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Justice Department attempts to seize mansions from Russian oligarchs
The Justice Department is trying to seize six properties worth $75 million dollars from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a new court filing that the homes are the proceeds of sanctions evasions and are being used in an international money laundering scheme. This… -
Blinken: Russia has committed crimes against humanity
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has determined Russian forces and officials have committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine. This official declaration could one day help international bodies, like the International Criminal Court, prosecute Russian war criminals. Blinken said Russian forces have committed execution-style killings, rape, and torture through beatings, electrocution, and other means. In addition,… -
House Democrats and Republicans head to the border
The speaker of the House and the chamber’s Democratic leader made separate trips down to the border. Both visits were described as educational, so lawmakers could learn about the challenges border communities are facing. Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was in Laredo, home of Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas. Jeffries and Cuellar received a briefing on… -
Poll: Americans very concerned about artificial intelligence
New polling from Monmouth University found that Americans are very concerned about the future of artificial intelligence. For starters, 55% think AI will one day pose a risk to the human race. Respondents also had doubts about its ability to improve quality of life. Only 9% percent of respondents thought developing AI would do more… -
White House to make guidelines for shooting down floating objects
President Biden has instructed his team to create guidelines on how to handle flying objects, like the three still unidentified objects shot down last weekend and the Chinese spy balloon that was taken out the weekend before. The guidelines will be put into a policy that will dictate what poses a safety and security risk,… -
Senators want to designate Wagner Group as terrorist organization
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that, if passed, would designate the Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization under Section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The organization is known for its ruthless tactics on the battlefield, and getting the worst of the worst to fight for Russia against Ukraine, including… -
Confidence, Concern, China: Classified Senate briefing highlights Xi’s threat
The Department of Defense briefed the Senate on how the United States stacks up against China. The senators were told how the U.S. and China compare on surveillance capabilities, research and development, advanced weapons systems and anything else that may allow either side to gain the upper hand in a conflict. When the senators came… -
NATO ministers meet as Ukraine war diminishes ammunition stockpiles
NATO defense ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss logistics and ammunition for the war in Ukraine. The war effort is currently consuming ammunition at a rate many times greater than it’s being produced and it’s depleting stockpiles. NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg gave a preview of the meeting’s priorities. “The need to provide more… -
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is retiring after 30 years in office
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is retiring after more than 30 years in office. The 89-year-old will finish out her term that expires in 2024 and not seek reelection. In a statement, Feinstein said she still has more to accomplish in her final two years. “I campaigned in 2018 on several priorities for California and the… -
Objects like the Chinese balloon have been flying over US since at least 2017
The spokesman for the National Security Council said the intelligence community is considering a new leading explanation for the three objects shot down over the weekend – they were commercial, research-related or benign. But the objects still haven’t been found and officials don’t yet know what they are. The Senate had a classified briefing this… -
The White House says the objects in the sky were not aliens
China’s foreign minister accused the U.S. of having flown high-altitude balloons into China’s airspace 10 times since the beginning of last year. But National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that’s not true. “There is no U.S. surveillance aircraft over airspace,” Kirby said. The former navy admiral gave the same answer when asked if that… -
CBP: Migrant encounters between ports of entry declined by 42% in January
Illegal immigration dropped 42% in January compared to December. According to new numbers from CBP, Border Patrol agents encountered 128,410 migrants in between official ports of entry compared to 221,675 the month before. Breaking it down by demographic, 108,573 were single adults, 38,087 were family units, and 9,393 were unaccompanied children. As per deportation proceedings, 64,499… -
Former FBI agent cries before Congress while discussing her investigations
The House Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government met for the first time Thursday to investigate what Republicans said is an anti-conservative bias at the FBI and Department of Justice. But one of the most notable moments came when a former FBI agent started crying when she listed all the crimes she investigated…
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