The US possesses technology that can “manipulate” and “bend time and space,” White House innovation czar Michael Kratsios has claimed. Kratsios delivered the remarks at the Endless Frontiers Retreat in Austin, Texas, just weeks after being confirmed as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He …
Read More »Are white farmers really persecuted? What’s behind the US-South Africa spat
On March 15, 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared South African Ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool persona non grata following Rasool’s public remarks accusing US President Donald Trump of heading the global white supremacy movement. This marks another crisis in the relationship between Washington and Pretoria, which …
Read More »Gaza truce could happen ‘this week’ – White House
Talks in Qatar about ending the conflict between Israel and Hamas are close to succeeding, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has said. Israel declared war on the Palestinian group after the October 7, 2023 incursion from Gaza that claimed over 1,100 lives. More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed …
Read More »Gaza truce could happen ‘this week’ – White House
Talks in Qatar about ending the conflict between Israel and Hamas are close to succeeding, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has said. Israel declared war on the Palestinian group after the October 7, 2023 incursion from Gaza that claimed over 1,100 lives. More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed …
Read More »White House mulls Russian uranium ban – Bloomberg
The Biden administration is considering a ban on enriched uranium from Russia using the president’s executive authority after congressional efforts stalled, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. A bill banning Russian nuclear fuel was passed by the House of Representatives in December but has since languished in the Senate. The White House …
Read More »Kiev rejects pope’s ‘white flag’ appeal
Pope Francis was wrong to suggest that Kiev should restart negotiations with Moscow, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said. The pontiff ruffled some feathers in Ukraine this week by speaking about the importance of having “the courage of the white flag.” “When it comes to the white flag, we …
Read More »Ukraine doesn’t have enough trained F-16 pilots – White House
An early delivery of US fighter jets would not have changed the course of Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive because there were not enough trained pilots to fly them, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said. Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, Sullivan disagreed with the narrative that the White …
Read More »Ukraine set to lose key Donbass city – White House
Russian forces are preparing to capture the Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka after “particularly intense” fighting, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Thursday. Fighting around Avdeevka is “particularly intense,” Kirby said at a press conference. “We’re getting reports from the Ukrainians that the situation is critical, …
Read More »White House to clamp down on Israeli settler violence – Politico
US President Joe Biden has ordered his administration to draw up a schedule of sanctions against Israelis who attack or harass Palestinians in the West Bank, Politico reported on Saturday, citing a confidential document. A Cabinet memo was read out to the outlet by a senior US official. It had …
Read More »PHOTOS of White House cocaine released to media
New details about the case of a bag of cocaine found at the White House last summer have been published by British tabloid the Daily Mail, which obtained documents and images through a Freedom of Information Act request. The package, which was discovered in a phone locker of the West …
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