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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…
Iran’s foreign minister downplayed the attacks on his country on Friday morning, which targeted a major air base and nuclear site near Isfahan, and questioned where they came from and minimized their impact. “What happened last night was not a strike,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated in translated comments during an interview on NBC News’s “Top…
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said the U.S. passing new aid for Ukraine in its fight against Russia would give the Eastern European country a “big boost of morale” in Friday comments. “I think the U.S. coming through with aid is going to be critical,” Vindman said in an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell…
Reports of explosions in Iran and unverified accounts suggested Israel struck multiple Iranian locations, as per various news sources. U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News, CNN, and ABC News that the attack was carried out by Israel in response to the recent Iran airstrikes on Israel. A U.S. official reportedly told CNN…
An large majority of the House voted on Thursday on a resolution to denounce Iran’s recent assault on Israel. However, 14 members voted against the resolution, including 13 Democrats and one Republican. The group of Democrats includes members of the Squad, such as Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), while Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she doesn’t care if the “Speaker’s office becomes a revolving door” in Thursday comments as she pushes for the removal of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) just months after he took the position. Greene argued against foreign aid in an appearance on former White House aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room”…
The U.S. on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting the country’s drone manufacturing as Washington aims to isolate and hurt Tehran following its massive — though largely unsuccessful — attack on Israel last weekend. The Treasury Department sanctioned 16 individuals and two entities involved with the production of Iranian drones, including the engines built…
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