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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…
A military court convicted a Navy sailor based in Japan on Friday for attempted espionage. Chief Petty Officer Bryce Pedicini, a fire controlman, was charged with eight espionage-related counts in February for allegedly providing documents to an employee of a foreign government between November 2022 and May 2023. After a seven-day trial, he was found guilty…
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Saturday that “Ukraine will likely fall” if the U.S. is unable to approve more aid to the embattled country amid its war with Russia. “Now, if we don’t get this aid passed, Ukraine will likely fall,” Bacon told NewsNation’s “Morning in America.” “The Russians are — they got huge munitions…
The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) agreed to deliver aid to residents in Gaza when the U.S. finishes a pier for moving aid by sea, U.S. officials said Friday, according to The Associated Press. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has confirmed to The AP that it will work with the WFP to…
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Americans have “every right to be angry” about a border security bill not being a part of foreign aid legislation making its way through Congress this week. “I believe the American people have every right to be pretty angry with Congress as a whole, and both sides tonight,” Mace said…
Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for her anti-Ukraine stance in a CNN interview on Friday. “Moscow Marjorie has reached a new low,” Buck said during an interview on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” with anchor Erica Hill. “You know, during the Russian Revolution, [Bolshevik Revolution leader Vladimir] Lenin talked…
Former national security adviser John Bolton criticized President Biden for putting “enormous pressure” on Israel to not “do more” to Iran Friday, after the country launched retaliatory strikes on Israel following an attack earlier this month in Syria. Early Friday, the Israeli military struck close to a major air base and nuclear site in Iran.…
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