#Russia says it successfully test fired an ICBM from its new nuclear submarine

#Russia says it successfully test fired an ICBM from its new nuclear submarine

The Russian military announced on Sunday it has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from its new nuclear submarine.  Military officials said that the missile, also known as a Bulava missile, was launched from an underwater position off the country’s northern White Sea coast, according to Axios.  According to the Federation of American Scientists,…

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#Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no’

#Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no’

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) refused to answer whether the 2020 election was stolen when pressed eight separate times in a Sunday interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos. Asked about conservative Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-Colo.) decision to leave Congress and his departing remark that “too many Republican leaders are lying to America, claiming that…

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#View from Kyiv: Decoupling Ukraine and Israel aid is a bad idea

#View from Kyiv: Decoupling Ukraine and Israel aid is a bad idea

Recently, Rep. Mike Garcia (D-Calif.), alongside seven of his congressional colleagues, took an alarming step by sending a letter to President Biden. The letter calls for the separation of supplemental funding for Israel from a broader financial package that also includes aid for Ukraine. What makes this development particularly troubling is the increasing number of…

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#Johnson’s strident LGBTQ views put advocates on alert

#Johnson’s strident LGBTQ views put advocates on alert

In the week since Republicans voted unanimously to elect Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) the next Speaker of the House, LGBTQ lawmakers and civil rights advocates have criticized the once little-known congressman’s conservative record on same-sex marriage and transgender rights and questioned his ability to lead the House on LGBTQ issues with impartiality. His background may…

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