EU Warns Kosovo, Serbia: ‘Don’t Move Embassies To Jerusalem’
The European Union has warned Serbia and Kosovo that they may not become members of the bloc if they move their embassies to Jerusalem.
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NATO Wants Monitoring of Russian Nerve Program After Dissident Poisoning
The NATO military alliance demands that Russia reveals its Novichok nerve agent program to international monitors, after the poisoning of activist Alexei Navalny.
Trump campaign bracing for legal battle over election, forming ‘coalition’ of lawyers
The Trump campaign is bracing for the possibility of a protracted legal battle in the event of a contested election, even forming what it’s calling a “Lawyers for Trump” coalition to “protect the integrity” of November’s vote.
Trump takes fight to battlegrounds as electoral map comes into focus
President Trump brought $5 million in federal aid for an airport runway in Pennsylvania on Thursday, plus nearly $50 million this week to fight street violence in Wisconsin and the designation of a North Carolina town as a World War II “heritage city,” as he and Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden narrow their campaigns to a baker’s dozen of battleground states that will decide the election.
Trump cancels $62M of US funding for World Health Organization
President Trump’s administration is reassigning the Department of Health and Human Services officials detailed to the World Health Organization and redirecting American funding to other organizations as he cuts ties with the global health agency.
U.S. Cutting $100 Million In Aid To Ethiopia Over Dam Dispute
The United States is cutting at least roughly $100 million in aid to impoverished Ethiopia due to its “lack of progress” in talks with Egypt and Sudan over a massive disputed dam project on the Nile River, officials confirmed.
Kushner says Trump and Netanyahu will discuss US sale of advanced fighter jets to UAE
US President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said Monday that the President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will at some stage discuss the sale of American F-35 advanced fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, the Jewish Press reports. The prospect of such a sale has caused speculation in some quarters about whether it would alter the very longstanding US-supported doctrine that, for security purposes, Israel must retain technological military superiority over all other Middle Eastern countries.
Qatar to Kushner: Two states needed to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Qatar’s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani told White House adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday that Doha supports a two-state solution, with East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state, to end the conflict with Israel, his cabinet said.
Trump orders review to redirect federal funds from cities ‘that permit anarchy’
President Trump signed a memo that initiates a process to defund large cities that permit “anarchy.”
Federal agencies launch investigation into “left-wing” unrest in Democrat-run cities
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice are starting a joint investigation into what the president called “left-wing civil unrest” in “Democrat-run cities,” VOA News reports. Trump added that over 200 people have now been arrested by federal agencies, including 100 in Portland, Oregon alone.
Biden Now Endorses Law and Order for Riot-Plagued Cities, Questions Mount Over Who’s Funding It All
With his numbers starting to sag in the polls, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden looks to be trying to reinvent himself as the kinder, gentler, law and order candidate.
Trump Wins Delay in Handover of Tax Returns to Manhattan Prosecutor
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday granted President Donald Trump’s request to delay Manhattan’s district attorney from accessing his tax returns in connection with a criminal probe of his business practices.
‘No Tolerance for Anarchy’: Trump Visits Kenosha, Blames Media for Spike in Violence Nationwide
President Donald Trump traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin Tuesday in the wake of the violent protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Kenosha mayor lauds ‘extremely helpful’ National Guard in quelling violence
The Democratic mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin, lauded the National Guard for helping quell violence seen in the city since the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Trump: ‘The Only Path to Unity’ Begins With ‘Patriotic Education’
“The left’s war on police, faith, history, and American values is tearing our country apart, which is what they want,” President Donald Trump warned on Monday.
US Vetoes UN Resolution That Does Not Require Countries to Take Back Their Foreign Fighters
President Trump has long expressed exasperation at European governments’ reluctance to repatriate captured ISIS fighters who are their citizens, and on Monday that frustration led to the U.S. veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution that failed to address the issue.
DHS to Portland Mayor: ‘Your Inaction’ Has ‘Fueled Senseless Violence and Destruction Night After Night’
In a letter to Portland’s Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler — who has blamed President Trump for the riots and violence in his city — Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf states that Wheeler’s failure to take action against the radical activists “has fostered an environment that has fueled senseless violence and destruction.”
Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots
A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth. And he knows this because he’s been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades.
Convicted President’s Friend Roger Stone ‘Recommits Life To Christ’
Roger Stone, the convicted longtime friend and advisor of U.S. President Donald Trump, told an enthusiastic audience of evangelical Christians on Sunday that he had recommitted his life to Christ after falling away from his faith.
Trump visits areas hit by Cat. 4 Hurricane Laura that killed 16, left 650K without power
President Donald Trump on Saturday assured Texas and Louisiana that the federal government “will take care of you” as he toured areas hit by Category 4 Hurricane Laura, which killed at least 16 people and left more than 650,000 without power.