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[ September 29, 2023 ] Iranian Navy Repeatedly Aimed Laser at American Military Helicopter Politics
[ September 29, 2023 ] Zelensky, Navalny Among Favorites for Nobel Peace Prize NGO
[ September 28, 2023 ] Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to Cease to Exist on January 1 Politics
[ September 28, 2023 ] Poland Might Seek Extradition of Ukrainian Nazi Veteran that Embarrassed Canada Politics
[ September 27, 2023 ] UN Women’s Bahous Asks UN to Declare ‘Gender Apartheid’ in Afghanistan NGO

Pompeo: China Waging Disinformation Campaign to Drive Wedge Between US and Europe

June 20, 2020 Focus Washington

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Friday that China is behind a “fear in Europe” as Beijing aggressively continues to spread its influence across the world through economic initiatives and cyber disinformation campaigns that are forcing Europeans to choose between China and the […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Friday Special – Analysis: Trump Faces Referendum – Kentucky, Colorado, NY 16 Primaries

June 19, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, June 19, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 39% (Reuters) to 47% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes […]

Amy Klobuchar Withdraws from Biden VP Selection to Make Room for ‘Woman of Color’: Report

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday she was withdrawing as a candidate to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, Fox News informed. Klobuchar told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell she called Biden Wednesday evening with her decision, saying […]

Trump Calls for ‘New Justices’ on Supreme Court, as Conservatives Rage at Roberts

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump, in the wake of Thursday’s defeat at the Supreme Court in his efforts to repeal the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, called for new justices as conservatives raged at Chief Justice […]

U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Mexican Firms, Individuals Linked to Venezuelan Oil Trade

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

The United States on Thursday blacklisted Mexico’s Libre Abordo and a related company, accusing them of helping Caracas evade U.S. sanctions in the first formal action by the U.S. Treasury Department against Mexican firms involved […]

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Twitter Labels Trump’s Tweet as ‘Manipulated Media’

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

Twitter added a ‘manipulated media’ label on a video posted on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed on Thursday that showed a doctored news clip with a mis-spelled banner flashing “Terrified todler runs from racist […]

Trump Predicts NFL Will Face ‘Lots of Problems’ If It Allows Kneeling

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump offered a dire warning for the NFL if it allows its players to kneel during the national anthem, Fox News reports. During a campaign interview with his son Donald Trump Jr., the […]

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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Plan to End ‘Dreamers’ Immigrant Program

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants – […]

Biden Seizes on Bolton Book to Hit Trump’s Record on China

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

Former U.S. security advisor John Bolton’s claim in an explosive new book that President Donald Trump urged China’s Xi Jinping to help him win reelection could undermine his campaign’s effort to portray Democratic rival Joe […]

Columbus to Remove Christopher Columbus City Hall Statue

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, announced Thursday the city plans to remove the Christopher Columbus statue that stands in front of city hall in favor of “diversity and inclusion.” The statue will be replaced with […]

AOC Rival Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Turns to Wall Street for Huge Fundraising Windfall

June 19, 2020 Focus Washington

Some of Wall Street’s biggest titans are pumping big bucks into defeating first-term Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by bankrolling the campaign of her business-friendly Democratic primary opponent, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, campaign records reveal, Fox News […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Corporate Pandering? – Defund or Abolish Police? – Swing State Polls – Georgia, New Mexico, Michigan Senate

June 18, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, June 18, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42%Down 1 from Tuesday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 39% (Reuters) to 46% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

House GOP Members Condemn Republican Candidate Who Said if She Were Black She’d Be ‘Proud’ of Confederate Statues

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

Ranking House Republicans are stepping away from Georgia candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, after a Politico report uncovered a series of Facebook videos in which she expressed racist and bigoted views, Fox News informed. Greene won a June 9 primary election […]

New Trump Appointee Fires Top Leadership in Shake-up of Broadcasting Agency

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

The new Trump-appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) – which oversees American taxpayer-funded news broadcasting around the world, including Voice of America (VOA) – fired three of the agency’s network heads on Wednesday, just days after the director and deputy […]

The footage showing Derek Chauvin kneeling on the restrained Floyd's neck for over eight minutes while the officers were making the arrest sparked worldwide anger and the greatest popular uprising witnessed in the United States in decades.

