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The law also grants the government the authority to assume the state-guaranteed debt of the former State Agency of Motor Roads (Ukravtodor), totaling $700 million plus interest. This decision was made because the State Agency for Infrastructure Restoration and Development was unable to restructure these obligations independently Ukraine had previously imposed a freeze on foreign debt payments after Russia's full-scale invasion. This freeze expires on August 1, with the bonds' coupon payment due in 2026. The government needs to restructure the debt to meet the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) requirements under a $15.6 billion program. Approval has been obtained from...

A powerful United States Navy nuclear submarine, armed with conventional long-range missiles, returned home on Wednesday following a 727-day round-the-world deployment during which it conducted missions countering threats posed by Russia, China and Iran.

The New York Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by Mayor Eric Adams attempting to block Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program. The ruling allows the State of Texas to continue busing migrants to New York City. In a post on social media, Governor Abbott vowed to continue busing migrants from the Texas border region to New York City and other sanctuary cities. The ruling by the New York Supreme Court is the second legal victory for Abbott in as many days. Another WIN! The New York Supreme Court REJECTED Mayor Adams’ attempt to block Texas from busing migrants...

Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy during a neighborhood Fourth of July party has been arrested in Guyana. Ahsan Julian Payton of D.C., died days after a shooting in Prince George’s County. (Courtesy Prince George’s County police) Rakeem Gilgeours, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder and is now in Florida, awaiting extradition to Prince George’s County, police said. The boy, 6-year-old Ahsan Payton, was struck and critically wounded in the shooting, which happened just before 8 p.m. near the corner of Akron and Beaumont Streets, just off...

More than three months after the widely criticized decision to release the results of a DNA test to prove her Native American ancestry, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who is exploring a run for the presidency, has apologized to the Cherokee Nation, according to Julie Hubbard, a spokesperson with the Cherokee Nation.

Hawaii’s Democrat governor said Wednesday that parties involved in lawsuits regarding the 2023 wildfires are nearing a settlement. The lawsuits were brought against the state, Maui County, and utilities following the devastating wildfires that tore across Lahaina and left residents devastated in August of 2023, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday. As the fires raged, Governor Josh Green said they were “likely the largest natural disaster in Hawaii’s state history,” according to Breitbart News. Video footage shows the fires ravaging the community as people tried to escape: Per Wednesday’s AP report, Green explained the settlement of claims will come...

New York University condemned an anti-Israel group on campus that seemed to promote violent “armed struggle” as an appropriate means to support its mission. The NYU People’s Solidarity Coalition (PSC), which was formerly known as the Palestine Solidarity Coalition, posted to Instagram on July 22, stating its commitment to “embrace a diversity of tactics” and to the “de-normalization of settler-colonial entities.” The group also posted a document–which it appears to have since removed–which seemed to condone the use of violent “armed struggle.” NYU condemned the PSC’s rhetoric on Thursday, writing: “NYU condemns the recent posting by the group calling itself...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis tells pro-LGBT conference: ‘I will be spiritually with all of you’Pope Francis sent a hand-written letter to Father James Martin shortly before the commencement of the pro-LGBT Outreach conference, writing 'I will be spiritually...with all of you, united in prayer.'Pope Francis has once again sent a handwritten letter of support to Father James Martin SJ, expressing his closeness with the priest’s pro-LGBT Outreach conference being held this weekend.Shortly before the commencement of its 2024 conference held in Georgetown University this weekend, Outreach published a photo of a hand-written letter sent from Pope Francis to Fr. Martin...

Ballot manufacturing is the collection of ballots, from places ballots deliberately accumulate due to proactively being sent to such locations where the voter does NOT reside - those ballots are then voted for that person by Leftist groups. In each of the 26 states - including every swing state - where we have the voter rolls, we can demonstrate enough fake voters, real voters at fake addresses, real voters at real but ineligible addresses, real or fake voters at transient locations - like a college - voting from there for 20 years - to impact a statewide election. ...we have...

