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Russia is flooding Ukraine with men and equipment, but that should soon slow, analyst Michael Kofman said.Its high losses indicate its military is strained under its current level of aggression, he told the Intelligencer.While Kofman doesn’t think Russia will run out of steam, he said the Kremlin will be forced to recalibrate.Russia’s numbers advantage against Ukraine is likely to start diminishing as soon as the end of this year, said US-based military analyst Michael Kofman.Speaking to Intelligencer’s Benjamin Hart in an interview published on Tuesday, Kofman said that while the Kremlin has sustained pressure on Ukraine while suffering high levels…
In Congress’ last action before Election Day, the Senate cleared a stopgap funding billWednesday night that heads off a government shutdown next week, bucking the demands of former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden is expected to quickly sign the measure, preventing a funding lapse Tuesday and delaying the government shutdown deadline to Dec. 20. It also punts a potentially bitter funding fight to just before Christmas, with the results hinging on the November elections and which party wins control of the House, Senate and White House. Despite Trump’s calls this month for Republicans to shut down the government unless…
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Ryan Routh, the man charged with an attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday. The arraignment in West Palm Beach lasted just three minutes as Routh’s attorney, Kristy Militello, entered the plea on his behalf to all five counts against him. She waived the reading of the charges and said the defense wanted a trial. Routh, 58, wearing a brown jail uniform, looked directly at reporters as he entered and exited the courtroom. His attorneys spoke with him when he sat down ahead of advancing to the…
Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to define herself when she ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Bernie Sanders’ single-payer healthcare plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies following the deaths of George Floyd and other men and women in encounters with police. Harris’ views on these issues appeared to move along with those of the grassroots, but she often faced questions from the left about her level of conviction.Where Harris is on the ideological spectrum has long been hard to pinpoint. After Joe Biden selected…
Mayor Ken Welch of St. Petersburg, Florida talks with Alex Wagner about how residents of his city have responded to evacuation orders and emergency conditions after the 1-2 punch of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and discusses the need to reinforce infrastructure at a faster pace to keep up with the damaging effects of climate change. Read the full article here
Bulgaria has called on the European Commission to ban chicken eggs from Ukraine, claiming domestic producers are suffering from unfair competition due to the glut of cheap imports.The proposal was made by Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov at a meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on Monday, according to the ministry.Tahov said domestic production in Bulgaria has been severely hit by the influx of eggs from Ukraine, which are up to 30% cheaper than those on the local market.Over 2,600 tons of eggs were exported by Ukraine to Bulgaria in the first half of 2024, five…
Britain’s security chief has sought more power and funding to fight “foreign threats” British support for Ukraine has made London a target of Moscow’s spies, the head of the British Security Service, Ken McCallum, has claimed.In an annual speech on threats said to be facing the UK, McCallum listed Russia after terrorism, above Iran and China, while demanding more funding and warning about the dangers of the internet.”The UK’s leading role in supporting Ukraine means we loom large in the fevered imagination of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s regime, and we should expect to see continued acts of aggression here at home,” McCallum said…
Hurricane Milton Hurricane Milton is making landfall on Florida’s west coast at approximately 7 pm ET on Wednesday. Milton is currently a category 3 storm with 125 mph winds. Tornadoes have been spotted across Florida. Here is the cone… radar… satellite of the storm. There is a storm surge warning all over Florida’s west coast. A large tornado destroyed part of Fort Pierce on Florida’s east coast. New video of the large tornado that destroyed part of the Fort Pierce, FL area as it crossed I-95. #Milton #flwx : Slcscanner (Facebook) pic.twitter.com/xqSgYFF0QJ — StormHQ ☈ (@StormHQwx) October 9, 2024 There…
Fortuna Düsseldorf fans ahead of the 2. Bundesliga fixture against Hamburger SV. (Photo by Frederic … [+] Scheidemann/Getty Images)Getty Images On the pitch, the latest Fortuna for Everyone match might not have been a full success as Düsseldorf dropped all three points in front of 54,600 fans at the MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA in a 3-0 defeat to Hamburger SV. But off the pitch it was the latest success story in what is a revolutionary program for Fortuna Düsseldorf. The matchday 8 clash against Hamburg was the first Fortuna For Everyone match of the 2024/25 season as the pilot project enters its…
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 05: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media before he departs the … [+]Getty Images With the Saving On A Valuable Education (SAVE) income-driven repayment plan for student loans on pause while its legality is debated in the courts, many borrowers with federal student loans don’t know what to do next. Those on the SAVE plan are currently in forbearance at the direction of the Biden administration, and no payments are due and interest won’t accrue during this time. That’s a silver lining of sorts for some, but there are downsides that come with paused…