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Some lawmakers are suggesting the U.S. gets tough on China, the European Union is pushing for a new round of sanctions against Russia, the 19-year-old who shot and killed 10 people in a Buffalo grocery store will spend the rest of his life in prison, Mitch McConnell told colleagues that identity politics should play no role when it comes to picking judges, international aid continues to pour into Turkey and Syria, Scotland will soon have a new leader
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has announced she’s running for president
Congress is demanding answers from President Biden about what is happening in the skies over North America, at least five civilians were killed as fighting rages in and around the eastern city of Bakhmut in Ukraine, leaders in Moldova fear Russia is plotting to overthrow their government, rescuers are still pulling survivors from the rubble in Syria and Turkey, a judge will unseal some of the findings of a grand jury investigation into former President Donald Trump, eight people were injured in New York when a man driving a U-Haul truck veered onto sidewalks
Turkey is cracking down on contractors it says cut corners, members of Congress are questioning U.S. air defenses, another U.S. airstrike over the weekend killed 12 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia, the U.S. Army is missing its recruiting goals, the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions, two Super Bowl commercials advertised Jesus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyycriticized the International Olympic Committee’s decision to let athletes from Russia and Belarus compete in the 2024 Olympics, Microsoft has suspended its relationship with a group accused of blacklisting conservatives
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
