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North Korea appears to be preparing to test a new ballistic missile submarine capable of launching nuclear missiles, significantly bolstering the regime’s ability to conduct long-distance attacks. Satellite photographs taken Monday of the Sinpo South Shipyard in North Korea show the new submarine with nearby cranes and support craft, suggesting the submarine may be in preparation for a launch test. Last month, North Korea claimed that Kim Jong Un had inspected a “newly built submarine” at the shipyard. The new photographs appear to confirm the claim, say Joseph Bermudez and Victor Cha of Beyond Parallel, a research project backed by...

The DOJ’s brief filed Friday in the R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case contended it is the role of Congress, not the courts, to amend the law to include gender identity, if it chooses to do so. Aimee Stephens, a biological man who identifies as a woman, filed a complaint with the EEOC in 2014 for wrongful termination against R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, claiming unlawful discrimination based on sexual identity. The funeral home dress code has certain requirements in accordance with industry standards for men and women. Nevertheless, the EEOC determined the...

Former Vice President Joe Biden told New Hampshire supporters that he was "not going nuts" after he momentarily forgot what building he was speaking at on Dartmouth College's campus last week. “I want to be clear, I’m not going nuts,” Biden said on Friday. “I’m not sure whether it was the medical school or where the hell I spoke. But it was on the campus.” The former vice president's clarification came before he mistakenly praised Vermont when asked about his impression of Keene, N.H., which is in close proximity to Vermont, on Saturday. "I love this place. Look, what’s not...

SNIP Liu, speaking at a tech conference in southwest China’s Chongqing, said nobody benefited from a trade war. “We are willing to resolve the issue through consultations and cooperation in a calm attitude and resolutely oppose the escalation of the trade war,” Liu, who is President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser, said, according to a government transcript. “We believe that the escalation of the trade war is not beneficial for China, the United States, nor to the interests of the people of the world,” he added. U.S. companies are especially welcome in China, and will be treated well, Liu said....

President Donald Trump is attending the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France this weekend. The liberal mainstream media was pretty certain this would be a complete disaster and that the countries were at odds. This is what they reported for several days before the summit began. Then President Trump dropped this wonderful news on Sunday.

The Talk Shows August 25th, 2019 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. NOPE*. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Kudlow; former Rep. Beta O’Rourke, D-Texas NOPE*; former Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, NOPE*; Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld, NOPE*; David McIntosh, Club for Growth president.THIS WEEK (ABC): Radio host Joe Walsh; Cindy McCain, widow of late Arizona Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Kudlow; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. NOPE*; Cindy McCain. SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC):...

"I say if they’re concerned, don’t vote for me,” Biden said while speaking to reporters in Keene, New Hampshire. When a reporter told Biden that voters he talked to were wondering if the former senator from Delaware had lost a step, Biden answered, “What do you think?” The Democratic frontrunner has committed a number of verbal slip-ups that put him under scrutiny. During the same visit on Saturday, Biden appeared to believe he was in neighboring Vermont.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will hike tariffs on most imports from China as his trade war with Beijing escalates. The U.S. will raise duties on $250 billion in Chinese goods to 30% from 25%, and increase tariffs on another $300 billion in products to 15% from 10%. Earlier, China announced new tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods — and Trump ordered U.S. companies to find an “alternative” to operating in China.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes more cancer treatment HEADLINE ONLY!

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Doc: Dem frontrunner definitely doesn't have brain damage Something is happening behind the scenes within the Democratic Party. Former Vice President Joe Biden remains the prohibitive favorite to win the nomination, even as he continues to commit word gaffes with his mouth. Many still consider Biden to be the most "electable" candidate, but some Democrats, including some of his own aides and supporters, are beginning to express doubts about the 76-year-old's intellectual capacity. It would appear that the Democratic establishment, in its desperation to prevent Bernie Sanders from winning the nomination, is keen to develop a contingency plan in case...

Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time.... ....The Prime Minister was able to save a great deal of expense and effort for both the United States and Denmark by being so direct. I thank her for that and look forward to rescheduling sometime in the future!

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced he will resign after his populist government lost the support of a key coalition member. Mr Conte accused Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing League party, of trying to ruin the ruling coalition for personal and political gain, risking financial instability for Italy.

"I would encourage my colleagues to visit, meet with the people we were going to meet with, see the things we were going to see, hear the stories we were going to hear," Omar said at a news conference. "We cannot let Trump and Netanyahu succeed in hiding the cruel reality of the occupation from us." "There is no way that we are ever, ever going to allow people to tear us down, to see us cry out of pain, to ever make us feel like our (citizenship) certificate is less than theirs," Omar said. "So we are going to...

The 1972 Act is the vehicle that sees regulations flow into UK law directly from the EU’s lawmaking bodies in Brussels.The announcement of the Act’s repeal marks a historic step in returning lawmaking powers from Brussels to the UK. We are taking back control of our laws, as the public voted for in 2016.The repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 will take effect when Britain formally leaves the EU on October 31.Speaking after signing the legislation that will crystallise in law the upcoming repeal of the ECA, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU Steve Barclay said:...

The Talk Shows August 18th, 2019 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow; Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont. NOPE*. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Kudlow; former Rep. Beta O’Rourke, D-Texas NOPE*; former Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; Navarro; Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang NOPE*.THIS WEEK (ABC): White House trade adviser Peter Navarro; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. NOPE*; Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action. STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Navarro; Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind. NOPE*. SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES...

The New York Times plans to shift its coverage of President Trump from whether he colluded with Russia to race, the paper’s executive editor Dean Baquet said during a recent staff meeting, according to a transcript of the meeting posted by Slate.com. “And I mean race in terms of not only African Americans and their relationship with Donald Trump, but Latinos and immigration,” he said, according to the transcript of the meeting, which reportedly took place on Monday. Baquet said the paper now has to “regroup” and shift its resources and emphasis from the Russia story to the race story....

Medical Examiner Rules Jeffrey Epstein Death Was Suicide by Hanging © Jane Rosenberg 23:21 16.08.2019(updated 23:41 16.08.2019) The New York Medical Examiner's Office released its official autopsy report on financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, finding that he died from suicide by hanging. On Thursday, the Washington Post reported, citing unnamed sources, that Epstein's autopsy had found "multiple breaks in his neck bones," noting that while that kind of damage can be obtained by self-hanging, "they are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation." However, Friday's official report concluded the bones were broken by Epstein kneeling...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Friday rejected Israel’s offer to allow a “purely humanitarian” visit to her elderly Palestinian grandmother in the occupied West Bank. The firebrand critic of Israel tweeted that she would not “bow down to their oppressive & racist policies.”

Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times, said recently that, after the Mueller report, the paper has to shift the focus of its coverage from the Trump-Russia affair to the president's alleged racism. "We built our newsroom to cover one story, and we did it truly well," Baquet said. "Now we have to regroup, and shift resources and emphasis to take on a different story." Baquet made the remarks at an employee town hall Monday. A recording was leaked to Slate, which published a transcript Thursday. The day Bob Mueller walked off that witness stand, two things...