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Russian troops hold drills as US, NATO warships enter Black Sea
Jun 23, 2021 09:45Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has launched naval exercises in the Crimean Peninsula, as US and NATO warships conduct joint drills in the strategic Black Sea, ratcheting up tensions in the region.
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Texas Republicans finalize one of the nation’s strictest voting bills
May 30, 2021 15:22Texas lawmakers on Saturday (29 May) finished drafting a bill that would impose a raft of new voting restrictions, setting up the likely passage of what would be among the most far-reaching laws in Republicans’ nationwide drive to overhaul elections systems and limit voting.
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Russia, Iran and Syria working to secure oil, wheat shipments to the West Asian country
Apr 18, 2021 10:24Iran, Russia and Syria have established an operations room to secure a safe and stable flow of oil supplies, wheat and some other essential materials to the West Asian country via the Mediterranean, private sources have revealed to Sputnik Arabic.
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How Trump steered supporters into unwitting donations
Apr 04, 2021 12:21Stacy Blatt was in hospice care last September listening to Rush Limbaugh’s dire warnings about how badly Donald J. Trump’s campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he could: $500.
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Fending off antitrust push, tech giants now biggest spenders on DC lobbying
Mar 31, 2021 11:23According to a new report released recently by consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, Facebook and Amazon spent more money on federal lobbying than any other U.S. corporations during the 2020 election cycle, with Comcast not far behind in third place.
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Pro-Trump lawyer says ‘no reasonable person’ would believe her election lies
Mar 26, 2021 12:00A key member of the legal team that sought to steal the 2020 election for Donald Trump is defending herself against a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit by arguing that “no reasonable person” could have mistaken her wild claims about election fraud last November as statements of fact.
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US blames Russia for influencing 2020 election
Mar 17, 2021 05:26A new report released in the United States has blamed Russia for influencing the 2020 presidential election, won by now-President Joe Biden.
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FBI chief calls Capitol attack 'domestic terrorism' and defends US intelligence
Mar 05, 2021 16:49The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has condemned the 6 January riot at the US Capitol as an instance of “domestic terrorism”, while defending the bureau’s handling of intelligence indicating that violence was likely.
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US Capitol rioters ‘came prepared for war’, Senate hears in testimony
Mar 02, 2021 14:27Testifying on Tuesday (23 Feb 2021) in the first congressional hearing on the US Capitol attack, the chief of Capitol police who resigned over the riot said the pro-Trump mob which stormed the building “came prepared for war”.
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9/11 commission leaders warn Pelosi on arrangement of Jan. 6 protest panel
Feb 25, 2021 04:06Two prominent leaders of the 9/11 Commission have warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about forming an unbalanced panel to investigate the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol, stressing that Republican voters will never accept the findings of a Democratic panel.