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Did Biden pressure Garland to prosecute Trump? We found it on tape. President Biden expressly said that he would use the full power of the United States government to ensure that former President Trump will not become the next president again. As the 45th president builds his legal defense to counter Special Counsel Jack Smith's Crime-Fraud Exception Strategy and have the case thrown out, the government's case could further fall apart if the Trump team can show that the DOJ is using selective, premeditated, biased, prosecution techniques to target him based on a presidential directive to achieve a desired result....

An underground gay group in the military wants recruiters to reach out to the gay community in the same way they target blacks, Hispanics and women. The Pentagon’s ban on openly gays members is due to be lifted Sept. 20, meaning avowed gay people can sign up, those in the ranks can come out of the closet and the military will no longer discharge personnel because of sexual preference. What is unclear is the number of post-ban policies that might be adopted to meet the demands of gays and ease integration of different sexual identities. The group OutServe, which claims...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran's crackdown on demonstrators last week, the Washington Times reported administration officials as saying. At his June 23 news conference, Obama said he was "appalled and outraged" by Iranian behavior and "strongly condemned" the violence against anti-government demonstrators. Up until then, Obama and other administration officials had taken a softer line, expressing "deep concern" about the situation and calling on Iran to "respect the dignity of its own people." Behind the...

(IsraelNN.com) President Obama, before he took office, pressured outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to put a quick end to the Cast Lead counterterrorist operation against Hamas, according to New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh. Hersh, who previously has divulged conversations with leaders promoting pro-Arab positions vis-à-vis Israel, reported in the current edition that President Obama approved of recent talks between American officials and Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Wounded of Fallujah are pressed to inform By Toby Harnden in Fallujah (Filed: 16/11/2004) The new patients at the field aid station screamed out in agony as they were gently laid on stretchers. Fresh from the battlefield, flies swarmed around their infected wounds. US army medics barked out orders beside the makeshift triage beds. But the four men being treated were not American soldiers. Blindfolded, stripped to the waist, the tags tied to their stretchers identified them as "EPWs" - enemy prisoners of war. Disorientated and perhaps bewildered, they were surrounded by doctors and US interrogators with their translators, seeking...

Spymaster pressed to stand down By Rachel Sylvester, George Jones and Michael Smith (Filed: 16/07/2004) John Scarlett, the intelligence chief accused of becoming too close to Downing Street in the approach to the Iraq war, was under pressure last night to withdraw as the next head of MI6. The Telegraph has learned that Sir Richard Dearlove, the outgoing chief of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, opposed him as his successor. He backed Nigel Inkster, his vice-chief, instead. John Scarlett: 'too much of public figure' "Dearlove was not happy with Scarlett's appointment," a Cabinet minister said. Senior Tories said that going...

Of all the delicious depravities of French cuisine, few have been as celebrated as the pressed duck served at La Tour d'Argent in Paris, which last night made its one millionth appearance. Fireworks exploded over the Seine and 140 celebrities and gastronomes crowded into the restaurant to see the millionth duck waddle free, while his less fortunate confrères submitted to the dancing knives of "canardier" Jean-Pierre Marchand. You can have your duck several ways at the Tour, but the most popular is "bloody duck". Since 1890 the restaurant's canardiers have prepared the birds in the dining room overlooking Notre Dame...

Sunday, 27 October, 2002, 11:56 GMT Moscow pressed to identify siege gas Hostages are not being allowed out of hospital The authorities in Russia are coming under increasing pressure to reveal details about the type of gas used by special forces in a raid which ended a three-day siege at a Moscow theatre. The latest health ministry statement says that 118 hostages - 28 more than previously reported - and up to 50 Chechen rebels died after troops stormed the theatre on Saturday. Many hostages are in a serious condition As the death toll rose, two foreign nationals were reported...