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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is tracking enough indicators and warnings surrounding Russian military activity near Ukraine to trigger "a lot of concern" and Russian rhetoric appears increasingly strident, the top U.S. military officer said late on Thursday. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declined to speculate about the kinds of options the United States might consider in the event of a Russian invasion. But Milley, in some of his most extensive remarks on the crisis, stressed the importance of Ukraine's sovereignty to Washington and to the NATO alliance. "There's significant national security interests of...

A woman charged with reckless assault in the third degree after she drove her car through a Black Lives Matter protest in New York City last year has rejected a plea deal in favor of a trial she hopes will vindicate her of wrongdoing. Kathleen Casillo, 53, who appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday, has claimed protesters surrounded her car and called her a “white privilege bitch” and started banging on the vehicle. Casillo told police she panicked and accidentally hit the gas pedal.

Joe Biden's policies since he took office have allowed inflation to surge in the United States, with gasoline prices up by more than a dollar a gallon across wide regions, food more costly and even consumer items demanding higher prices because of those increases in transportation costs. Now a new poll from Gallup confirms what consumers already know all too well: it's causing hardship for them. The poll revealed that Biden's inflation is causing "hardship" for nearly half of the nation's population – 45% to be exact. And it hits hardest at those who can least afford it, the poll...

There have been over 1,100 shooting in Democrat-run Portland, Oregon, thus far in 2021. The Times UK notes Portland has also seen a record number of homicides, 80 so far this year, and nearly three fourths of those homicides were firearm-related. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) lists 1,080 shootings in the city January 1, 2021, through October 31, 2021, alone. The newspaper points out the shootings and record homicide numbers come as police “are quitting their jobs and worried residents are seeking to leave the city.” On April 4, 2021, Oregon Live observed that officers were leaving the PPB “in...

VIDEOCould this be what happens when a supposedly democratic nation lacks a Second Amendment?

This is the astonishing moment a teenage driver desperately waved for help out of her window as a semi-truck dragged her car sideways along a Chicago highway. Footage recorded on Tuesday at around 11:40 a.m. by a motorist travelling on Interstate 294 northbound, in Cook County near milepost 30.25, shows clouds of dust rising from beneath the truck as it travelled along the road, pulling a 2005 black Honda Accord with it.

According to the decision, the couple in 2015 began moving nearly $750,000 of existing retirement-plan funds, including from a MetLife annuity and 401(k), into self-directed IRAs. Then they had the IRAs purchase shares in limited-liability companies that in turn invested about $730,000 in a condominium plus gold and silver American Eagle coins. ...That left two issues for Tax Court Judge Joseph Robert Goeke to decide: whether Donna McNulty’s storage of about $411,000 of gold and silver American Eagle coins in a safe at her home was permitted under the law, and whether the couple owed stiff penalties for understating their...

A crowd was told to redo their applause after President Biden showed up late to a Christmas tree lighting. The president and first lady were introduced at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony by LL Cool J, but the crowd waited nearly two minutes for the couple to come out. A video shows the rapper introducing the pair as music plays. As the crowd stands up, however, the president and first lady are nowhere in sight.

The U.S. economy created far fewer jobs than expected in November, in a sign that hiring started to slow even ahead of the new Covid threat, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 210,000 for the month, though the unemployment rate fell sharply to 4.2% from 4.6%, even though the labor force participation rate increased for the month to 61.8%, its highest level since March 2020. The Dow Jones estimate was for 573,000 new jobs and a jobless level of 4.5% for an economy beset by a chronic labor shortage. A more encompassing measure of unemployment that...

Psychology is the study of the human mind. It’s a fascinating subject, one I spend a decent amount of time delving into. I’m interested in why people think and act the way they do. Unfortunately, the study of psychology has some issues. A lot of studies simply can’t be replicated, which calls their findings into question, for one thing. Luckily, one of the largest publications covering the field is on top of the problem. OK, not really. Instead, they’re going to tell us about how fear is driving our support for gun rights and offer suggestions on just how to...

Burger King's iconic Whopper sandwich is celebrating a big birthday this weekend, but customers are the ones getting a gift. In celebration of 64 years of the Whopper, the fast food giant is rolling back prices to 1957 and selling its signature sandwich for its original price of just 37 cents. That's right. Whopper lovers can get that same flame-grilled beef patty with mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, ketchup and sliced onion on a sesame seed bun for practically pennies. The special promotion will be running in Burger King restaurants nationwide on Friday and Saturday (Dec. 3 and Dec. 4), to...

