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Most people have come to expect Joe Biden to bumble around a bit. His first couple hundred days in office have been him bumbling through the White House, bumbling across Europe, and bumbling a good chunk of his speeches. Today was a pretty egregious example of such a bumbling speech, …

Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Thursday, Pence dove into his role at the end of the 2020 presidential election, which included certifying the results in Biden’s favor. Trump supporters had called on the former vice president to refuse certification, claiming the election was rigged against Trump. Some …

There are an estimated 900 or more US troops currently in Syria – both in the southern enclave of At Tanf and in the northeast, where they are “securing” the oil wells and helping the Syrian Democratic Forces operate a de facto independent government. Their presence violates international law and …

Discovered in the Chinese city of Harbin, the skull retains some primitive features found in our distant ancestors, including a low brow and braincase plus a broad nose. However, it also shows some signs of more refined hominid characteristics, like flatter and more delicate cheekbones. The creature’s apparent mixture of …

The incident unfolded near the Camilo Daza airport in the city of Cucuta on Friday as Duque and other officials returned from a meeting in a nearby town, according to local media reports. The president himself confirmed the attack later on Friday, stating that he had “instructed the security forces …

In a video clip released this week, Analyn, a Filipino American, tells her friends Wes and Alan that she’s been bullied for the shape of her “slanty” eyes. Her friends cheer her up with a song telling her that “Your eyes tell the story of your family. They show where …

Released on Friday afternoon by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the entire unclassified report clocks in at only nine pages, including two pages of appendices with definitions of terms.  The dataset it is based on relies on US government reports of incidents between November 2004 and …

“His last words to me were ‘I love you and I will call you in the evening,’” Janice McAfee told the press outside the penitentiary in Barcelona where her husband was incarcerated before he was found deceased this week.  Officials pointed to suicide as a likely cause of death, but …

The Scots are proud people. I should know, I’m one of them. Scotland is a small nation, which is in the unusual situation of being beholden to the British Parliament in Westminster, even though it has its own devolved administration in the capital, Edinburgh. However, small does not mean passive, as Prince …

The Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case resumed in Sydney this week, and it continues to cast a critical light on the conduct of Australian troops during their deployment in Afghanistan. Roberts-Smith’s lengthy cross-examination by Nicholas Owens, counsel for the three newspapers that the war hero is suing, was very revealing. The …