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Mark Carney's Speeches Becoming Political Earthquakes Source link
The Political Battle Over Grocery Prices Is Here Source link
President Donald Trump described CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia as routine engagement. He went on to dismiss the possibility that Russia could attack a NATO member. On Thursday, Trump was asked by Axios reporter Barak Ravid if he was concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would authorize an attack on a NATO state. “I am not concerned … at all. There is no problem,” the President replied. Earlier this week, former Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and current Kremlin adviser, Andrei Fedorov, warned the UK that “unknown sources” could attack arms facilities making weapons for Ukraine. “Something might happen with…
Darline Graham Nordone’s embarrassing debate flub on a basic question about U.S.-Taiwan policy didn’t seem to matter at all in the election results. Source link
A new Echelon Insights poll raises the question: just how inevitable is this menacing Blue Wave? Source link
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held direct talks with a senior Hamas member during the deadly 2014 war in Gaza, according to Israeli media. The dialogue was said to have been arranged “behind the backs of the establishment.” Reported by the Hebrew-language outlet Walla on Thursday, the backchannel contacts with Hamas occurred during separate negotiations then taking place in Egypt, those led by Israel’s military and security chiefs. The secret talks, however, were reportedly spearheaded in private by businessman Shlomi Fogel, a close associate of Netanyahu. Fogel was said to have facilitated contacts with Ghazi Hamad, a deputy minister in Gaza’s Hamas-led…
Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Sean Trende break down Darline Graham’s victory in last night’s South Carolina Senate primary and whether it was worth President Trump’s effort to boost her with an endorsement. They also look at competitive Senate races in Iowa, Texas, and Alaska, and the factors putting these otherwise mostly red states within reach of Democrats. Susan Crabtree joins the program to discuss her latest report on Secret Service officials suspended over the president’s use of a decoy aircraft during overseas travel, and the larger questions about the Secret Service’s performance.Plus, a quick…
Carney has cynically stoked fear of America and fear of Trump, and used them as a means of obtaining and keeping power Source link
The US Justice Department is preparing to reactivate prize courts to “adjudicate the disposition of [Iranian] captured vessels and cargo.” Bloomberg reported speaking with an attorney working with the Justice Department on reviving the court. “Our national security interests may require the United States military to seize vessels or cargo supporting the enemy during military conflict,” Aaron Reitz, a Houston-based attorney, said in a statement. “If that happens, our federal courts must be ready to adjudicate the disposition of these captured vessels and cargo.” He described prize courts as an “ancient body of maritime law.” Maritime lawyers and former prosecutors told…
Tired of the president’s coercive tactics, the Canadian prime minister puts his country’s economy on the line Source link