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BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday proposed withdrawing the EU's plan to halve the use of pesticides, calling it a "symbol of polarisation" as regional farmers protested over rising costs and other factors."Our farmers deserve to be listened to," Von der Leyen told the European Parliament."I know that they are worried about the future of agriculture and their future as farmers. But they also know that agriculture needs to move to a more sustainable model of production so that their farms remain profitable in the years to come."

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Tuesday on his show “Morning Joe” that Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) opposition to the Senate border bill is putting America’s “security at risk” because of former President Donald Trump’s opposition to the deal. Scarborough said, “If he would have actually read the bill before saying that. But, again, I guess in his Bible — God, I’ve heard about the Jefferson Bible, but the Johnson Bible, holy shikes. That must be some Bible that tells you to lie, tells you to lie about elections, tells you to lie to get into power, tells you to lie...

A Gainesville woman is booked into the Hall County jail on assault charges: 40 year-old Rachel Millwood is accused of hitting a man in the head with a hatchet during an argument outside a laundromat in Gainesville. Injuries to the victim were described as serious. From WSB TV… A woman has been charged after an argument that escalated into an alleged hatchet attack. The incident happened Thursday around 7:40 p.m. at a laundromat in the 300 block of Atlanta Highway in Gainesville. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) said Rachel Michelle Millwood, 40, and a man got into an...

Thank you. Lieutenant Governor Davis, Madam Speaker McClinton, Madam President Pro Tem Ward… Leader Pittman, Leader Costa, Leader Bradford, Leader Cutler… Thank you for convening this special session and giving me the honor of addressing you today. While I’m grateful to see the House and the Senate gathered here together, I’m also mindful that one of our colleagues is not able to be with us. Representative Joe Kerwin from Upper Paxton Township is currently 7,000 miles away, on deployment with the Pennsylvania National Guard. To Representative Kerwin and every member of the Pennsylvania National Guard at home and abroad, thank...

The police said that the incident started with a conflict between two students of the Free University in Berlin The mother of the Israeli who was attacked: an Arab man "suddenly began to attack him very severely. He shouted at him: 'Why are you posting pictures of kidnapped people?'" 27 in Shvat 5784. (02/06/2024 19:04) Police in Berlin arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly attacked and seriously injured a Jewish student in a bar on Friday. The Jewish student and his family say the attack was a hate crime. His life is not in danger.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's visit to Moscow has received near-constant coverage in Russia's state media, amid speculation that he may interview President Vladimir Putin. Social media has also been awash with images of him visiting sites around Moscow, as his every move is followed. The conservative journalist has been an outspoken defender of Mr Putin. -snip- Breaking news Telegram channel Mash was the first to report that Carlson had arrived in the Russian capital, posting a photo of him boarding a flight from Istanbul, and another of him reportedly visiting Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theatre to watch the ballet...

On December 13, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed a statewide Grand Jury to investigate whether crimes or wrongdoing were committed against Floridians regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. The information below highlights a lot of the key findings of the Grand Jury in their initial presentment. However, I didn't go into much detail regarding what the jury said before they released their preliminary findings. To sum it up, they realized that in order to investigate the true nature of whether or not a crime was committed regarding the vaccine, they had to look into the rest of what happened.The question remains...

RINO Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) has found himself again at the center of a political storm as an old deposition testimony resurfaced, coinciding with his involvement in a compromised uniparty border bill. The senator, who has been a key player in pushing for the so-called “Invasion Authorization Act,” has faced a backlash over comments from a 2010 deposition suggesting his belief that a 13-year-old could consent to sex. ..... Snip..... During his time as director of youth programming at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a 13-year-old girl’s family brought a lawsuit against a 15-year-old boy for an alleged sexual assault...

The Wall Street Journal did everyone a service Friday by publishing an op-ed entitled “Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital: Imams and politicians in the Michigan city side with Hamas against Israel and Iran against the U.S.” This was an eyebrow-raising exposition by Steven Stalinsky of the indispensable Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) of how numerous Islamic leaders and other public figures in Dearborn have openly supported Hamas, which the State Department still officially considers to be a jihad terror group. Instead, however, of concern about open support for terror in Dearborn, the article has given rise to concerns...

A young mother-of two has tragically died after having a 'routine' surgical abortion at a women's health clinic in Melbourne. Harjit Kaur, 30, had just landed a new IT job with footwear giant Nike and was preparing to buy a family home with her husband, Sukhjinder Singh, where they could raise their four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son. But their plans were thrown into disarray when she discovered in early January she had accidentally fallen pregnant. The busy mum felt she was not mentally, physically and financially ready to have a third child, so the couple made the tough decision to...

