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The US government has formally declared that members of the Russian armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday. The official US declaration that Moscow has violated the laws of conflict comes after Blinken, President Joe Biden and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman all said it was their personal opinion that war crimes have taken place. "Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the US government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," Blinken said in a statement.

Former Trump campaign chairman and presidential-pardon recipient Paul Manafort was blocked from leaving the country Sunday because his U.S. passport was not valid, a Miami-Dade police spokesperson told NBC News on Wednesday. Manafort, 72, was attempting to fly from Miami to Dubai on a 9:10 p.m. Emirates airline flight when he was denied boarding because of an issue with his passport, the police spokesperson said, confirming a Knewz.com report. The spokesperson said Customs and Border Protection officials on the scene denied his boarding. A CBP spokesman declined comment, saying, "For privacy reasons, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is unable to...

Since JokeBiden enjoys unity among Americans in face of Putin's invasion, overshadowing domestic burning issues where we are heaven and earth. Such as regarding increasing oil production, inflation, etc.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke Monday at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, where he made his position on former President Donald Trump very clear. At the Politics & Eggs event at St. Anselm College, Christie issued a warning to any other Republicans contemplating a run for president in 2024.

Moral issues make up some of the biggest fights facing America these days: Same-sex "marriage," the "transgender" agenda and social media's demand everyone adhere to its tenets, the racist teachings being promoted in Critical Race Theory, and more. But only a stunning low 22% of Americans believe the nation's "moral compass" is pointing the right direction. The results come from the Deseret News "Faith in America 2022" survey.

For 22 years, Mortimer's restaurant stood as a high-society saloon on the corner of Lexington and East 75th Street in New York City. Wedged between a Catholic church and a now-defunct gay bar, it served as a private preserve for the kiss-kiss celebrity types of café society - and a launching pad for its proprietor's swift ascent into Manhattan's beau monde. During any given lunch or dinner, one was likely to see Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sitting pride of place by the front window devouring three little golf-ball sized crab cakes with her posse of Fifth Avenue swans that included Gloria...

A fertilizer industry expert says there could be further disruptions in the supply chain from failed labor negotiations with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Kathy Mathers with The Fertilizer Institute says a key transportation route to deliver fertilizer has been shut down. “It could really could gum up the shipments of potash to the U.S., to U.S. growers. That remains a big concern for us.” Negotiations with the Teamsters Rail Conference Canada Union continued Sunday with federal mediators at the table. The company says it’s bargaining over higher pension caps. She tells Brownfield Canada exports more than 80 percent of the...

The Supreme Court will not reveal whether Justice Clarence Thomas remains in the hospital, after announcing on Sunday that the justice was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said she had no updates on Thomas’s condition when asked by the Associated Press. The Court clarified in a statement on Sunday that Thomas, 73, did not contract Covid. However, that statement also indicated that Thomas was expected to leave the hospital by Tuesday evening. https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-wont-say-whether-clarence-thomas-remains-in-hospital/

Ukraine just silently announced it’s the first country to implement the WEF’s ‘Great Reset’ by setting up a social credit application combining Universal Basic Income (UBI), a Digital Identity and a Vaccine Passport all within one app. Similar systems in other countries too. The Social Credit Score System is silently being implemented around the world.

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. – Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie heavily criticized Donald Trump’s praise last month of Vladimir Putin when the former president called the Russian leader a "genius" and "savvy" in launching the deadly invasion of neighboring Ukraine. In a speech in New Hampshire on Monday, Christie asked "do we want to send admiring words to someone [Putin] who as we speak this morning is directing the slaughter of women and children in the Ukraine without any conscience?"

Our food chain is very delicate & it's ALL interconnected! This issue may NOW be resolving itself by March 23rd?-but this whole conversation sheds more light to how dependent we really are! See ya on the farm & thanks for watching! 😊 14:51 minutes

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made a surprise trip to Cairo on Monday. His meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh El-Sisi at Sharm el-Sheikh was later joined by United Arab Emirates ruler, Sheikh Muhammed Bin Zayed. A diplomatic source said the trilateral meeting was prearranged. The trio discussed “shared security interests in all their aspects.” All three have taken a stand against any US plan to de-list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization for the sake of a revived nuclear deal with Tehran. The White House in Washington stated Monday on the talks in Vienna: “We don’t yet have...

There are many troubling things about Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, and her record. From being weak on crime and her record of leniency for sex offenders to her embrace of critical race theory and its proponents, there is plenty to be concerned about. ... Ketanji Brown Jackson could not define the word “woman.” ... While answering questions from Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jackson was examined regarding her stance on radical leftist gender theory, and she repeatedly refused to take a position. ... Blackburn asked Jackson, “Do you agree with Justice Ginsburg that there are physical differences between...

Astronomers have long questioned whether Earth-like planets exist elsewhere in the universe and if they harbor life. So far, answers have only come from science fiction universes rather than our own. NASA’s latest observatory, the Webb Space Telescope, will take us one step closer to the answer, offering an unprecedented look into rocky worlds orbiting other stars and what they are like. “Imagine if we can establish that there are some rocky worlds with water vapor and with water oceans,” said Sara Seager, a professor of physics and planetary science at MIT. “That’s such a giant step forward from where...

Ketanji Jackson's brother is nodding his head as Booker speaks right now about law enforcement and crime--Booker keeps nodding to her family.— Ariane de Vogue (@Arianedevogue) March 22, 2022

Whoopi Goldberg told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that Republican senators questioning Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson had a “nasty” tone. The show played clips of Republican Sens Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) asking questions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a sudden $140 million cash infusion, officials in Broward County, Florida, recently broke ground on a high-end hotel that will have views of the Atlantic Ocean and an 11,000-square-foot spa. In New York, Dutchess County pledged $12 million for renovations of a minor league baseball stadium to meet requirements the New York Yankees set for their farm teams. And in Massachusetts, lawmakers delivered $5 million to pay off debts of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate in Boston, a nonprofit established to honor the late senator that has struggled financially. The three...

The deeper significance of Hunter laptop story, Part 2Part 1 observed that some of the names from Trump’s first impeachment, mostly from our own embassy in Ukraine, were the same as those involved in the Trump/Russia Hoax as revealed in special counsel John Durham’s indictment of Clinton/DNC attorney Michael Sussmann. We wondered why that might be.Before we continue with that, here are a few updates on the Hunter laptop story:Monday on Jesse Watters Primetime, investigative reporter Peter Schweizer reiterated what he’s said about Hunter being close to criminal indictment. He said The New York Times “got a lot of cooperation...

Host Howard Stern said on Wednesday’s episode of Sirius XM’s “The Howard Stern Show” that because “only 65% of Americans are fully vaccinated” and mask mandates are being lifted, the anti-mask, anti-vaccine Republican “wackos are winning.”

Disgraced CNN legal contributor Jeffrey Toobin wrote an opinion article on Tuesday that complained Republicans are winning the “ideological war” at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Toobin, who was caught masturbating on a Zoom call with former colleagues at the New Yorker but returned to CNN after a seven-week suspension, penned an op-ed noting Democrats are allowing Republicans to win the debate over how the constitution should be read. “Conservatives Are Winning the Ideological War at Jackson’s Hearing,” the headline read.