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Senator Lines, only the second woman elected to the role of president, said as an atheist she did not want to say the prayer, which has been read by the presiding officers in the lower and upper houses at the start of each sitting day since 1901. “On the one hand we’ve had almost every parliamentary leader applaud the diversity of the parliament and so if we are genuine about the diversity of the parliament we cannot continue to say a Christian prayer to open the day,” Senator Lines said. “Personally, I would like to see the prayers gone. I’m...

"The View" formally announced on Thursday that Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as White House communications director during the Trump administration, and Ana Navarro will be new co-hosts of the show. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg said they wanted to honor former host Barbara Walters' vision for the show by representing different voices. Farah Griffin will appear daily, while Navarro will continue to host the show but not every day. ABC played a montage of Farah Griffin and Navarro's notable appearances; both are Republicans but are sharp Donald Trump critics.

Five ballistic missiles fired by China on Thursday appear to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told reporters. This is the first time that Chinese missiles have fallen into Japan's EEZ, Kishi said at the Defense Ministry here. "We strongly condemn this grave matter involving Japan's national security and the safety of its people," he said. Japan confirmed nine launches in total from around 3 p.m. to after 4 p.m. while Taiwan said it observed 11. Chinese state-owned broadcaster CCTV quoted a military expert saying this marks the first time a Chinese missile flew over...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 28, 2022 / 12:45 pm Ahead of a new poll showing overwhelming support for legalized abortion among Massachusetts residents, several cities in the state have taken steps to fine pro-life pregnancy centers if they engage in “deceptive” advertising practices. Seventy-eight percent of respondents in a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll released this week said abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Forty-eight percent of respondents said abortion should be legal in all cases, while another 30% said it should be legal in most cases. The poll results come on the heels of municipal ordinances enacted...

When U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., died this week in a car crash in her home state, along with two aides and another driver, the Washington Post couldn't resist slamming her in its obituary.

Kazakhstan has significantly boosted its defence spending while seeking to strengthen ties with China and Nato nations amid anxieties that Moscow could expand its geopolitical ambitions beyond Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported, citing a Kazakh official. The ex-Soviet state is committing an additional Kazakhstani tenge (KZT) 441bn ($918mn) to its defence budget, marking a nearly 1.5-fold rise from last year’s budget of $1.7bn, the newspaper reported. Part of the money would go to increasing Kazakhstan’s military reserves, according to a the quoted senior official, who added that Kazakhstan has learned lessons from Ukraine’s fierce resistance to the...

Saudi magazine highlights success of Israeli Arabs, both Muslims and Christians, who choose to join the IDF and defend Israel. By Israel Today Staff | July 28, 2022 | Topics: Israeli Arabs [IDF Lt. Col. G., the first deputy chief of Israel's elite Unit 8200, the Military Intelligence Directorate's main information-gathering unit. Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit] Who better to debunk the lie championed by the Palestinians and their apologists that Israel practices “apartheid” against Arabs than mainstream Arab media in the Middle East? That’s what happened this week when a Saudi monthly magazine ran a feature story highlighting the success...

Dr. Anthony Fauci has once again sounded the warning bell over COVID-19, saying in an interview on Tuesday that those who are not up to date on vaccines will “get into trouble” this fall and winter. “If they don’t get vaccinated or they don’t get boosted, they’re going to get into trouble,” Fauci told Los Angeles radio station KNX-AM. A large part of the U.S. population is not up to date on the COVID-19 vaccines.

Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct helicopter overflights to look for methane “super emitters” in the nation's largest oil and gas producing region. EPA's Region 6 headquarters in Dallas, Texas, issued a news release about a new enforcement effort in the Permian Basin on Monday, saying the flights would occur within the next two weeks.The announcement came four days after The Associated Press published an investigation that showed 533 oil and gas facilities in the region are emitting excessive amounts of methane and named the companies most responsible. Colorless and odorless, methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps...

JALANDHAR: After the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) about Yuma Border Patrol's practice of confiscating Sikhs' turbans during asylum processing, an internal investigation has been opened to address the issue, according to US media reports quoting CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus. In its seven-page letter dated August 1, ACLU pointed out that they along with their organizational partners in Arizona documented nearly 50 cases of asylees arriving from Yuma in the last two months who reported that their religious headwear had been taken away by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and...

Dick Cheney eviscerated Donald Trump as the greatest threat to the United States in history in a new campaign ad for his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney, who is facing a defeat in the Republican primary in Wyoming next week. 'In our nation's 246 year history there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our Republic than Donald Trump,' veteran Republican Cheney said in a new clip released on Thursday. The congresswoman brought out her 81-year-old former vice president father as a last ditch effort to defy recent polling that puts her squarely behind primary rival Harriet...

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda assures that the country will not be short of natural gas in winter thanks to the supplies ensured by the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipeda. On Saturday, asked by the Laluna radio station whether Lithuania would ensure adequate supplies of gas for the cold season, he answered: “We certainly will, the [FSRU] Independence is definitely a crucial element of our energy independence.” “We made completely correct and, most importantly, timely decisions ensuring independence from Russia’s energy resources,” he added. In late June, Lithuania passed a law banning Russian natural gas imports into the country,...

Three of the four Republicans running for Congress in Iowa either voted for or publicly said they would have voted for H.R. 8404, a bill that codifies homosexual marriage, repeals the Defense of Marriage Act, would force Iowa to recognize whatever California or New York considers marriage and threatens the tax exempt status for churches and ministries that hold to a biblical understanding of marriage.

As of tonight, Kari Lake's LEAD over Robson in the State of Arizona is now 20,000 VOTES, wooohooooo!!!!The Maricopa situation is still at a crawl and the Maricopa breakdown is still 46% to 44%, but the STATEWIDE percentage is now 47% LAKE, 44% Robson

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaking of "good representation" by farmers in talks set for tomorrow over the climate change cow gas rules. Rutte visited a farm today ahead of the talks that are being boycotted by major farm protest organizations... "The globalists can go to hell. I have come to Texas" Some of the speech from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas... In Arizona the vote count continues from Tuesday's Primary. In the Republican race for Governor Kari Lake endorsed by President Trump now leads Karrin Taylor Robson 46.8 percent to...

Now up 19,641 votes 90% in

Decision Desk HQ projects Kari Lake ( @KariLake ) is the winner of the Republican nomination for Governor in Arizona. Race call: 9:52 eastern

VLADIVOSTOK. Aug 4 (Interfax) - Forty countries have confirmed participation in the upcoming Eastern Economic Forum, the press service for the Roscongress foundation said. "A month before the opening of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum, representatives of 40 countries have confirmed their participation in it. Such significant interest in the forum shows that the Eastern Economic Forum has become the most relevant global business platform for broadening international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. We expect foreign leaders and high-ranking guests to attend it," the press service quoted Russian Presidential Advisor and Executive Secretary of the Eastern Economic Forum's organizing committee...