Well, the lefties can stop freaking out over delays in ruling on Donald Trump's presidential immunity claims, delaying the Trump trial they think will get Biden re-elected. The appeals court ruled against Trump on Tuesday. His appeals will continue.But Washington Post columnist and associate editor Ruth Marcus let the cat out of the bag on their hopes for lawfare to ruin Trump's campaign. The very title of her opinion piece on Friday admits to that, "Slowpoke federal appeals court puts 2024 election in jeopardy."The theme of her frantic diatribe is that the orderly appeals process of how the justice system...

Mysterious polygons spotted by NASA in 2012. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researchers operating China’s Zhurong rover say they have spotted a series of mysterious polygons hidden beneath the planet’s surface, similar to polygons NASA spotted on the surface of Mars in 2012. The newly discovered features, however, were detected more than 35 kilometers beneath the planet’s surface. While researchers believe that these polygon structures could have formed due to extreme environmental shifts in Mars’ ancient past, their exact nature and formation remain a mystery. The discovery was initially made during the rover’s one-year mission, which lasted from May...

Americans are increasingly turning to their credit cards to cover everyday expenses, with debt hitting a new record high at the end of December, according to a New York Federal Reserve report published Tuesday. In the three-month period from October to December, total credit card debt surged to $1.13 trillion, an increase of $50 billion, or 4.6% from the previous quarter, according to the report. It marks the highest level on record in Fed data dating back to 2003 and the ninth consecutive annual increase. There was also an uptick in borrowers who are struggling with credit card, student and...

Its latest analysis of the conflict in Ukraine on Monday, however, said that a recent announcement could signal that the Kremlin may have backtracked from this plan out of concern that Nadezhdin might gain too many votes and reduce Putin's margin of victory below levels the Kremlin is willing to accept. The think tank was referring to an announcement on Monday from Russia's electoral authority, the Central Election Commission (CEC), regarding Nadezhdin, which said it discovered a 15 percent error rate in the signatures collected by his campaign. Under electoral rules, error rates must not exceed five percent should a...

Florida Republican Matt Gaetz holds a news conference to discuss his Sense of Congress resolution that says former President Trump did not engage in insurrection on January 6, 2021.

Musk says illegal immigration crisis is contributing to lack of affordable housing in US ... Elon Musk weighed in on the economic impacts of illegal immigration in a series of posts on social media as he criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis. ... that illegal immigrants have access to in the U.S. and argue they’re contributing to the housing affordability crisis. "A few other things you probably don’t know: illegals in America can get bank loans, mortgages, insurance, driver’s licenses, free healthcare (California & New York) and in-state college tuition," Musk wrote. "What’s the point of being...

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich revealed for “the first time” why he believes Joe Biden might not be the Democratic nominee. Appearing on Fox News “Hannity” to discuss Biden’s low polling, Gingrich was asked about his stance regarding Vice President Kamala Harris defending Biden. Gingrich then explained why he thinks there will be a potential change for the Democratic nominee. He highlighted numerous factors for his stance, including Biden’s “cognitive decline.” Gingrich then noted there could be a possibility of a “genuine rebellion” in the Democrat Party due to the desire to ditch Biden. “But I have to say,...

US political commentator Tucker Carlson came to Moscow on February 3, amid speculation that the goal of the visit is to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin, boosting the ex-Fox News host's popularity in the country. Sputnik explores why.In one video of Tucker Carlson meeting one of his Russian fans in Moscow, a man’s voice can be heard praising the 54­-year-old conservative commentator as the “best US journalist.” The former Fox News anchor is then seen thanking the man and lauding Moscow as a beautiful city that he had planned to visit for a long time. But why is Carlson so...

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Monday he would veto a standalone bill backed by House of Representatives Republicans that would provide aid to Israel, as the White House pushes for a broader measure providing assistance to Ukraine and Israel and providing new funds for border security. "The Administration strongly encourages both chambers of the Congress to reject this political ploy and instead quickly send the bipartisan Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act to the President’s desk," the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement. Officials from the Democratic president's administration have been working for...

Shortly after her election as Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis met with Amanda Timpson, Director of Gang Prevention and Intervention, a position assigned to giving nonviolent juvenile offenders "alternatives to the juvenile court system." During this meeting Timpson told Willis that she had been demoted for attempting to stop Willis campaign aide Michael Cuffee from illegally spending federal grant money on swag, computers, and travel. Two months later Timpson was fired. "When Willis was elected I had high hopes that she would improve the culture of the DA's office," Timpson said. "I wasn't just fired. I was escorted out...