George Floyd’s Brother Urges UN Probe Into U.S. Racism, Violence

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

The brother of the late George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white officer roused world protests against racial injustice, urged the United Nations on Wednesday to investigate U.S. police […]

Top U.S, China Diplomats Meet in Hawaii as Tensions Flare

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, in Hawaii on Wednesday, in high-level face-to-face talks that have become rare amid tensions between the two strategic rivals, Reuters reports. The world’s two […]

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Remain High

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

A second wave of layoffs amid weak demand and fractured supply chains is likely keeping new U.S. applications for unemployment benefits elevated, supporting views that the economy faces a long and difficult recovery from the […]

Saudi Arabia Set to Return to Normal Sunday

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

Starting from June 21, Saudi Arabia will return to “normalcy” in all areas across the Kingdom, except Mecca, and restore conditions to how life was before implementing curfews, Gulf News reported. Saudi Arabia will ease […]

Massive Spying on Users of Google’s Chrome Showcases Security Vulnerabilities

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google’s market-leading Chrome web browser, researchers at Awake Security told Reuters, highlighting the tech industry’s failure to protect browsers as they […]

Defectors Prepare Packages to Send to North Korea Despite Tensions

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

A North Korean defector-led group on Thursday prepared hundreds of plastic bottles stuffed with rice which they plan to float into North Korea, despite a legal challenge from South Korean authorities and threats from Pyongyang, […]

Trump Bashes ‘Washed-Up’ Bolton Over Forthcoming Book

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump lashed out at former national security adviser John Bolton in an exclusive interview on “Hannity” on Wednesday night, saying Bolton “broke the law” by writing a forthcoming book about his time in […]

AP: Race for Virus Vaccine Could Leave Some Countries Behind

June 18, 2020 Focus Washington

As the race for a vaccine against the new coronavirus intensifies, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get immunized first – leaving significant questions […]

Iran Reports Highest Single-Day COVID-19 Death Toll Since April

June 17, 2020 Focus Washington

Iran on Wednesday reported more than 100 deaths from the coronavirus for a fourth straight day, saying that gatherings in high-risk provinces have led to a spike in infections, the Daily Sabah reported. “Holding gatherings […]

Bolton Claims Trump Impeachment Inquiry Missed Other Troubling Actions

June 17, 2020 Focus Washington

John Bolton, the former national security adviser, says in his new book that the House in its impeachment inquiry should have investigated President Donald Trump not just for pressuring Ukraine to incriminate his domestic foes […]

Trump Team Prepares $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan to Boost Economy

June 17, 2020 Focus Washington

The Trump administration is preparing an up to $1 trillion infrastructure package focused on transportation projects as part of its push to spur the world’s largest economy back to life, a source familiar with the […]

DOJ Sues Ex-Trump Adviser Bolton to Block Book Publication

June 17, 2020 Focus Washington

The United States on Tuesday sued former national security adviser John Bolton, seeking to block him from publishing a book about his time in the White House that it said contained classified information and would […]

Trump Signs Order on Police Reform

June 17, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States, signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices even as he […]

Saudi Arabia Calls for Global Action Against Israeli Violations

June 17, 2020 Focus Washington

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday called on the international community to prevent Israel from its aggressive behavior, which threatened regional stability, Arab News informs. In a statement issued to the Saudi Press Agency, acting Media […]

North Korea Plans to Send Soldiers to Joint Border Sites

June 17, 2020 Focus Washington

North Korea said Wednesday that it will send soldiers to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites in its territory and reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at front-line areas, nullifying tension-reducing deals reached with South Korea […]

Ted Cruz Blasts Google Over the Federalist Treatment

June 17, 2020 Focus Washington

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Google’s recent actions involving The Federalist, a conservative publication, raises serious concerns that the tech giant is abusing its power to censor political speech it disagrees with, Fox News […]

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