The Russian government is speaking out against the apparent use of exploding pagers to simultaneously strike thousands of individuals connected with a terrorist group in Lebanon. Over 3,000 members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group were injured on Tuesday after a near simultaneous detonation of the organization’s pagers erupted across Lebanon, killing at least 12. “What has happened, whatever it …
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18 September
Kamala Harris' interview with Black journalists 'lacked specifics': CNN host Abby Phillip
CNN host Abby Phillip said Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview with Black journalists “lacked specifics” on Wednesday, and specifically called out the vice president for not having a quick and “understandable” answer to a question about the economy. “Black journalists today at the NABJ [National Black Journalists Association] pressed vice president Kamala Harris on policies from guns to …
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18 September
Vulnerable Dem senator who touts record 'fighting' lobbyists has long history of hiring them
FIRST ON FOX: One of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the U.S. Senate, who has a history of railing against the influence of lobbying in Washington, ranks as one of the most active senators when it comes to lobbyists entering and exiting his office. Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown ranks in the top-15 all time on Legistorm’s revolving door rankings …
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18 September
John Kirby denies US involvement in Lebanon device attacks: ‘We want to see the war end’
National Security communications adviser John Kirby shot down multiple questions Wednesday about possible U.S. involvement in the explosion of hundreds of electronic devices used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon. “We were not involved in [Tuesday’s] incidents or [Wednesday’s] in any way. And I don’t have anything more to share,” Kirby said when asked to respond to the attacks. Kirby’s comments …
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18 September
Anti-Trump columnist says Harris hasn't earned his support yet: 'Widespread perception of unseriousness'
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is staunchly anti-Trump but said he isn’t sold on voting for Vice President Kamala Harris yet, saying she can no longer afford to dodge giving specific answers to media questions. “If, as president, she had intelligence that Iran was on the cusp of assembling a nuclear weapon, would she use force to stop it? …
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18 September
House committee to demand 'stonewalled' memo detailing Biden agency's 'curious' voter registration work
EXCLUSIVE:A House committee plans to surprise a top Biden administration official at a Wednesday hearing with a scathing document-request letter after lawmakers said the agency repeatedly failed to comply with a subpoena regarding its swing-state electioneering activities. House Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams, R-Texas, said the Small Business Administration (SBA) drafted a “strategic plan” for its voter registration work …
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18 September
Justin Fields confident Bears' Caleb Williams will 'be fine' despite early struggles
Justin Fields and Caleb Williams will be forever linked. The Chicago Bears selected Fields in the first round in 2021. He would go on to spend the first three years of his NFL career in Chicago. This past March, that same franchise decided to trade Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for a conditional sixth-round draft pick in 2025. …
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18 September
Diddy remains in jail after bail appeal denied
A judge denied Diddy’s bail for a second time as the disgraced music mogul fought for his release Wednesday. Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in front of U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Carter for a second chance at bail after being charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The rapper entered …
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18 September
North Korea launches fresh wave of trash balloons toward South Korea
North Korea launched a fresh wave of “trash balloons” toward its southern neighbors Wednesday night, according to local media. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported that the North launched more than 160 balloons carrying trash across its southern border. The report cited South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) which said it discovered dozens of “trash bundles” containing paper, plastic …
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18 September
Justice Department files $100M lawsuit against operator of vessel in Baltimore Key Bridge wreck
The Justice Department filed a $100 million lawsuit on Tuesday against the owner and operator of the Dali vessel that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which subsequently collapsed. The civil claim, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, targets Singaporean corporations Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, which owned and operated …
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