Bars and restaurants in Auckland, New Zealand, have reopened after almost four months of lockdown as the country eases COVID-19 measures and enters the first phase of its new "traffic light" system. The new system being implemented is intended to curb the spread of coronavirus while stopping short of lockdowns. It will require that people be fully vaccinated to do certain things, the Associated Press reported. It quoted Auckland Business Chamber chief executive Michael Barnett as saying that many bar owners were figuring out how to comply with new rules that they require employees to check their patrons vaccine status...

[Catholic Caucus] Re-education Decrees for “Second Class Catholics”: The Effects of Traditionis Custodes in France The following article was published in German on December 2 at katholisches.info. It was written “von einer Katholikin,” a Catholic woman who remains anonymous. We can see in the information she provides a particular application of the general scenario Michael Charlier spoke about in his article published here two days ago, which would be the method “on the ground” for pursing Archbishop Roche’s goal, which is the Triumph of Bugnini’s Will.—PAKFaithful gathered outside the Parish archbishop's residenceRe-education Decrees for “Second Class Catholics”: The Effects...

QUESTION: Agree or disagree: I am worried that a complete breakdown in American society could happen in my lifetime where no one shows up to work, armed mobs roam the streets, and the government cannot continue to operate. The results are even more dramatic among Republicans, 69% of whom say they are worried, and those fifty and older who say American society is on the brink. Black voters too. Full majorities in Los Angeles County, the Central Valley and Northern California also believe we are doomed, as do a majority of those who prefer to speak Spanish. The multi-mode poll...

President Biden is touting his administration's handling of the supply chain crisis, claiming the situation is all but resolved. However, the bottleneck that helped bring the supply chain to a virtual standstill remains in place. On Wednesday, Biden said the supply chain is in "very strong shape" ahead of the holiday season. "It's not because of luck," Biden said. "We averted potential crisis by figuring out what needed to get fixed, and then we brought the people together to do the hard work of fixing it." Biden dismissed reports of empty store shelves nationwide, saying, "For the vast majority of...

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A registered Serbian foreign agent and the Serbian Ambassador to the United States were in discussions with Hunter Biden in the early years of his dad's first term as vice president to coordinate the scheduling of an investment meeting with Serbia’s president and Serbian "high net worth individuals," according to emails reviewed by Fox News Digital. Mark Doyle, who formerly served as a senior adviser to then-Sen. Joe Biden and the national finance director of Biden’s unsuccessful presidential run in 2008, emailed the younger Biden on April 16, 2010, informing him he "met with Tadic’s chief of staff," referring to...

A man who’s been identified as both a relative, close friend, and nephew of the deceased George Floyd was arrested sometime on Thursday for alleged intimidation of jurors assigned to Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial, having previously threatened to publicly identify jurors and expose them to violence and harassment. Cortez Rice was reportedly arrested Monday in accordance with a warrant accusing him of communicating with jurors. Leftist militants immediately proceeded to raise money for Rice’s bail. Cortez Rice, a relative of George Floyd who recorded a video saying he knew of people with cameras in the courtroom during #Rittenhouse trial, has...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said yesterday that “It’s Fed’s Job to Avoid Any Wage-Price Spiral.” Well, The Fed is helping to avoid a wage increase in real terms, since the November jobs report revealed that REAL US Average Hourly Earnings growth YoY fell to -1.378%. In other words, inflation is greater than hourly earnings. And in other jobs related news, nonfarm payrolls rose by only 210k versus expectations of 550k jobs to be added. Even NOMINAL hourly earnings growth (4.8% YoY) was less than expected (5.0%). Labor force participation rose a bit to 61.8%, still well below the pre-COVID levels...

The man accused driving his SUV into the Waukesha Christmas parade had been released earlier on “inappropriately low” bail as a result of “human error” by a young prosecutor, the Milwaukee County district attorney said Thursday. Darrell Brooks, 39, who is charged with six counts of intentional homicide over the deadly crash in Waukesha that also left 48 injured, should have been behind bars following an arrest earlier in November, officials have acknowledged. Brooks was out on $1,000 cash bail at the time of the Nov. 21 parade rampage after he allegedly punched the mother of his child and purposefully...