#US issues dire warning to North Korea on nuclear threat

#US issues dire warning to North Korea on nuclear threat

The U.S. issued an intense warning to North Korea over nuclear threats Friday.  In a statement on the second U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) coming together in Washington, D.C., Friday, the White House warned that “[a]ny nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies is unacceptable and will…

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#Scaramucci: House GOP ‘damaged our party’ with ‘specious’ Biden impeachment inquiry

#Scaramucci: House GOP ‘damaged our party’ with ‘specious’ Biden impeachment inquiry

Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci attacked House Republicans for their attempts to impeach President Biden for allegations of family business corruption, saying the investigation is baseless and hurts the party with prospective voters. “I think it’s a specious inquiry. I disagree with it,” Scaramucci said in a NewsNation interview Friday. “I’m a lifelong Republican,…

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#Could a Trump holdover save the Biden presidency?

#Could a Trump holdover save the Biden presidency?

A key holdover from the Trump presidency could give President Biden a huge boost as he seeks reelection. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looks to be on the cusp of pulling off a “soft landing” of the economy, after inflation roared to a four-decade high last year. The Fed’s series of interest rate increases, which…

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#President Biden says he’s fighting back against abortion bans. He’s ignoring the oldest one

#President Biden says he’s fighting back against abortion bans. He’s ignoring the oldest one

We are in the midst of a monumental reckoning for last year’s Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortion rights have won in every election since the ruling, and politicians are scrambling to respond to a popular constituency that they neglected for years. Yet the reproductive rights movement should make one thing clear to any politician…

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#Hispanic leaders on border talks: It’s a trap

#Hispanic leaders on border talks: It’s a trap

Hispanic leaders are warning President Biden and Democratic leaders to step away from border policy talks with Republicans, or risk losing political support ahead of a crucial election year. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) on Wednesday came out in a show of force, amid reports that the White House has…

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#White House: President ‘familiar’ with what Hunter Biden planned to say

#White House: President ‘familiar’ with what Hunter Biden planned to say

President Biden was “familiar” with what his son, Hunter Biden, planned to say during defiant remarks outside the Capitol on Wednesday in which the younger Biden blasted the investigation from House Republicans into his business dealings. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly dodged questions about whether Hunter Biden should comply with a congressional subpoena…

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#It’s ‘insulting’ to have ‘nonsense Republicans’ on Biden impeachment inquiry panel, Democrat says

#It’s ‘insulting’ to have ‘nonsense Republicans’ on Biden impeachment inquiry panel, Democrat says

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) dubbed some of her Republican colleagues “idiots” and “a–holes” alongside criticism of the House Oversight Committee’s attempts to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is leading an investigation into Biden’s family finances and is pushing for a full impeachment probe of the president. “The…

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#Retribution, isolation and deportation: What to expect from a second Trump term

#Retribution, isolation and deportation: What to expect from a second Trump term

Less than two months out from the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump seems well on his way to securing a third consecutive Republican nomination for president.  And, with public polling increasingly showing Trump leading President Biden — including by 6 points (53 percent to 47 percent) per a recent Messenger/Harris X poll — the question…

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