to Dublin Castle for an official visit. Biden was accompanied by his wife, Jill Biden, and their two children during his visit to Dublin. Biden’s visit comes a day after he visited the US Capitol, where he received a briefing from Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Ben Carson on the…
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The Appeals court can rule in any dispute about the FDA’s suspension of abortion drug approval
The US Food and Drug administration has released proposed rules to protect access to abortion drugs. The administration took similar steps to protect access to abortion after a judge in Texas temporarily suspended the approval of the FDA’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. President Joe Biden had asked the administration to ignore the ruling,…
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Biden is going to Ireland for a number of reasons
US President Joe Biden, who arrived in Ireland for a three-day visit, will also visit Belfast and Dublin over the week. This will be Biden’s third visit to Ireland since taking office in the White House in January last year. Last year, Biden met with Irish President Mary McAleese during his first visit to the…
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There is a long-term problem with the GOP silence on guns and abortion
US President Joe Biden said that the shooting in Nashville, Tennessee was a “terrible reminder” that “we have to do everything we can to prevent such atrocities”. Biden added, “As a country, we have to do more than just respond to these events.” He also said, “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected…
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Key legislators were granted access to classified documents
The former US Justice Department “leak czar” Brandon Van Grack has said that “national security damage has certainly been done” by the leaked classified documents found in President Joe Biden’s house. Van Grack, who was part of Edward Snowden’s team, led the investigation into Snowden after he leaked thousands of documents. “There’s a lot that…
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Biden is going to Ireland in part for homecoming and also for diplomacy and politics
US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week would be a big help in resolving some of the differences, Sinn Fein MP Conor Kennedy said. “The Good Friday Agreement is certainly one of those things where you can get real bipartisan buy-in in Washington,” he added. Biden arrived in Northern Ireland on…
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Reese will go to the White House with the LSU team
Louisiana State University women’s basketball player Angel Reese has said she will go with her team to the White House. “We will either go if they would like to or not,” she added. This comes after US President Joe Biden had called Reese a ‘joke’ after she had said she wouldn’t visit the White House…
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As it transmits reports to Congress, the Biden review blames Trump’s decisions for the chaos in Afghanistan
US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 2020 was “severely constrained” by the conditions created by former President Donald Trump, the National Security Council (NSC) said in its summary report. The report cited the Trump agreement with the Taliban in 2020, arguing it limited Biden’s options for withdrawing American troops.
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Donald Trump started using old tactics after the hearing
US President Donald Trump has said he doesn’t think anything like the tax fraud cases against the Trump Organization could happen in America. “I didn’t think anything like this could happen in America,” he added. “My daughter worked for the campaigns of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. No one is suggesting that anything should happen…
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Lawyers were able to gain access to the jailed Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia
US President Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly set to declare that journalist Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia, was wrongly imprisoned in the country. The designation is expected in the coming days and will reportedly lead to a campaign to bring him home. Last week, State Department Principal Deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said he didn’t believe…
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NATO doubled its border with Russia in a blow to Putin
Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto on Tuesday raised the country’s flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. In 2017, Finland and Sweden simultaneously applied for NATO membership at the same time, US Vice President Joe Biden said. “This is a problem for…military operations of Finland and Sweden, since they have long had integrated…
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A judge won’t proclaim a winner in a defamation case against Fox News
A judge has ruled that a US voting systems company Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News will proceed to a trial next month. The on-air statements from various Fox News Hosts after the 2020 presidential election had accused the company of rigging the election by flipping millions of votes from Donald Trump to…
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The president called the indictment “political persecution”
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the indictment of Vice-President Joe Biden was “unfair” and a “witch hunt”. He added that Biden was “captured” during a “witch hunt” against him by the Democrats. Earlier, Trump called Biden’s arrest a “complete travesty” and an “unprecedented act of politics”. Biden is accused of lying to…
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Netanyahu’s future depends on his next move
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he’ll delay a plan to weaken the country’s judiciary until after Passover. Netanyahu made the move after US President Joe Biden criticised Netanyahu’s efforts to weaken Israel’s judiciary. “We’re in the middle of an important debate, we will overcome it,” Netanyahu said in a statement to staff.
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The community of Nashville is in shock after a shooting at a school
US President Joe Biden tweeted, “We need to stand together on a dark day for Nashville,” after a school shooting in the city claimed the lives of six. The shooting took place at Brentwood High School and the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Coleman Hale, was killed by police. “I’ve watched school shootings happen over the…
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Biden wants McCarthy to show him his plan for the White House meeting
US President Joe Biden on Thursday said that Social Security should be treated as a discretionary spending, which Congress has to approve every year rather than as permanent entitlements. “It’s what I want to see. Raising the cap, raising the retirement age for people who are now 30 years old, raising the tax on Social…
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The House GOP uses its new power to keep Trump from being indicted
US President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he didn’t tell her to investigate former President Donald Trump, a report said. Trump reportedly told Pelosi that she should focus on the impeachment probe against her husband, former President Joe Biden. Trump also told Pelosi that she should focus on Democrats’ investigation into…
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Biden and DeSantis put politics on hold while they were in Florida
Following an hour-long helicopter ride with the First Lady in which he surveyed the effects of Hurricane Michael’s landfall, former US President Joe Biden said, “This is one of the most important times in my life.” He added, “I’m deeply concerned about what’s going to happen for a long time to come.” Michael made landfall…
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Biden authorized an airstrike in Syria after a US contractor was killed by a suspected Iranian-affiliated drone
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that the country “will continue to hold Russia ACCOUNTABLE for its war crimes and atrocities and provide Ukraine with security…and humanitarian assistance.” This comes a day after Russia launched 84 cruise missiles at Ukrainian forces in violation of a cease-fire between the two countries. The US has also…
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Biden’s national security adviser is hopeful that the war over Taiwan can be stopped
US President Joe Biden on Saturday said that the US and China must work together to address global macroeconomic issues, including debt relief, health security and global food security. “It’s in the interest of the US and China to…work together to address transnational challenges,” he added. Last year, China had said it wanted the US…
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There is an Accountability Is Another Matter
Former US President Donald Trump has asked his party to “endorse and support” him, amid a probe into his efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Georgia. He said, “I think it’s important for Republicans to have a leader in the White House who can unite us as a party and get America back on…
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Biden welcomed African leaders for a summit as Russia and China expanded their influence
US President Joe Biden on Thursday said improving Africa’s infrastructure is essential to building a stronger global economy that can better withstand shocks. He added, “Improving Africa’s infrastructure is essential to our vision of building a stronger global economy that can better withstand the kind of shocks that we’ve seen in the past few years.”
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Russia has small nuclear weapons that could be dangerous for Putin and Ukraine
US President Joe Biden has said that the US has a direct threat of using a nuclear weapon against Russia. “I don’t think there is any such thing as the ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon,” he added. The US doesn’t consider Russia a “state sponsor of…
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Russia is still not condemned by the world’s largest democracy a year into the war
India’s biggest foreign policy preoccupation is not Ukraine or Russia, a senior Indian Defence expert said. So even if the US doesn’t like it, they’re willing to grant India a wide berth, he added. This comes after US Secretary of State Joe Biden said, “We understand why India hasn’t condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…and we’re…