Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said on Sunday there is a possibility of an object flying over Montana’s airspace after a search for a radar anomaly was called off yesterday due to darkness, but added the alert could be a “false alarm.” “There was an anomaly and they’ve investigated … I think it got dark last…
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McCaul: Suspected Chinese spy balloon ‘did a lot of damage’
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month “did a lot of damage” after flying over a number of highly sensitive U.S. intelligence and military sites. McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, split with defense and intelligence…
House Republican says it’s ‘unfortunate’ Democrats ‘scare’ seniors with talks of cutting Social Security, Medicare
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) criticized Democrats for trying to “scare” seniors by suggesting that Republicans want to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare, a move that Comer said is not on the table when it comes to GOP plans for spending cuts. “It’s very disappointing that the president and Chuck Schumer would continue to…
Schumer: Chinese ‘humiliated’ and ‘caught lying’ with suspected spy balloons
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday blasted China in the wake of the U.S. shooting down a suspected spy balloon, saying the Chinese were “humiliated” and “caught lying” after the incident. “I think the Chinese were humiliated,” Schumer said on ABC “This Week.” “I think the Chinese were caught lying. I think it’s…
Schumer: US believes aerial objects shot down over past few days were balloons
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday the U.S. believes objects that were shot down over American and Canadian territory over the past few days were balloons, citing a briefing by President Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Schumer said the administration believes the objects were “much smaller” than the suspected Chinese spy…
Turkey arrests building contractors in wake of earthquake
Approximately 130 people were arrested or are the target of arrest warrants issued by Turkish officials for their involvement in alleged faulty and illegal construction methods as rescue teams work to locate survivors in the wreckage of thousands of buildings downed by an earthquake nearly a week ago. As the country reels from the earthquake…
Residential buildings, school shelled in Russian assault in eastern Ukraine
Russia shelled residential buildings and a school in Moscow’s latest strikes in its push to claim more land in eastern Ukraine. One person died and another was injured in the shelling in the city of Nikopol on Sunday morning, according to the Ukrainian military. The attack damaged four residential buildings, a vocational school and a…
Kaine: China in many ways more than strategic competitor
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said China is an “adversary” after two more unidentified objects were shot down over North American airspace late last week, raising concerns that there were more objects like the suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over the country. “We call it strategic competition but in a lot of ways it’s more than…
Jason Miller joins Trump’s 2024 campaign
Jason Miller, a longtime adviser to former President Trump, is joining the Trump campaign as the former president assembles a team for his 2024 White House bid. Miller worked on both Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He will provide the campaign with strategic guidance, playing a similar role to that he played in previous election…
LGBTQ community reports more abuse on Twitter since Musk takeover: survey
LGBTQ activists and organizations say hateful and abusive speech has surged on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the social media platform, according to a new survey. A majority of LGBTQ activists and organizations say they have encountered more hateful and abusive speech on Twitter since Musk’s acquisition of the social media giant, according to a…