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Republican James E. Risch (Idaho) was in Ukraine, touring the country. He was escorted by Ukrainian forces because the State Department refused to provide him security once he crossed the Ukrainian border. He met with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, and came away with the conclusion that the current U.S. strategy has not properly adjusted to the latest phase of the fighting.Russian forces are pummeling Ukrainian civilian and military targets in the Donbas with their superior artillery. Ukrainian forces are still not receiving enough of the weapons that might give them the advantage — including long-range air defenses, longer-range artillery, heavy...

Doocy on Brett Kavanaugh being forced out of a DC restaurant by protesters: "So these Justices, because protesters do not agree with an opinion... have no right to privacy?" Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is."

Serena Williams skipped a big Wimbledon event last Sunday and speculation has started to leak out for the potential reason why. This past Sunday, Wimbledon held a Centenary celebration, commemorating 100 years of the Centre Court location. Roger Federer, who missed the whole tournament with a knee injury, flew in for the event.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fended off criticisms from Fox News' Peter Doocy and the Heritage Foundation's John Cooper that runaway inflation is hurting the economy. Cooper pointed out that "inflation is at a 40-year high, gas prices are averaging $5 a gallon nationwide, we still haven't gotten back all the jobs we lost from the pandemic, and wages aren't keeping pace with inflation." Doocy suggested that "do you think it's possible that your plan to raise the cost of living just is not popular with the American people right now?" The Press Secretary called these objections "evidence of...

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A discovery of historical and religious value, confirming the Christianity's connection to Iraq. In six stone containers ancient relics and parchments with references to saints, from Simon to St John. Smuggling of antiquities is back on the agenda, Briton sentenced to 15 years. Baghdad (AsiaNews) - A discovery of great historical, religious and cultural value that confirms - once again - the bond of Christians with Iraq and, more generally, with the Middle Eastern region of which they are the original people and an integral component since the first centuries. Over the past few days, a dozen or so ancient...

Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr After more than a decade of work, the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero was consecrated yesterday. The previous St. Nicholas Church was destroyed by falling rubble on 9/11, and in 2010, Church leaders reached an agreement to build a new church at the site. Patriarch Bartholomew officially opened the church during a visit to the U.S. in November. The new church is envisioned as “a place for everyone who comes to the Sacred Ground at the World Trade Center to imagine and envision a world where mercy is inevitable, reconciliation is desirable and forgiveness is...

Archbishop Paul Coakley criticized the Supreme Court’s decision, saying the EPA needed ‘the necessary authority to meaningfully regulate greenhouse gases.’WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has condemned a recent Supreme Court ruling which limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. In a July 1 statement, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, criticized the Supreme Court for a decision which he said would negatively impact the “threat and challenges of climate change.” On June...

Washington D.C., Jul 8, 2022 / 12:53 pm President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion access in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “This is a choice,” he said before signing the order July 8. “A moment to restore the rights that have been taken away from us, and the moment to protect our nation from an extremist agenda that is antithetical to everything we believe as Americans.” He repeatedly referred to abortion as “health care” and called abortion drugs “medication.” Biden, a Catholic, has repeatedly supported abortion in contrast...

After nearly a hundred years in existence, the Popeye comic strip is reportedly getting a woke makeover, with the strip’s latest cartoonist promising more ethnic diversity and “more characters who aren’t heterosexual.” Cartoonist Randal K. Milholland described the Popeye character as being “gender fluid,” citing old episodes in which the plot required Popeye to dress in drag. “I [want] to bring in more characters who aren’t heterosexual,” Milholland said in an interview with the San Antonio Express-News. “I don’t live in that purely straight white world, and I don’t think a lot of other people do either.” In one of...

Tony Sirico, one of the main stars of "The Sopranos," is dead ... TMZ has confirmed.Tony played Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri, one of Tony Soprano's main guys for every season of the HBO hit show. His brother Robert announced his passing on Facebook saying "It is with great sadness, but with incredible pride, love and a whole lot of fond memories, that the family of Gennaro Anthony "Tony" Sirico wishes to inform you of his death."Sirico was a big supporter of the U.S. military -- he and James Gandolfini once traveled to Iraq for a rally for the troops there. He...

Soldiers stationed in Alaska will soon ditch the 25th Infantry Division's "Tropic Lightning" patch and be redesignated the 11th Airborne Division, in what could be an important step in the Army's recent focus on Arctic warfare. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told lawmakers that the move will give units in the state a clear identity. Soldiers there currently fall under the command of U.S. Army Alaska and wear the 25th Infantry Division patch. But that division is mostly associated with units in Hawaii that train for combat in the jungle, the opposite of Alaska's mission and something leaders and junior soldiers...

Police are searching for the man who brutally attacked a pregnant woman in the Bronx in an apparent road rage incident.

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Jim Smith – whose concurrent roles as a Pfizer board member and Reuters CEO appear to pose a conflict of interest – serves as a board member of the World Economic Forum’s anti-corruption initiative. Smith’s leading role with the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Partnering Against Corruption Initiative follows controversy over his position at the pharmaceutical giant and mainstream media outlet, which frequently reports on Pfizer. Reuters has published tens of thousands of articles covering or mentioning Pfizer, though the articles never disclose Smith’s affiliation with either entity. Smith serves on the board of the WEF’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative, dubbed...

Twitter stock was falling Friday night after Elon Musk said he is terminating his deal to buy the social media company, asserting that it breached terms of the agreement by refusing to provide detailed information about fake accounts on the site. In a filing that came after the stock market had closed, Musk reported that his lawyers sent a letter to Twitter terminating the deal. In the text of the letter, Musk’s attorney asserted that Twitter had “not complied with its contractual obligation,” and that Musk was therefore ending the deal. The original agreement includes a $1 billion breakup fee,...

Philadelphia police revealed video that they say shows a group of 7 young people -- believed to be teenagers -- attacking James Lambert with a traffic cone on June 24, 2022. The man would die the next day at the hospital A 73-year-old man died the day after a group of young people beat him with a traffic cone in a caught-on-camera attack along a North Philadelphia street last month. Now, Philadelphia Police hope the video of the attack and a $20,000 reward lead them to those responsible. James Lambert was walking across Cecil B. Moore Avenue near North 21st...

The freedom farmer protests in the Netherlands are growing into a global movement. It has now spread to Germany, Poland, and Italy in Europe, but also in countries across the world… Farmers and citizens collectively rise up to protest their governments' destructive climate policies and other shortages that threaten livelihoods and the global food supply… Let the summer of food riots begin! Sky News: ‘The Netherlands seems to be sliding into dictatorship under Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its national government has been “penetrated by globalist activists from the World Economic Forum…’ NetherlandsRomania: Huge fire in a wheat field in...

Disney is one of just three Dow stocks that does not pay a dividend. But its plans suggest that the money is better spent reinvesting in the business.