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The head of the Secret Service accepted full responsibility Thursday for last week's security breach at President Barack Obama's first state dinner, but he said that the president and Vice President Joe Biden were never in danger from a party-crashing couple who shook hands and posed for pictures with them. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told the House Homeland Security Committee that his agents were at fault for allowing uninvited Washington socialites Tareq and Michaele Salahi into a lavish state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Sullivan told the committee that three uniformed agents had been put on administrative...

During an interview with Spectrum News NY1 on Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stated that the Biden administration will work to help migrants in New York “find a path so these individuals can get what they came here for, the ability to be independent,” and provide housing vouchers. Hochul also said that applying New York City’s right to shelter law to migrants for an unlimited period, “is basically an open invitation to the world to come to New York City. And you can see, the city is crushed under the weight of this.” Hochul said, “I reinforced my...

President Joe Biden accepted an invitation Friday from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to deliver his annual State of the Union address, according to the White House. “We have received Speaker McCarthy’s kind invitation, and the president has accepted it,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during the daily press briefing. The date for the address is scheduled for February 7.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo says that both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to attend the Group of 20 (G-20) summit to be held in Bali in November.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack may again seek to speak with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in light of a slew of comments he made in a series of audio recordings released by The New York Times. The committee in January issued an invitation — but not a subpoena — to McCarthy, an offer he has since rebuffed. “We’ve invited him to come earlier before the latest revelation that was reported on tapes. So in all probability, he will be issued another invitation to come just like some other members,” Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Biden has invited national hero "Brandon" to the White House to congratulate him on his smashing success at football games, NASCAR races, and even gatherings of New York City educators. "Wow, this Brandon must be quite a fella!" said President Biden after listening to another raucous chant. "For him to get crowds from all across this divided country to all be united together with such passion? I just can't believe that many people could all feel so strongly about one single man! We need a lot more Brandons in our country, I'll tell you that right now! Let's...

Professional agitator Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the George Soros-funded Center for Popular Democracy (sic), who demonstrated her feminist credentials and logical thinking by shrieking at then-senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in an elevator to oppose the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, is receiving her...reward.  (Yeah, yeah, silly you, you probably thought she'd receive a slight punishment for such rudeness.)  Flake caved; Archila scored for women. And so Archila will be an honored guest at today's State of the Union address, courtesy of...aw, you know whom, none other than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).   I’m proud to announce that my #StateOfTheUnion guest will...

NBA star Stephen Curry was dis-invited from the White House on Saturday by President Trump. Curry, a Golden State Warriors guard and two-time NBA MVP, said Friday he would vote against the team visiting Trump's White House to celebrate the team’s 2017 championship. That was enough for Trump to decide against inviting him. "Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!" the chief executive tweeted at 8:45 a.m.

Members of the Iranian Jewish community in the United States have refused an invitation to meet with the new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, despite his recent moderate comments, reports the Jewish Week. The decision to reject Rouhani’s invitation for a meeting during his visit to New York for the UN General Assembly came after considerable discussion among the leadership of the Iranian Jewish community in New York and Los Angeles over the weekend. .....

We have Saturday and Sunday worship services...our family usually goes on Saturday night because we like to sleep in on Sunday mornings. :) Our pastor last night spoke about America and how it has lost its moorings and is becoming rapidly anti-Christian like Europe. He even had a missionary who ministers in Europe speak about how irreligious that continent has become, how roughly 80 to 90% of the people in his part of Europe don't worship AT ALL. My pastor's sermon and the sad results of the recents SCOTUS decision weighed on my heart, and I have decided to try,...

A Tea Party Invitation to Morgan FreemanOriginal national tea party organizer Akbar invites Morgan to experience an actual tea party rally. Dear Mr. Freeman,My name is Ali Akbar. IÂ’m a 26 year-old African-American small business owner and a tea party activist. IÂ’m not writing to rake you over the coals in the way that many conservatives have done in the last 48 hours. Heck, I wrote a passionate open-letter refuting many of your claims already, but this is not that. This is an honest and standing invitation. I do believe that you are wrong in what you said about the...

> "That is one of the great advantages of the British health system," said Dr. Steve Field, president of the Royal College of General Physicians. "We have a list of all the names of patients who qualify to be vaccinated." >

Carman: A Witch's Invitationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKRV6Mpm6cw

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently in Tehran with his "friend," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as the two leaders discuss ways to bolster the bilateral ties between their two countries. While Turkey's realignment towards Iran and Syria is by now familiar, it is possible that the Obama administration might be more annoyed at this development than it has let on publicly. Obama recently sent an invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to meet with him in Washington D.C. on October 29. That just happens to be the Turkish equivalent of the Fourth of July -- the anniversary of the dissolution of...

/begin my summary Kerry Considering Visit to N. Korea .. NK sent invitation "Kerry, eager to visit Pyongyang... date not determined" Likely to make the visit by end of this year after legislative agendas are all taken care of. /end my summary

Queen Elizabeth was snubbed by the French and the U.S. for D-Day Events to mark the 65th Anniversary of D-Day. But thanks to the Eisenhower Library - the Queen of England can come to Abilene, Kansas - for the 65th anniversary of D-Day...

When I heard about the protests planned against Khatami’s speech at Harvard, I knew just the guy to contact. I emailed Jesse Sage over at HAMSA and he filled me in on all the information. Khatami was to speak at 4:00 p.m. so the protests would start around three. We arrived in Harvard Square outside of the Kennedy School of Government just before then, and people were already gathering by the dozens. It wasn’t just the people I knew from HAMSA and the Iran Freedom Concert Coalition, either. There were many, from pro-Israel Jews to Americans concerned about our security...

/begin my translationChina Invites Kim Jong-il ...N. Korea's Decision on Spotlight China is aggressively pursuing Kim Jong-il's visit to China in order to restore deteriorating Sino-N. Korean relationship since N. Korea's missile launches, and forestall its 'further provocation.' In particular, Liu Xiao-ming, the new Chinese ambassador to N. Korea who is to start his work in Pyongyang this week, will convey to N. Korea President Hu Jintao's desire for official invitation, according to sources. According to diplomatic sources in China and Seoul on Sept. 3, after heated debates last month, Chinese leadership decided to actively pursue the restoration of relationship with N....

Bush Meets Privately With Noted N. Korean Defector By Peter Baker and Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, June 14, 2005; Page A04 President Bush met privately yesterday with a well-known North Korean defector who spent 10 years in a prison camp and has since become an outspoken critic of his homeland's government, a move that could provoke Pyongyang just as it was reviving stalled nuclear talks. Bush invited Kang Chol Hwan, a journalist and director of the Democracy Network Against North Korean Gulag, to visit with him in the Oval Office and recount his tale of suffering in...

This story broke in the Hill a few days ago. Here's a PDF of what Rep. Feeney's office is sending around. http://www.humaneventsonline.com/downloads-pdfs/FeeneyRatherCelebration.pdf