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CNN reported on Tuesday that the Justice Department has indicted former FBI Director James Comey for a second time. CNN cited two sources familiar that Comey would be indicted for the second time, although the charges remain unclear. The Justice Department indicted the former FBI Director last September, when the Department of Justice (DOJ) accused him of lying to Congress over leaks to the press. The case was dismissed last year by a federal judge who believed that the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was improperly appointed to the position. Fox News reported that this indictment…
By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai ClubThe dramatic events of the first months of 2026 offer a useful lens through which to assess the evolving role of the world’s major powers. Among those often cast as architects of a new international order, China stands out, arguably even ahead of Russia and the United States, both of which remain preoccupied with their rivalry in Europe.For decades, China’s rise has been one of the central forces shaping global change. As far back as the late 20th century, Henry Kissinger argued that China’s growing importance would prove more consequential than even…
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that next week’s annual Victory Day parade will be conducted without tanks, missiles, or other heavy military equipment, due to the “current operational situation” in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov more explicitly blamed the threat of “terrorist activity” from Ukraine as the reason for scaling back the parade. “All measures are being taken to minimize the danger,” Peskov said. Victory Day is Russia’s holiday to commemorate victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. During the quarter-century reign of nationalist strongman Vladimir Putin, the event has increasingly become an opportunity to push a…
Comedian and HBO late-night host Bill Maher clashed with actor-comedian and Arrested Development star David Cross on gender transitioning children as young as three. The two sparred on Maher’s Club Random podcast, during which the subject of gender transitioning for kids became a hot subject of debate. “Good luck with President Vance,” Maher told Cross as the two clashed over how left-wing extremism turned voters toward Trump. “As I always say to my woke friends, we voted for [Kamala Harris]. You’re just why she lost,” Maher asserted. When it came to transgenderism for children, Cross said that his eight-year-old daughter befriended two trans…
Thom Tillis took on President Donald Trump’s administration in a monthslong battle to quash the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — and won. Now he’s urging those around the president to take his latest ultimatum seriously — that he won’t confirm for attorney general anyone who excuses the events of Jan. 6, 2021. “Hopefully they’ll take me at my word when I say anybody who equivocated on the Jan. 6 rioters, I just can’t support,” the North Carolina Republican said about Justice Department nominees. Tillis has major leverage as a member of the Judiciary Committee, where Republicans…
Police have released bodycam footage showing officers detaining a suspect who allegedly stabbed two Jewish men on the streets of London on Wednesday.Both victims are in stable condition, while the suspect, a 45-year-old British national of Somali origin, remains in custody, the Metropolitan Police said.“The suspect also attempted to stab police officers and was Tasered before being arrested. No officers were injured,” police said, adding that the attack had been declared a terrorist incident.Police are also investigating whether the suspect was involved in a separate stabbing earlier that day in southeast London, which left one person lightly injured.UK Prime Minister…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will maintain the U.S. naval blockade on Iran until the regime “cries uncle” and agrees to a deal ensuring it will never obtain nuclear weapons. Speaking in a phone interview with Axios earlier in the day, Trump explained that he rejected a proposal from Tehran that would have involved reopening the Strait of Hormuz and easing the blockade before addressing the nuclear issue, making clear he will not lift the blockade until Iran agrees to U.S. demands. Trump said the blockade has proven more effective than direct military action in forcing Tehran toward concessions,…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case from parents who sued a Florida school district for allegedly socially transitioning their daughter without their consent or knowledge. The High Court denied the parents’ request without any comment in the case of Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County, allowing an order for the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the 11th Circuit siding with the school district to stand, The Christian Post reported. The Littlejohns filed a lawsuit in October of 2021 after learning that officials at Deerlake Middle School in Tallahassee, part of the School Board of…
The EU has protested the reopening of the Russian pavilion at the prestigious art festival Italy’s Culture Ministry is investigating the organizers of the Venice Biennale, a prestigious art festival, after Russia was allowed to return to the event, Italian media reported on Wednesday.Many cultural institutions in the West have cut ties with Russia since February 2022 over the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin has condemned the campaign as a pointless attempt to “cancel” Russian culture.According to Corriere della Sera, inspectors were dispatched to the Biennale Foundation to examine documents and financial records related to the planned reopening of the Russian…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the unsealing of a criminal indictment against a sitting Mexican governor and his closest allies. The case is historic in nature since it is the first time that a sitting Mexican governor has been named in a cartel-connected criminal case. On Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that it obtained a criminal indictment against Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and some of his top law enforcement officials on drug conspiracy charges for their alleged role in helping the Sinaloa Cartel move tons of drugs in…