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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed replacing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with former vice prime minister Andrei Belousov, according to an official post by the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Telegram. Shoigu was appointed to lead the Kremlin’s security council, Russian state media reported, citing spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. The announcement comes…
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of international humanitarian law using U.S. weapons — as “woefully inadequate,” but did not indicate a ban on arms transfers. “If this conduct complies with international standards, God help us all,”…
Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who leads the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, had a heated exchange with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the migrant crisis at the southern border on Capitol Hill. Tester, who is one of the Senate’s most at-risk current officeholders, made it clear to Austin that he's tired of the…
An American soldier was arrested in Russia last week, as confirmed by a spokesperson from the National Security Council on Monday. The spokesperson told The Hill in a statement that the State Department is currently working to get consular access to the individual, who was not in Russia representing or associated with the U.S. government. The spokesperson directed additional inquiries about…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) strongly criticized the Biden administration's plan to include Air National Guard Service members in the Space Force, saying the move is a danger to the Texas National Guard. Abbott wrote a letter to President Biden last week, arguing that the proposal would grant the Secretary of the Air Force unilateral authority…
The Biden administration halted a shipment of ammunition bound for Israel last week, Axios first reported, as pressure rises over the Israeli military’s promised invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Israeli officials were left scrambling as to why the shipment was withheld, Axios reported, while CNN reported that the decision was unrelated to U.S. opposition to…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has announced that he is sending Chick-fil-A to counter protesters against pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) on Saturday. “I’m so proud of the courageous young men at @UNC that protected our flag and stood up for America against the pro-Hamas protesters on their campus,” Graham said in…
Progressive Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Cori Bush (D-Minn.) compared police responses to ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country to the Kent State Massacre on its 54th anniversary Saturday. "54 years ago, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State. Students have a right to speak out, organize,…
The daughter of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Dasha Navalnaya, accepted a posthumous award from the McCain Institute Friday on her father’s behalf, according to the institute’s account on social platform X. “My father was truly an extraordinarily courageous man. His resilience, passion, and dedication to a better Russia [was] unwavering,” Navalnaya said, according…
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