U.S. troops ordered out of Niger by the West African country’s ruling junta will complete their withdrawal by the middle of September, the Pentagon and Nigerien defense officials said Sunday. The timeline was the product of four days of talks between the countries’ defense officials in the capital city of Niamey, according to a joint statement. Niger’s decision to kick …
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A man working in the car industry, claiming to make three-times the minimum wage, went on a rant about the economy, saying how young people can’t afford the same lifestyle their parents and grandparents had. “The American dream is dead, it is over, gone and forgotten,” TikToker Nicholas Sumners said in a viral TikTok video. He asked viewers, “Can somebody …
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President Biden announced Tuesday that his administration is hiking tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports while vowing that the U.S. will “never allow” Beijing to “unfairly control the market” for electric vehicles. The new measures include an increase in the tariff rate on electric vehicles from 25% to 100% this year along with hikes on tariffs in “strategic …
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State Department spokesman Vedant Patel stressed on Monday that no conclusions have been reached by the U.S. on whether Israel possibly violated international law in Gaza after a critical report on Friday. “The report makes clear that this is a very complex and complicated battlefield. It is a very dense and urban setting. We are also dealing with the belligerent, …
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The White House on Monday pushed back on reports from the Times of Israel and Washington Post that it is offering “sensitive intelligence” to Israel on the whereabouts of Hamas leaders, if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declines to engage in a full-scale invasion of Rafah. President Biden has in recent days warned Israel against incurring into the southern Gaza city, …
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The mother of a 23-year-old American among the 132 hostages who remain held by Hamas militants said Sunday that the U.S. should not be considered a “neutral negotiator” and “was also a victim” on Oct. 7. On Mother’s Day, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin, said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” that “it’s clear not enough is …
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Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sounded off on President Biden’s vow to withhold weapons if Israel invades Rafah. He told “Hannity” Wednesday that the only way to change the “heartbreaking” direction of the Middle East is by voting Biden out in November. DEMOCRATS BLOW UP AT BIDEN FOR HALTING WEAPONS SHIPMENTS TO ISRAEL LINDSEY GRAHAM: [I’m] heartbroken …
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Russia has threatened strikes on British military installations in “Ukraine and beyond” and plans nuclear drills in response to remarks by U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron and other Western officials. Moscow summoned British ambassador to the Russian Federation Nigel Casey in “strong protest” to Cameron’s recent interview with Reuters “about Ukraine’s right to strike Russian territory using British weapons,” the …
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Which nation is the leader of “The West?” To answer that question you must first define what “The West” is. There are a hundred different definitions, and indeed an entire PBS series devoted to that question. “Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Feruguson” debuted in 2012, and the accomplished historian issued a companion book at the same time …
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I was just a teenager when Russian officials kidnapped me and my 11-year-old brother Serhiy from our home in Ukraine. What came next were the worst 9 months of my life. Serhiy and I are orphans from Kharkiv but when Russia launched its war, we relocated to Vovchansk, a nearby city, to live in a foster family. We hid in …
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