Thousands of U.S. soldiers and sailors are refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination and at this point there’s not much more frustrated military commanders can do about it.
Day: February 18, 2021
‘Good conversation’: Biden finally phones Netanyahu — a month into presidency
President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken for the first time since Biden’s inauguration, almost a month into his term.
Iran’s Khamenei demands ‘action’ from Biden to revive nuclear deal
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded “action, not words” from the United States if it wants to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, challenging new President Joe Biden to take the first step toward a thaw.
$24 Trillion Leap In Global Debt Driven By COVID-19, Experts Say
The coronavirus pandemic has sent the global debt soaring to a new level, having added $24 trillion of debt in the past year, according to a study from The Institute of International Finance.
‘They Don’t Deserve to Die’: SC GOP Passes Pro-Life Heartbeat Bill, Democrats Walk Out in Protest
Nearly all of South Carolina’s Democrat lawmakers walked out of the state House chamber in protest Wednesday before a vote on a bill that would ban most abortions in the state once the baby’s heartbeat is detected. Republicans voted to pass the measure and it will head soon to Republican Gov. Henry McMaster for his signature.
‘This World Has Lost a Light in the Darkness’: Iconic Christian Music Artist Carman Dies After Health Crisis
Trailblazing Christian music artist Carman Licciardello, known to fans simply as Carman, has died.
Smoking gun: Comey told Clapper FBI unable to ‘sufficiently corroborate’ Steele — then signed FISA
The very day in January 2017 that then-FBI Director James Comey signed a FISA surveillance warrant application declaring content from Christopher Steele’s dossier had been “verified,” he wrote President Obama’s outgoing intelligence community chief with a very different assessment of the British spy’s intelligence on Russia collusion, a newly released memo shows.
FBI and U.S. attorney in Brooklyn reportedly looking into Cuomo admin’s handling of nursing homes
The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn have reportedly started an investigation that involves looking into how New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus task force dealt with nursing homes and long-term care institutions amid the COVID-19 crisis.
New York Governor Threatens Legislator Over Deaths in Nursing Homes
A state lawmaker says New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has threatened to “destroy” him if he doesn’t help contain the damage over Cuomo’s “cover-up” of many nursing home deaths from COVID-19.