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Chinese military adds hundreds of missiles to arsenal, Pentagon report reveals

Chinese military adds hundreds of missiles to arsenal, Pentagon report reveals

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has added hundreds of new missiles and 100 more nuclear warheads as part of a military buildup designed for a future war with the United States, according to a Pentagon report made public Wednesday. The latest survey of Chinese military power also for the first time reveals extensive PLA preparations for sophisticated information warfare…Read more

Democrats introduce constitutional amendment to abolish Electoral College

Democrats introduce constitutional amendment to abolish Electoral College

Even when they lose the popular vote, Democrats still want to take it out on the Electoral College. Three Democratic senators introduced a constitutional amendment Monday to abolish the body that has formally elected the president for the nation’s entire history. Sens. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Peter Welch of Vermont said it is time to “restore democracy”…Read more

Feds insist drones aren’t dangerous but can’t say who’s flying them

Feds insist drones aren’t dangerous but can’t say who’s flying them

New Jersey leaders are not buying the Biden administration’s explanation that most of the drones reported swarming the state’s coastline in recent weeks are regular aircraft, saying that’s a demeaning answer given what residents have seen with their own eyes. Gov. Phil Murphy has urged President Biden to get personally involved, while members of New Jersey’s congressional…Read more

Antony Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal, says things didn’t turn out too bad

Antony Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal, says things didn’t turn out too bad

Secretary of State Antony Blinken apologized Wednesday to the families of 13 U.S. troops killed by a suicide bomber during America’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying he wished the government had done more to protect them. Mr. Blinken told Congress that the Biden administration has managed to blunt some of the withdrawal’s worst problems…Read more

Man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO fights extradition to N.Y.; manifesto posted online

Man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO fights extradition to N.Y.; manifesto posted online

Luigi Mangione lashed out while being led inside a Pennsylvania courthouse for his extradition hearing Tuesday, the latest flash point for the Ivy League graduate charged with the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on a Manhattan street. Mr. Mangione, 26, shouted that something was “completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American…Read more

FBI Director Christopher Wray preparing to resign

FBI Director Christopher Wray preparing to resign

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, The Washington Times has learned. Mr. Wray is calling it quits because he doesn’t want to get fired by President-elect Donald Trump, according to sources inside the bureau who are familiar with the director’s thinking. “He’s going to be gone at the…Read more

Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely’s death

Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely’s death

NEW YORK — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed…Read more

DeSantis to join Trump at Army-Navy game amid talk of Cabinet post

DeSantis to join Trump at Army-Navy game amid talk of Cabinet post

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will attend the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Maryland, next week with President-elect Donald Trump in a rare joint appearance by the two former political opponents, a source confirmed Friday.  Mr. DeSantis, who ran against Mr. Trump in the GOP…Read more

Gunman still at large after UnitedHealthcare chief killed in ‘premeditated’ NYC shooting

Gunman still at large after UnitedHealthcare chief killed in ‘premeditated’ NYC shooting

A search is underway for the gunman who killed the CEO of the nation’s largest health insurance company outside a Manhattan hotel as the executive was arriving to speak at a conference Wednesday morning. The unidentified masked gunman waited for Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, to walk past him before opening fire in a “premeditated, preplanned…Read more

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Chinese military adds hundreds of missiles to arsenal, Pentagon report reveals

Chinese military adds hundreds of missiles to arsenal, Pentagon report reveals

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has added hundreds of new missiles and 100 more nuclear warheads as part of a military buildup designed for a future war with the United States, according to a Pentagon report made public Wednesday. The latest survey of Chinese military power also for the first time reveals extensive PLA preparations for sophisticated information warfare…Continue Reading

Democrats introduce constitutional amendment to abolish Electoral College

Democrats introduce constitutional amendment to abolish Electoral College

Even when they lose the popular vote, Democrats still want to take it out on the Electoral College. Three Democratic senators introduced a constitutional amendment Monday to abolish the body that has formally elected the president for the nation’s entire history. Sens. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Peter Welch of Vermont said it is time to “restore democracy”…Continue Reading

Feds insist drones aren’t dangerous but can’t say who’s flying them

Feds insist drones aren’t dangerous but can’t say who’s flying them

New Jersey leaders are not buying the Biden administration’s explanation that most of the drones reported swarming the state’s coastline in recent weeks are regular aircraft, saying that’s a demeaning answer given what residents have seen with their own eyes. Gov. Phil Murphy has urged President Biden to get personally involved, while members of New Jersey’s congressional…Continue Reading

Biden’s supercharged IRS nets $1.3 billion more from wealthy taxpayers

Biden’s supercharged IRS nets $1.3 billion more from wealthy taxpayers

The IRS on Thursday said it has sweated an additional $1.3 billion from wealthy tax cheats, thanks to enhanced reviews and audits paid for by the budget-climate law President Biden signed two years ago. The tax agency said criminal investigations and civil cases have earned…Continue Reading

Antony Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal, says things didn’t turn out too bad

Antony Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal, says things didn’t turn out too bad

Secretary of State Antony Blinken apologized Wednesday to the families of 13 U.S. troops killed by a suicide bomber during America’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying he wished the government had done more to protect them. Mr. Blinken told Congress that the Biden administration has managed to blunt some of the withdrawal’s worst problems…Continue Reading

Man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO fights extradition to N.Y.; manifesto posted online

Man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO fights extradition to N.Y.; manifesto posted online

Luigi Mangione lashed out while being led inside a Pennsylvania courthouse for his extradition hearing Tuesday, the latest flash point for the Ivy League graduate charged with the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on a Manhattan street. Mr. Mangione, 26, shouted that something was “completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American…Continue Reading

FBI Director Christopher Wray preparing to resign

FBI Director Christopher Wray preparing to resign

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, The Washington Times has learned. Mr. Wray is calling it quits because he doesn’t want to get fired by President-elect Donald Trump, according to sources inside the bureau who are familiar with the director’s thinking. “He’s going to be gone at the…Continue Reading

Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely’s death

Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely’s death

NEW YORK — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed…Continue Reading

DeSantis to join Trump at Army-Navy game amid talk of Cabinet post

DeSantis to join Trump at Army-Navy game amid talk of Cabinet post

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will attend the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Maryland, next week with President-elect Donald Trump in a rare joint appearance by the two former political opponents, a source confirmed Friday.  Mr. DeSantis, who ran against Mr. Trump in the GOP…Continue Reading

Gunman still at large after UnitedHealthcare chief killed in ‘premeditated’ NYC shooting

Gunman still at large after UnitedHealthcare chief killed in ‘premeditated’ NYC shooting

A search is underway for the gunman who killed the CEO of the nation’s largest health insurance company outside a Manhattan hotel as the executive was arriving to speak at a conference Wednesday morning. The unidentified masked gunman waited for Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, to walk past him before opening fire in a “premeditated, preplanned…Continue Reading

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