An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known to stay in Iran was what killed him, according to a Times investigation.

Ramaswamy recalled that Kamala Harris leaned onto her Indian American identity when she ran for office in California and added that she wears a different identity when it is politically convenient on a national stage. Speaking to Fox News, Vivek Ramaswamy said, "On a very personal level, my parents were immigrants to this country, legal immigrants from southern India, the very same part of India that her mother also immigrated from, I think it's a hard fact, it's just a fact whether you like it or not, that many Indian-Americans in the United States are indeed somewhat offended by the...

VIDEORemember that CRINGE Kamala Zoom girl who talked in a highly condescending manner as if her listeners were in still in Kindergarten? Well, that Kamala Zoom girl has a HISTORY on TikTok for constantly exhibiting the same annoying attitude in video after video. Here is but one example, in addition to her infamous Zoom call, of her going full annoying white liberal cringe.WARNING: You might want to remove any hammers from the room while watching this video because you will have a strong inclination to SMASH your computer screen while watching the highly condescending liberal white girl pathetically trying to...

This deal sank like a stone. Legendary pro wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s $11 million partnership with the US Army was so disastrous that it appears to have actually hindered recruitment efforts for the military branch, according to a report. The Army is now trying to recoup its money after claiming “The Rock” didn’t hold up his end of the deal by sharing an agreed-upon number of social media posts during the United Football League season, Military.com reported. The Army declared the relationship as a net negative — with an evaluation projecting that it led to a loss of 38...

Wednesday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called on the Israeli government to follow up on its air strike that took out Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this week. The South Carolina Republican urged Israel to “knock out” Iran’s oil refineries. “Well, the bottom line is they are a radical Islamic terrorist designed to bend on the destruction of the state of Israel for religious reasons,” he said. “They want you to bend a need to Islam. They want to kill all the Jews and change our way of life. So I introduced legislation today to...

Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa poses with her beloved Parmesan. Photograph: Gabriele Seghizzi - Parmigiano Reggiano ==================================================================================== Giorgia Villa won silver with Italy in the women’s team final. But her passion for parmesan has also gained attention Three years ago Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa was cruelly denied her first shot at Olympic glory when she injured her ankle less than two weeks before getting on the plane for Tokyo. On Tuesday, the 21-year-old from Brescia helped Italy to their first medal in artistic gymnastics since 1928, teaming with Angela Andreoli, Alice D’Amato, Manila Esposito and Elisa Iorio to win a historic...

I'm not going to get into the details of the disgusting mockery of the Last Supper perpetrated by those responsible for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Let it suffice to say that the blasphemous display was perfectly in keeping with the evil times in which we live. So I congratulate the Paris Olympics Committee for providing an unmistakable public proof of just how vulgar and odious French culture has become, and broadcasting it to the wide world. That said, there is a social media trope out there that maintains that the tawdry performance was not...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Do you understand all these things?” They answered, “Yes.” And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.” Matthew 13:51–52At times, Jesus’ words are difficult to understand. How well do you understand what He teaches you? He often teaches in figures of speech, as well as with parables. The passage quoted above concludes a section in which He speaks three subsequent parables. The third of these parables, the parable about the fishnet,...

The estimated Cost-of-Living-Adjustment for 2025 based on projections from the Senior Citizens League is in. VA will release the official payment schedule later this year. +2.65% maybe............. CHART AT 2:28 VIDEO ............

The Democrats paid teh homeless to fill up the Atlanta Harris for president rally. (see 2 minute video below)https://x.com/ClownWorld_/status/1818862145968480387

The Biden regime’s non-response - and why it's so troubling To hear the establishment media tell it, the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has brought the world perilously close to a full-scale war in the Middle East and maybe even a world war. In this hour of crisis, one would expect America’s leaders to be way out front, working energetically to protect the American people, our allies, and American interests, trying to calm the international situation. Instead, the episode has once again raised the question: who exactly are America’s leaders? The killing of Haniyeh has led to a spate...