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King Charles will use his speech to Congress to help repair the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Britain that has been under strain over the Iran war. The king plans to focus on reconciliation and renewal in a speech Tuesday before the House and Senate that is expected to run about 20 minutes, according to royal aides. Charles will celebrate “one of the greatest alliances in history,” which has been tested as President Donald Trump complains about Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s reluctance, along with other NATO allies, to provide assistance to the U.S.-led attacks on Iran, the aides said.…
Mints in both countries receive the metal from a North American contractor who mixes dirty gold with domestic supplies, the investigation claims The US and Canadian government mints have for years sourced coin gold from mines controlled by Colombia’s Clan del Golfo drug cartel, despite vowing that all the precious metal is extracted on domestic soil, according to an investigation by the New York Times. The US Mint says its coins are produced “to connect to the founding principles of our nation,” and federal law requires its gold to be sourced domestically. However, the process is “based on a lie,”…
When Trump ordered the first wave of strikes in this ongoing war with Iran last month, he did so while his administration was engaged in active negotiations with the Iranian government. That echoed the situation last June when Israel launched a bombing campaign days after Trump scheduled new talks with Iran—a move Trump later claimed was a deliberate deception to help make the Israeli strikes more effective. This time around, in that first wave of strikes on February 28, American cruise missiles targeted and destroyed a building that ended up being a girls’ school—killing more than 168 young children who had just started their day…
The defense minister of Mali, Gen. Sadio Camara, was killed on Saturday during a major offensive by insurgents linked to al-Qaeda. The offensive included attacks in the national capital of Bamako and a half-dozen other areas, with an as yet unconfirmed number of casualties. According to Malian state television, the 47-year-old Camara was killed when a car loaded with explosives was driven into his home in the heavily fortified town of Kati, about nine miles north of Bamako. His second wife and two grandchildren were reportedly killed along with him. The leader of the Malian government, interim president Assimi Goita,…
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) said that there shouldn’t be a DHS shutdown and responded to a question on if he views the Democratic approach on DHS funding any differently now by saying that “Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans came together unanimously with a strategy to fund everything but ICE. ICE already has 43 billion dollars. And so, we agree with that strategy.” Subramanyam said, “We shouldn’t be in this shutdown. The Senate passed a unanimous bill, and the House Republicans decided not to put it on the floor. It would pass if it was…
President Donald Trump’s allies in Congress want to quickly authorize completion of the White House ballroom after the Saturday shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. But it’s not going to be simple. Trump’s ambitious ballroom project was put on hold earlier this year after a federal judge said Congress needed to explicitly approve it. Responses from lawmakers were relatively muted at that time. Then over the weekend, Trump and several members of the presidential line of succession were sitting down to their salads at a Washington hotel when a gunman tried to storm past a security checkpoint. Now, what…
The head of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union, Markus Soder, has criticized Berlin’s plan to only use volunteers to expand the armed forces Germany should reintroduce compulsory military service in order to increase the size of its armed forces, Markus Soder, the leader of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), has said.Berlin has sparked nationwide protests after introducing a voluntary service model, effective from January 1. Critics warn it could pave the way for restoring conscription, which was suspended in 2011 under then Chancellor Angela Merkel.“For us it’s clear: if the Bundeswehr is to become Europe’s largest army, military service is unavoidable,”…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House on Monday afternoon. The president and first lady greeted the royals on the South Lawn and posed for a photo opportunity before heading into the White House. Upon entering, the White House told reporters the couple would have tea on the State Floor. From there, the first lady and the president will give the Royal couple a tour of the White House beehive. The White House unveiled the first lady’s newly expanded beehive, located on the South Lawn near…
Some House Republicans spent weeks warning against a drastic redraw of Florida’s congressional map. Now that it’s out — with Gov. Ron DeSantis targeting as many as four Democratic seats for a GOP takeover — they’re mostly keeping any criticism to themselves. “I think they did a pretty good job,” said Rep. Gus Bilirakis, who said he was one of the Florida Republicans whose district changed “quite a bit.” “But I think they could touch it up a little bit, too,” he added. Rep. Scott Franklin said he is set to represent his third constituency in four terms. He still…
Cole Allen allegedly breached security at a presidential press event on Saturday while armed with a shotgun and pistol The armed suspect who allegedly tried to storm past security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday has been charged with the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump.Cole Allen, 31, a teacher from California, was allegedly armed with a 12 gauge pump action shotgun, a .38-caliber semi-automatic pistol and three knives when he was arrested after his attempt to rush the high-end event on Saturday, Assistant US Attorney Jocelyn Ballantine told a federal court in Washington on Monday.Federal prosecutors…