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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that the presence of US nuclear weapons on European soil is “unacceptable” and that “the time has come for them to be withdrawn.” In a speech to the UN on Tuesday, the Kremlin’s representative accused the United States of creating “insecurity” in the world, both via video conference and in the midst of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

New South Wales (NSW) residents are bracing for unprecedented floods across the east coast, with thousands of residents under evacuation orders and entire suburbs underwater.

A man suspected of being a member of El Chapo's Sinaloa drug cartel was arrested last week in the middle of a baptism being held in a Mexican church. Jose Bryan Salgueiro Zepeda was in attendance at the baptismal Mass at a church in Culiacán, Sinaloa, when agents interrupted the proceedings to arrest him. Widely-shared footage of the dramatic events shows Salgueiro Zepeda standing alongside three other people in the church while a priest can be heard speaking off-camera. See the footage below: In the clip, the priest can be heard saying in Spanish: 'Do you renounce Satan? Do you...

On inflation and the US economy: "We have a choice. One way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make Americans poorer. I have a better plan to fight inflation. Lower your costs, not your wages. Make more cars and semiconductors in America. More infrastructure and innovation in America. More goods moving faster and cheaper in America. More jobs where you can earn a good living in America. And, instead of relying on foreign supply chains — let’s make it in America. Economists call it 'increasing the productive capacity of our economy.' I call it building a better...

Several non-profit organizations that distribute crack pipes as part of smoking kits received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Daily Caller analysis of loan filings found. The Daily Caller identified eight organizations that received PPP loans and distribute kits with pipe components or a fully assembled smoking device. Those organizations received more than $5 million in PPP loans during the pandemic, including two organizations that received more than $1 million each. The federal government distributed $800 billion in PPP loans during the pandemic, with the majority going to business owners, shareholders, creditors, and suppliers, according to...

SNIP “I hate the Soviet Union,” he said. “I hate the Communist regime. I always hated Communism because it always turns into an autocratic situation like in China where they cut off your freedoms.” He then spoke about how he “used to love Republicans”. “I voted for many Republicans. I don’t see how I’ll ever get back to that,” Stern said. “They’ve just totally disappointed me and their support of Vladimir Putin, the praise they heap on him. Trump’s praise of Vladimir Putin. This guy’s a f****** animal. I wish he was dead like I wish Hitler was dead.” SNIP

Former U.S. speed skater Bridie Farrell has ended her campaign for New York’s 21st congressional district. She made the announcement on Twitter on Friday. “After reviewing the new district maps, I’ve decided to end my race for the U.S. House of Representatives in NY’s 21st district,” said Farrell in a tweet. Farrell, who was running as a democrat, was challenging incumbent Elise Stefanik. On the Republican side, Stefanik is being challenged by Lonny Koons. “Thank you for your support and involvement in the political process. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are too valuable. Leaving this race isn’t the...

If this has already been started then please admins remove.

Ted Nugent defended his pal Joe Rogan and attacked Stern on his YouTube show this week, calling the radio host an “isolated jackass” who doesn’t respect “alternative points of view.” “I was on Howard Stern’s radio show going all the way back to the ‘70s, and I’ve watched him turn into an isolated jackass, really, not really respecting alternative points of view and presuming and falsely accusing me, for example,” Nugent said on Wednesday’s edition of the “The Nightly Nuge.” The conservative rocker did not specify what exactly Stern had accused him of, but the two have been prominent voices...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday signed into law a bill that phases in a 3.9% flat tax over four years, eliminates taxes on retirement income and lowers taxes for corporations at an estimated overall cost of about $2 billion in lower annual total state income when fully implemented. Republicans pushed the bill through the House and Senate last week in one day, saying they were making historic changes to help Iowans and the state’s economy. Reynolds signed the bill at LBS, a Des Moines manufacturer and distributor of materials for the production of books...

On Monday, two biotech companies filed a lawsuit against Moderna in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, accusing the vaccine manufacturer of patent infringement on its COVID-19 vaccine.

President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to say that President Vladimir Putin underestimated NATO and the way the world would rally against his invasion of Ukraine. 'Putin's war was premeditated and unprovoked. He rejected efforts at diplomacy,' he will say, according to excerpts released by the White House.

merican support for Taiwan will be in vain, a Chinese government spokesperson has said, as a delegation of former U.S. officials landed in Taipei on Tuesday—a move seen as President Joe Biden's way of reassuring the island nation's public following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Taiwan has been awash with news about Vladimir Putin's bloody military operation against Kyiv for six consecutive days. Observers the world over were quick to predict that China's President Xi Jinping would soon attempt the same against Taiwan, which Beijing has claimed for more than 70 years, and about which successive Chinese leaders have created mythologies...

President Biden is giving his first State of the Union address tonight with rebuttals from Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and The Squad’s Rashida Talib (yes, a Republican is giving the rebuttal to Biden’s SOTU speech, and a Democrat is rebutting a Democrat President??) Let’s look at a short list of Biden’s economic triumphs. I will ignore Biden’s catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal and his weak response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. If you want higher oil and gasoline prices, Biden is a tremendous success. If you like rampant government spending, then Biden is your man. Home price growth is up to...

The Felicity Ace was being towed to land when it began to list to starboard in heavy seas about 250 miles off the Portuguese island chain and took on water in heavy seas, according to the ship's manager. The Portuguese navy confirmed that it sank in a location outside of Portugal's territorial waters that is over two miles deep.

“Under Biden, the U.S. is leading from behind again.” That tweet from MRC President and founder Brent Bozell undercut the core argument of a New York Times piece describing internationally coordinated financial sanctions against Russia as “completely unprecedented,” and their potential impacts as “devastating.”

Weekly report from Friday, 25 Feb: Cases: Down 37.7% New Hospitalizations: Down 29.9% Deaths: Down 18.8% Variants: About 100% of new cases are Omicron. The sub-variant BA.2 is around 3.8% of those - hardly growing for the third week.

Russian nuclear submarines sailed off for drills in the Barents Sea and mobile missile launchers roamed snow forests Tuesday in Siberia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his nation’s nuclear forces put on high alert over tensions with the West over the invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Northern Fleet said in a statement that several of its nuclear submarines were involved in exercises designed to "train maneuvering in stormy conditions." It said several warships tasked with protecting northwest Russia’s Kola Peninsula, where several naval bases are located, would join the maneuvers. In the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia, units of the Strategic...

New data published by the British government show that infections and deaths with the novel coronavirus among the fully COVID-jabbed – including those who have taken the booster shots – are on the rise while infections and deaths among the un-jabbed continue to decline.The U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publishes a weekly “vaccine surveillance” report, the latest of which was made available on February 24, detailing the trends in performance of the currently available abortion-tainted COVID-19 shots against infection, hospitalization, and death with the virus.According to the report, infections with COVID-19 are highest among the triple-jabbed between 18 and 80...

<p>Warner Bros. is halting the release of “The Batman” in Russia, just days before it was to open in theaters there, as Hollywood moved to cease distribution plans in the country following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>Warner Bros., the Walt Disney Co. and Sony Pictures said Monday that they would “pause” the release of their films in Russia. Each studio has significant upcoming releases that had been set to debut internationally in the coming weeks. “The Batman,” one of the year's more anticipated films, launches Friday in North America and many overseas territories, including Russia.</p>