National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Sunday that Biden would pledge that US hackers who undertake illegal cyberattacks internationally are held accountable if Russian President Vladimir Putin ensures his country does the same, according to Reuters. He made his comments on a flight to Brussels from the UK, …
Read More »White House announces it will donate HALF A BILLION doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to low-income countries
The news was announced by the White House on Thursday, with Biden expected to further elaborate on the move during the G7 meeting in Cornwall, UK, later in the day. “The goal of today’s donation is to save lives and end the pandemic and will provide the foundation for additional …
Read More »DOJ says it will no longer seize reporters’ records as White House denies knowledge of gag order against New York Times
The revelation follows recent scrutiny over the somewhat regular practice of seizing journalists’ records after reporters at CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post were all informed that their phone records have been accessed during the final year of Donald Trump’s presidency. The New York Times released a …
Read More »White House’s Psaki basks in adulation from ‘social media stars’ at virtual briefing but viewers fail to tune in
Scheduled for Friday afternoon, known in Washington as “take out the trash day,” the event started about 20 minutes late and ran for less than 40 minutes. Though the White House YouTube channel boasts nearly two million subscribers and Biden famously officially won the most votes ever in US history, …
Read More »Finally asked about Fauci emails, White House says it’s ‘not advantageous’ to discuss messages ‘from 17 months ago’
Thousands of pages of emails were made public on Tuesday by BuzzFeed, having been obtained through a FOIA request. It took until Thursday for White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to call on a reporter willing to ask about them. Responding to a Fox News reporter, Psaki defended Fauci as …
Read More »Dems stage surprise walk-out at Texas State House to block vote on voting rules bill, governor calls for special session
Senate Bill 7 (SB7) would enact a major overhaul of the electoral process in Texas. Written along lines not unlike those of similar bills passed in Georgia and Florida, it became a focal point for partisan clashes on the state and federal levels. Republicans said the reform was meant to …
Read More »Biden White House refuses to compare Ryanair situation in Belarus to grounding Morales’ plane to get Snowden under Obama
Speaking to reporters at a White House press briefing on Monday, Psaki echoed the words of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling the arrest of journalist Roman Protasevich a “shocking act” and “a brazen affront to international freedom and peace and security by the regime” in Minsk. A Ryanair …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi is ‘mentally ill,’ Congresswoman Greene says, comparing House mask mandate to Holocaust
“You know, we can look back at a time in history when people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second-class citizens, so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany. And this is exactly the …
Read More »House to vote on 9/11-style probe into Capitol riots, but top Republicans oppose
Hoyer told reporters on Tuesday the legislation would be introduced the following day. The legislation, drafted by Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) and Ranking Member John Katko, an anti-Trump Republican from New York, would form an “independent commission to investigate the January 6 domestic terrorism attack on the …
Read More »Ukraine court orders house arrest of opposition leader Medvedchuk, who is suspected by Kiev of ‘treason’
A judge in Kiev on Thursday denied the prosecutors’ request to jail Medvedchuk, but placed him on round-the-clock house arrest until July 9. His passport was also confiscated. A group of lawmakers had offered to pay Medvedchuk’s bail, while outside the court a group of nationalists had gathered calling for …
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