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Columbia anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil was probed as national security threat — as Trump calls ICE bust 'first arrest of many'
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“Columbia University protest ringleader Mahmoud Khalil was being investigated as a potential national security threat, and his arrest and impending...”
Judge will not order Trump administration to restore canceled foreign aid contracts
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
(Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday declined to order President Donald Trump's administration to restore thousands of foreign aid contracts and grants that have been canceled since the president took office, though he found that the administration must speed up payments of close to $2 billion...
A Continuing Resolution
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 49 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“"I am working with the GREAT House Republicans on a Continuing Resolution to fund the Government until September to give us some needed time to...”
This week House Republicans will face another test of their unity as they attempt to pass a continuing resolution which will keep the government open until September 30th. The stop gap measure will likely set up Republicans to eventually cut taxes and spending in Reconciliation, while effectively...
Suspect in Kabul airport bombing during Afghanistan pullout makes court appearance following capture
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A suspected participant in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 American service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday to face criminal charges in connection with the...
The American political colossus
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 86 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
““It’s our presidency.””
Last night President Trump delivered a masterful speech, full of pride and self-confidence. His record speech took us through what he already accomplished, hoped to accomplish and the real concerns of the American people. He is not only the most dominant figure in American politics, but also on...
American Renewal
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 100 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
““I am honored that Noa Argamani will be joining us at President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress,” Johnson told The Post. “Despite experiencing...”
Tonight at 9 PM EST President Trump will address congress. The purpose of the speech is to address the President's work thus far and to present to the American people what comes next. The topics likely to be covered are the dashed hopes of reaching a peace deal in the Ukraine War, the anxiety...
The scam that backfired.
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 197 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
““Just finished a meeting with President Zelensky here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement...”
For the past few weeks we have heard about a rare earth minerals deal between the US and Ukraine. It would have involved hundreds of billions of dollars in US investment in Ukraine, plus the security that such an investment would provide to Ukraine. All that is gone now. Friday we all witnessed a...
Trump Takes Instant Revenge by Chopping Ukraine Aid Cash
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 25 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
Donald Trump chopped a lifesaving humanitarian initiative aimed at rehabilitating Ukraine’s energy grid which has been damaged by brutal Russian attacks. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had invested hundreds of millions of dollars to implement the project. Just days before,...
State Department terminates U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 1 Like • last year • LOCKED
WASHINGTON — The State Department this week terminated a U.S. Agency for International Development initiative that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore Ukraine's energy grid from attacks by the Russian military, according to two USAID officials working on the agency’s...