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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… -
US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ over Alaska days after Chinese balloon
The White House confirmed that fighter jets shot down what they described as a “high-altitude object,” about the size of a small car, over Alaska. The Pentagon said they do not know the origin of the object and that it was unmanned. John Kirby, coordinator for Strategic Communications for the National Security Council, said the… -
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… -
Graham, Durbin introduce bill to give citizenship to ‘Dreamers’
Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., have re-introduced the bipartisan DREAM Act. If passed, the bill would allow people who were brought to the United States illegally as children to earn lawful permanent residence and eventually citizenship. According to their offices, immigrants would qualify if they: Came to the U.S. as children and… -
US government paid at least $191 billion in fraud pandemic assistance
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Labor Department estimates $191 billion in pandemic unemployment insurance was paid improperly. The OIG also said it is still working to find out the final improper payment rate, but know it’s over 20%. The OIG is now asking for Congress to provide extra funding for the investigations.… -
Sen. Josh Hawley proposes minimum age for social media use
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wants to set the minimum age for creating a social media profile to 16 years old. To enforce it, Hawley said social media companies would be required to verify users’ ages. “We now have more and more data on the effects of social media platforms on children, particularly young children, and…
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