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Lawmakers condemned China for violating U.S. airspace with a balloon-mounted spying device, a House panel held its first hearing on what Republicans are calling the political weaponization of the government against conservatives, lawmakers grilled Southwest Airlines Chief Operating Officer about a winter systems meltdown that forced thousands of canceled flights, the death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 20,000, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with European leaders in Brussels, Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts are back online, Burt Bacharach died at 94 years old
Lawmakers grilled former Twitter executives about censoring conservative voices, the U.S. military says the Chinese spy balloon that it shot down was just one of many, the death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has now topped 12,000, a team of international investigators says Russia most likely supplied the missile used to shoot down a Malaysian Airlines jet in 2014, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with French and German leaders in Paris, Walt Disney is one step closer to losing control of its own private kingdom near Orlando
Rescue teams from around the world are working to locate survivors of the massive earthquake that struck near the border of Turkey and Syria, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands will send at least 100 tanks to Ukraine, the U.S. trade deficit with China grew for a second straight year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the Fed may have to raise interest rates even higher than it planned
Rescuers across Turkey and Syria are hoping to find more survivors after a series of powerful earthquake devastated the region, top U.S. officials are defending the decision to let a Chinese spy balloon travel across the country last week, Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with attacks in the eastern Donbas region, thousands of nurses and ambulance staff across Britain walked off the job over pay disputes, the majority of Democrats say they don’t want President Biden to run for reelection, the president will deliver his second State of the Union address tonight, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blasted Biden’s economic policies
Republicans on Capitol Hill say China just made a mockery of U.S. airspace, Democrats say Republicans are playing politics with their push to oust Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says Ukrainian officials are now auditing the military, the Democratic National Committee voted to rearrange the order of states’ presidential primaries and caucuses, many Americans are beginning to thaw out after bone-chilling cold gripped much of the northern United States, firefighters have not yet approached smoldering train cars in Ohio, pump prices are once again on the decline
The U.S has agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine, the Philippines granted U.S. troops access to four more of its military bases, the Pentagon has been tracking what it believes to be a Chinese spy balloon over US airspace, the FBI is reportedly planning to search former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home and his Washington office for classified materials, Congressman Tim Walberg of Michigan opened the 71st annual national prayer breakfast, Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar is officially off the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Members of the House Judiciary Committee tackled the border crisis, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden met to talk over their differences about raising the debt ceiling, House Republicans are preparing to remove Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, FBI agents say they found no classified documents after a search of President Biden’s Delaware vacation home, mourners gathered at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis for the funeral of Tyre Nichols, The College Board is making changes to a controversial Advanced Placement course for high schoolers, the Federal Reserve has bumped up its key interest rate again
Secretary of State Tony Blinken just wrapped up a two-day visit to the Middle East, President Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet at the White House today, McCarthy also weighed in on the scandal surrounding Congressman George Santos, President Biden says he will end two COVID-related states of emergency in May, Ukraine is once again asking Western allies to provide F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv, Boeing delivered the last 747 airplane, the death toll in a mosque bombing in Pakistan has risen to roughly a hundred people, much of the South woke up today under a blanket of ice
Secretary of State Tony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians to ratchet down tensions, the Memphis Police Department has relieved a sixth officer of duty in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, Turkey says it could greenlight Finland’s membership in NATO before that of Sweden, Pakistani police gathered to honor the nearly 60 victims of a suicide bombing, a Pennsylvania jury has acquitted pro-life activist Mark Houck on charges of obstructing an abortion facility, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced new measures to combat illegal immigration
Memphis police have disbanded the unit involved in the beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet with President Biden at the White House this week, Ukrainian forces say they have driven back a Russian assault in the eastern Donetsk region, Congressman McCaul also weighed in on a report that the United States could be at war with China by 2025, Secretary of State Tony Blinken arrives in Israel today days after violence flared up again in the region, gas prices in the U.S. continued to inch upward over the past week
